August 21, 1614 — Countess Elizabeth Báthory dies
The heroine and role model of every goth woman who ever aspired to the title of Queen Bitch, Countess Elisabet...
December 29, 2021
Crime & Law
January 6, 1649 — The Rump Parliament appoints a High Court to try the King
The Rump Parliament was what remained of the British Parliament after Colonel Pride had purged it a month earlier, leaving...
November 14, 2021
January 30, 1649 — King Charles I of England is executed
It is the decisive exclamation mark that ends the English Civil War. Never before had an English monarch been deposed,...
November 9, 2021
August 25, 1688 — Pirate Henry Morgan dies
It’s not entirely fair to call Henry Morgan a pirate – he was actually more a privateer, serving the English...
September 19, 2021
June 10, 1692 -– Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem
Accused of witchcraft and swiftly condemned and hanged for her supposed crimes, Bridget Bishop was the first person to be...
September 9, 2021
May 1, 1776 — The Illuminati are founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria
They are an ageless conspiracy that has existed since the dawn of time, secretly guiding the affairs of nations and...
July 14, 2021
January 18, 1788 — The First Fleet lands in Botany Bay
An advance party for the First Fleet to colonise Australia entered Botany Bay on this day. The Governor of the...
June 29, 2021
April 28, 1789 — The Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
William Bligh, whatever else you might say about him, had three inarguable qualities. First, he had the strength of his...
June 19, 2021
January 21, 1793 — Louis XVI of France is executed
The last king of France was not even a king at the time of his execution. He had been arrested...
June 9, 2021
July 13, 1793 — Jean-Paul Marat is killed in his bathtub
Jean-Paul Marat was a fiery republican journalist who was an important figure in the French revolutionary movement. A scientist (he...
June 4, 2021
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