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Beheaded

EVENT

Executed via decapitation.

See also Guillotined.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Explorer
1475 12-Jan-1519 Discovered Pacific Ocean
Nick Berg
Victim
2-Apr-1978 May-2004 US contractor, beheaded on Iraq videotape
Anne Boleyn
Royalty
c. 1507 19-May-1536 Wife of English King Henry VIII
Beatrice Cenci
Criminal
6-Feb-1577 11-Sep-1599 Italian beauty, murdered her father
Thomas Cromwell
Government
c. 1485 28-Jul-1540 Advisor to Henry VIII
Lady Jane Grey
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 12-Feb-1554 Queen of England for nine days
Sir John Hotham
Politician
? 3-Jan-1645 English parliamentarian
Catherine Howard
Royalty
c. 1520 13-Feb-1542 Fifth wife of Henry VIII
John the Baptist
Religion
? c. 28 AD Precursor to Jesus Christ
Mary I of Scotland
Royalty
8-Dec-1542 8-Feb-1587 Mary, Queen of Scots
Yukio Mishima
Author
14-Jan-1925 25-Nov-1970 The Sea of Fertility
Sir Thomas More
Philosopher
7-Feb-1477 6-Jul-1535 Utopia
St. Paul
Religion
c. 10 AD 29-Jun-65 AD First Christian evangelist
Daniel Pearl
Journalist
10-Oct-1963 21-Feb-2002 Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Sir Walter Raleigh
Explorer
c. 1552 29-Oct-1618 Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I


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