Hanging: Timeline

1522   Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtmoc was the last Aztec [i] ruler of Tenochtitln [i] and the last "Aztec Emperor". ... 

, Aztec Aztec

The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian [i] Mesoamerica [i]n people of central Mexico [i] in the 14th [i] ... 

 ruler of Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan or, alternatively, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was the capital of the Aztec [i] empire, bu ... 

 under orders of conquistador Conquistador

Conquistador is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of t... 

 Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés

Hernn Corts, Marqus del Valle de Oaxaca was the conquistador [i] who conquered the Aztec empire [i] ... 

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1673   Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

 in Newgate prison in England for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation

1725   Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "Thief Taker General", is hanged Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

 in Tyburn Tyburn, London

Tyburn was a former village in the county of Middlesex [i] which now forms part of London [i]'s City of Westminster [i] ... 

, England England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

 for actually aiding criminals.

1734   In Montreal Montreal

Montreal, or Montral in French [i], is the second largest city [i] ... 

 in New France New France

New France describes the area colonized [i] by France [i] in North America [i] during a period extending ... 

, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured Torture

Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological [i], is intentiona ... 

 then hanged Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

 by the French France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ... 

 authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.

1788   William Brodie William Brodie

William Brodie, more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish [i] ... 

 hanged Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

1865   Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

, becoming the only American Civil War American Civil War

The American Civil War was a sectional conflict in the United States of America [i] between the federal ... 

 soldier to be executed for war crimes.

1868   Last public hanging in Britain United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

 - Fenian bomber Michael Barrett

1885   British executioner fails to hang Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution [i] or a method of committing suicide [i]. ... 

 John Lee, sentenced of the murder of Emma Keyse. Sentence is commuted to life imprisonment Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment is a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment [i]. ... 

1993   Washington State Washington

Washington is a state [i] in the Pacific Northwest [i] of the United States [i]. ... 

 executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965).