30 events with tag "murder"
133 BC
ID: 2674
Tiberius Gracchus murdered - tribune killed by senators for land reform proposal, first political violence in Forum, Republic's crisis begins
ID: 2674
48 BC
ID: 2701
September 48 BC
Murder of Pompey - killed on Egyptian beach by Ptolemy XIII trying to please Caesar, Caesar weeps at sight of head
ID: 2701
43 BC
ID: 2710
December 43 BC
Murder of Cicero - killed in proscriptions, head and hands displayed in Forum where he gave Philippics against Antony
ID: 2710
193
ID: 4032
Pertinax emperor for 86 days - tries to reform Praetorians, murdered by them
ID: 4032
445
ID: 4730
Attila murders brother Bleda - becomes sole ruler of Huns, 'Scourge of God' begins reign of terror
ID: 4730
449
ID: 5014
Robber Council of Ephesus (Latrocinium) - Dioscorus presides, Eutyches vindicated, St. Flavian beaten and dies from injuries
ID: 5014
509
ID: 2828
Clovis eliminates rival Frankish kings - murders Sigebert of Cologne, Chararic, and others, unifies all Franks under Merovingians
ID: 2828
524
ID: 2831
Death of Chlodomer - killed fighting Burgundians, brothers Childebert and Chlothar murder his young sons to take his kingdom
ID: 2831
568
ID: 2839
Chilperic murders Galswintha - kills Brunhilda's sister to marry servant Fredegund, begins decades of vengeance
ID: 2839
572
ID: 4812
Assassination of Alboin in Verona - Rosamund has him murdered after he forces her to drink from father's skull
ID: 4812
575
ID: 2842
Assassination of Sigebert I - killed by Fredegund's assassins while victoriously besieging Chilperic, Brunhilda captured
ID: 2842
584
ID: 2844
Assassination of Chilperic I - murdered while hunting, killer unknown, Fredegund suspected, infant Chlothar II inherits
ID: 2844
651
ID: 4696
Death of Yazdegerd III - murdered at Merv, end of Sassanid Empire and Zoroastrian state
ID: 4696
668
ID: 5029
Emperor Constans II murdered in bath - Monothelite persecutor killed by servant in Syracuse
ID: 5029
870
ID: 2629
November 20, 870
St. Edmund martyred - King of East Anglia tortured and killed by Vikings for refusing to renounce Christianity
ID: 2629
946
ID: 2562
May 26, 946
Murder of Edmund I - killed by exiled thief Leofa at feast in Pucklechurch, defending his steward
ID: 2562
978
ID: 2564
March 18, 978
Murder of Edward the Martyr - killed at Corfe Castle visiting stepmother, Ethelred becomes king
ID: 2564
978
ID: 5857
March 18, 978
Edward murdered at Corfe - anti-monastic faction likely involved, Aethelred becomes king, monks lose royal protection
ID: 5857
978
ID: 5864
March 18, 978
Aelfthryth implicated in Edward's murder - Aethelred's mother allegedly orchestrated killing at Corfe Castle to secure throne for her son
ID: 5864
1012
ID: 5810
April 19, 1012
Murder of Archbishop Aelfheah at Greenwich - killed by drunken Vikings, causes Thorkell to defect to Aethelred
ID: 5810
1040
ID: 3736
Murder of William's guardians - multiple protectors assassinated, young duke sleeps in peasant houses for safety
ID: 3736
1170
ID: 194
December 29, 1170
Thomas Becket murdered in Canterbury Cathedral - 'Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?'
ID: 194
1203
ID: 2388
Murder of Arthur of Brittany - John allegedly kills his nephew with his own hands at Rouen, turns barons against him
ID: 2388
1312
ID: 2423
June 19, 1312
Murder of Piers Gaveston - captured and beheaded by barons at Blacklow Hill, Edward II vows revenge
ID: 2423
1327
ID: 2430
September 21, 1327
Death of Edward II at Berkeley Castle - officially died naturally, likely murdered with red-hot poker
ID: 2430
1400
ID: 2464
February 14, 1400
Death of Richard II at Pontefract Castle - starved or murdered, Henry IV displays body to prove death
ID: 2464
1416
ID: 3554
St. Rita's husband murdered - she prays sons won't seek revenge - Both sons fall ill, die after forgiving father's murderers
ID: 3554
1471
ID: 2506
May 21, 1471
Murder of Henry VI in Tower - killed while at prayer, allegedly by Richard of Gloucester
ID: 2506
1478
ID: 5135
April 26, 1478
Pazzi Conspiracy - Giuliano de' Medici murdered in cathedral during Mass, Lorenzo wounded but escapes
ID: 5135
1581
ID: 5984
Ivan the Terrible kills his son and heir Ivan Ivanovich in rage - ensures future Time of Troubles
ID: 5984