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4 hours ago · Execution by firing squad Muhsin al-Barazi: 1949: Syria: Prime Minister: Damascus: Syria: Execution by firing squad Domingo Díaz Arosemena: 1949 Panama: President: Panama City Panama: Heart attack Ehmetjan Qasim: 1949 East Turkestan Republic: President: Kabansk Soviet Union: Accident – plane crash
1 day ago · t. e. Rosa Luxemburg ( Polish: Róża Luksemburg, [ˈruʐa ˈluksɛmburk] ⓘ; German: [ˈʁoːza ˈlʊksm̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-War activist during the First World War. She became a key figure of the ...
1 day ago · Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 [a] – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth ...
- Martin Van Buren
- John Tyler
4 hours ago · He was then found guilty of treason by a military court and executed by firing squad on July 30 at 7 in the morning. Before his execution, he thanked his jailers, Private Soldiers Ortega and Melchor, in letters for their humane treatment. At his execution, Hidalgo placed his right hand over his heart to show the riflemen where they should aim.
1 day ago · The Bandiera brothers and their nine companions were executed by firing squad; some accounts state they cried "Viva l’Italia!" ("Long live Italy!") as they fell. ("Long live Italy!") as they fell. The moral effect was enormous throughout Italy, the action of the authorities was universally condemned, and the martyrdom of the Bandiera brothers ...
- 1848–1871
- Italy
- Risorgimento
1 day ago · Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh, three of those in command of the republican dissidents during the Rising, were court-martialed by the British on the 2nd May 1916 and sentenced to death and, the next day – 3rd May 1916 – they were taken to the Stonebreakers’ Yard in Kilmainham Jail and, at dawn, were shot dead by a British ...
1 day ago · In 1916, Irish nationalists in Dublin launched the "Easter Rising," which was put down by British forces several days later and led to a number of executions for treason. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that women were not persons under the British North America Act and therefore could not hold office.
