Treason

الأحداث (17)

• 1478

  2/18 — George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.

• 1521

  5/17 — Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

• 1535

  7/6 — تم تنفيذ حكم الإعدام على السير توماس مور لخيانته ضد الملك هنري الثامن من إنجلترا.

• 1536

  5/2 — آن بولين، ملكة إنجلترا، تُعتقل وتُحتجز بتهمة الزنا والincest والخيانة والسحر.

• 1540

  7/28 — Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.

• 1603

  11/17 — English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

• 1619

  5/13 — تم تنفيذ حكم الإعدام على السياسي الهولندي جان فان أولدنبارنيفلت في لاهاي بعد إدانته بالخيانة.

• 1807

  5/22 — A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

• 1834

  4/3 — The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason.

• 1885

  11/16 — Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.

• 1894

  12/22 — The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

• 1945

  6/18 — تم تهمة وليام جويس ("اللورد هاف هاف") بالخيانة لبرامجه الترويجية لصالح ألمانيا أثناء الحرب العالمية الثانية.

• 1945

  10/15 — World War II: The former premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval is shot by a firing squad for treason.

• 1948

  12/26 — Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

• 1949

  3/8 — Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.

• 1962

  10/8 — Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuvre called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the perceived communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.

• 1999

  2/23 — Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.