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A Long List 81 Noted Acts Of Assassin
atiOn ar Attempted Murder ~ Hui
ers Of Nations.


A Long List 81 Noted Acts Of Assassin
atiOn ar Attempted Murder 81 Hui
crs Of Nations.
The following are the most noted acts
OF assassination or attempted murders OF
rulers of nations which have taken
place since the days OF Edward the Mar
tyr:
96l-Edward the Martyr, King OF
England, while mounted and ready to
go on hunt, was stabbed from behind
by an unknown assassin and killed.
1271-Henry D'Alimaine, King of the
Romans and Earl of Cornwall, was
foully assassinated in Italy by his cous-
ms.
1927, Sept. 21-Edward H., of En-
gland, was killed in Berkeley Castle by
Montravers and Gournay.
1899, Richard IL, of En-
gland, after being deposed, was confined
in the Castle of Pomfret and slowly
starved to death. Another account says
that Sir Piers Exton and others of the
guard fell on him and dispatched him
with their halberds.
14l9-John, Duke Of Burgundy, was
slain by Tannegin de Chatel and others
of the retinue of the Dauphin.
1471, May-Henry VI, of England,
was killed at the hands OF the Duke of
Gloucester, afterward Richard III.
1883, June-Edward ", of England,
and his brother, the Duke of York, mere
children, were suffocated while asleep
in the Tower. by the order of Richard
III.
1882, March William of Nassau,
Prince of Orange, was shot but not
killed by Juan Jaureguay, in the Palace
of st. Michael.
1883, March-One Pietro Dordogono
attempted to assassinate William of Mas
sau. Prince of Orange.
1884, April-Hans Hanzoon tried to
kill William, Prince of Orange, by putting
gunpowder under his house in the city
and underneath his seat in the church.
1854, July 10-A last and successful
attempt was made on the life of William
Balthazar Gerard, fanatical Catholic.
1889, August-Henry Iii. of France,
after having his brother, the Duke of
Guise, assassinated, was killed by
Jacques Clement, Dominican friar.
1910, May 3-Henry Nv. of France
was killed by the poniard of the fanatical
Ravaillac.
1892, March 16-Gustavas III. of
Sweden was shot at masked ball in the
theater of Stockholm. He survived
thirteen days.
1799-Napoleon I. had several narrow
escapes from assassination.
180i-The Emperor Paul of Russia
was strangled in his palace at st. Peters
burg.
1917, Jan. 28-The Prince Regent was
fred at as he was driving to the House
of Lords to open Parliament. He was
not injured.
1920, Feb. 13-The stabbing of the
Due de Berri, father of the Comte de
Chambord, took place ON the steps of
the old Opera House at Paris.
30-184S-Louis Philippe, King of
France, was fired at nineteen times.
1886, Jan. 30-A man named Law
renee tried twice to shoot at President
Jackson in Washington. The caps
missed fire in both instances. The
President was also at one time assaulted
by Lieut. Randolph.
1910, June-Edward Oxford, lad of
II years of age, fired shot at Queen
Victoria while she was out driving
with her husband, and narrowly missed
her.
1912, June-A man named francis at
tempted the life of Queen Victoria on
returning from church, but the pistol
missed fire.
1842, July-A deformed man called
Bean attempted to shoot Queen Vic
toria.
1848, Nov. 26-The life of the Duke
of Modena was attempted.
1S49, June 2l-The Crown Prince of
Prussia (now Emperor William) was at
tackled at Minden.
1851, May 22-Sefalegue, workman,
shot at Frederick William w., King of
Prussia, and broke.his forearm.
1852, Sept IA conspiracy to blow
up Louis Napoleon, at Marsailles, with
an Internal machine containing 1000
projectiles was frustrated by the activ-
ity of the police.
1858, Feb. II The Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria, was stabbed III the
back by Hungarian shoemaker, named
Liberty.
1853, April 18--An attempt on the life
of Victor Emmanuel was reported to the
italian Chamber.
1853, July "a second attempt was
made on the life of Louis Napoleon,
while on his way to the Opera Comiaue.
1854, March 2U-ferdinand Charles
I'LL, Duke of Parma, was stabbed by an
unknown hand. PaS of the dagger re-
manned in the wound, and the Duke died
after twenty-three hours of terrible
suffering.
1866, April 2S-Giovanni Pianeri, an
Italian, shot twice at the French Emp
or in the Tuileries garden.
1856, April 18-Raymon Fuentes was
arrested ia the act of firing upon lsa-
bella, Queen of Spain.
1856, Dec. StFerdihaId IL, King of
the Two Sicilies was attacked at re-
view by one of his own soldiers, who
wounded him with bayonet.
1857, Aug. THE italian conspira-
tors, Tbaldi, Bartoletti and Grelli ar
rived in Paris with the intention of MUIR
dering the Emperor, but fell into the
hands of the police before their design
could be executed.