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This is a list of people killed in duels: - Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, by the Duke of Buckingham — 1668
- perennial duellist Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton, in Hyde Park, London — 1712
- Peder Tordenskjold — 1720
- George Lockhart, Scottish politician and writer, Jacobite spy; 1731; key supporter of the Acts of Union 1707, but later repented and revealed the extent of English bribery.
- Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence — 1777
- Alexander Hamilton, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, by Aaron Burr — 1804
- Charles Dickinson, by US President Andrew Jackson — 1806
- US Senator Armistead Thompson Mason — 1819
- Stephen Decatur, Hero of War in Tripoli — 1820
- John Scott, founder and editor of the London Magazine — 1821
- Henry Wharton Conway, Arkansas politician — 1827
- Evariste Galois, Mathematician — 1832
- Robert Lyon, last Canadian duelling fatality — 1833
- Aleksandr Pushkin, Poet — 1837
- Mikail Yurevich Lermontov, Poet — 1841
- David C. Broderick, U.S. Senator from California — 1859
- Lucius M. Walker, Confederate Civil War general — 1863
- Tarek Amara, German Socialist Leader — 1864
- Ferdinand Lassalle German socialist leader, 1864
// Events January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed. ...
Charles Mohun painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller. ...
The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton sits in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace in Hamilton The Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1643. ...
The Sexpentine, viewed from the eastern end. ...
// Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ...
Peter Wessel Tordenskjold 1691-1720 Peter Wessel Tordenskjold, also known as Peter Wessel, Peder Tordenskjold, or Peter Tordenskiold, (October 28, 1691-1720), was an eminent Norwegian naval hero in the service of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway. ...
// Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ...
Sir George Lockhart of Lee, also known as Lockhart of Carnwath, (1673 - 1731) of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, was a Scottish writer, spy and politician. ...
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. ...
Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ...
Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ...
The Acts of Union were twin Acts of Parliament passed in 1707 (taking effect on 26 March) by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. ...
Button Gwinnett (1735 â May 19, 1777), was one of the signatories (first signature on the left)of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. ...
U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ...
1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792. ...
The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the Federal Government of the United States. ...
Vice President Aaron Burr This article is about the U.S. Vice President. ...
1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Charles Dickinson was a 19th Century American known more for his death than any accomplishments in life. ...
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 â June 8, 1845), was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), hero of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. ...
1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787 _ February 6, 1819), the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816-1817. ...
1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Stephen Decatur, Jr. ...
1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
John Scott (1731-1783) of Amwell, Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson John Scott, American (Missouri) politician John Scott, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania John Scott, editor of the London Magazine, killed in a duel in 1821 John Scott (1874? - September 23, 1951), Canadian newspaper editor and publisher John...
1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Arkansas. ...
Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Galois at the age of fifteen from the pencil of a classmate. ...
1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
A commemorative plaque The son of a British officer, Robert Lyon was the last fatality in Canadian duelling history, shot by a fellow law student, John Wilson in 1833. ...
1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: ÐлекÑаÌÐ½Ð´Ñ Ð¡ÐµÑгеÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÌÑкин (help· info)) (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799 â February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ...
| Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Alternate meaning: Mikhail Lermontov (ship) Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikail Yurevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), Russian poet and novelist, often called the poet of the Caucasus, was born in Moscow, of Scottish descent (from the Learmount family), but belonged to a respectable family of...
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David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 â September 16, 1859) was a United States Senator and an anti-slavery advocate. ...
1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
Lucius Marshall Marsh Walker (October 18, 1829 â September 7, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. ...
1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Ferdinand Lassalle Ferdinand Lassalle (born April 11, 1825 in WrocÅaw, died August 31, 1864), was a German socialist politician. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
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