Tag: 1800s
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Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, Also Known by His Indigenous Name, Thayendanegea, Died at His Home in What is Now Burlington, Ontario. November 24, 1807.
Image: Brant was visiting England with Guy Johnson at age 33 or 34 when George Romney painted him in his London studio in 1776. Brant is shown wearing a white ruffled shirt, an Indian blanket, a silver gorget, a plumed headdress and carrying a tomahawk. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 24, 1807,…
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Wild West Wednesday – Outlaw William “Bill” Doolin
Image: William “Bill” Doolin (Public Domain) William Doolin was an American outlaw and founder of the Wild Bunch, sometimes called the Doolin- Dalton Gang. Like the earlier Dalton Gang alone, it concentrated on robbing banks, trains, and stagecoaches in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Indiana, during the 1890s. Bill Doolin was born in 1858 in Johnson…
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On This Day in History, the Notorious Hired Killer Tom Horn is Executed for Murdering Willie Nickell, the 14-year-Old Son of a Wyoming Sheep Rancher. November 20, 1903.
Image: Tom Horn braiding a rope in the Laramie County jail office in Cheyenne, 1902. (Public Domain) Several historians have subsequently doubted whether Horn murdered the boy, indicating that the jury condemned him merely because of an intoxicated admission of guilt that Horn purportedly made to a deputy sheriff. Also, the jury did not give sufficient…
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William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s crooked Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and 1870s, is convicted of defrauding New York City of $6 million and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. November 19, 1873.
Image: William Magear “Boss” Tweed, 1870. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 19, 1873, William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s crooked Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and 1870s, is convicted of defrauding New York City of $6 million and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Thomas Nast, a…
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Wild West Wednesday – “Buckskin” Frank Leslie
Image: Nashville Franklin “Buckskin Frank” Leslie, a lawman, U.S. Army scout, gambler, and an outlaw of the American Old West. He assisted Wyatt and Warren Earp in their search for those they held responsible for maiming Virgil Earp and assassinating Morgan Earp. 1881. (Public Domain) “Buckskin” Frank Leslie was a U.S. Army scout, gambler, bartender,…
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On this day in History, Charles Guiteau Was Put on Trial for the Assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. November 14, 1881
Image: Charles Julius Guiteau in 1881. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 14, 1881, Charles Guiteau was put on trial for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. Charles Guiteau’s murder trial was one of the first held in which the defendant’s assertion of insanity was exposed to the modern legal test: whether…
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Nat Turner, the Leader of a Violent and Blood-Stained Uprising of Enslaved People in Southampton County, Virginia, was Hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia. November 11, 1831.
Image: Discovery of Nat Turner wood engraving by William Henry Shelton, 1881. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 11, 1831, Nat Turner, the leader of a violent and blood-stained uprising of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, the county seat. Turner, an enslaved man, and educated minister, thought God…
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Henry Wirz, a Swiss Immigrant and the Commanding Officer of Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp in Georgia, is Hanged for the Murder of Union Soldiers Interned There During the American Civil War. November 10, 1865.
Image: The execution of Henry Wirz, commandant of the (Confederate) Andersonville Prison, near the US Capitol moments after the trap door was sprung. Washington, D.C. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 10, 1865, Henry Wirz, a Swiss immigrant and the commanding officer of Andersonville prisoner of war camp in Georgia, is hanged for…
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Mary Jane Kelly, the Fifth and Final Victim of Victorian Serial Killer Jack the Ripper, Was Found Murdered on November 9, 1888.
Image: Police photograph of the murder scene of Mary Jane Kelly. (Public Domain) On this day in history, Mary Jane Kelly, the fifth and final victim of Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper, was found murdered on November 9, 1888. Mary Jane Kelly’s mutilated body was found on her bed in the room she rented…
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The Brigantine Mary Celeste left New York Harbor for Genoa, Italy, with Captain Benjamin Briggs, a Crew of Eight, His Wife and Two-Year-Old Daughter, and a Cargo of Some 1,700 Barrels of Crude Alcohol. It Would be Found Totally Empty, but Fully Operational on December 5, 1872.
Image: Mary Celeste in 1861. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 7, 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste left New York harbor for Genoa, Italy, with Captain Benjamin Briggs, a crew of eight, his wife and two-year-old daughter, and a cargo of some 1,700 barrels of crude alcohol. After the Dei Gratia found the…
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