Crime & Justice

2,454 sourced entries filed under crime & justice, split by century. Each century below opens the full list for that stretch of time.

By century

A line from each of the last few centuries

  • 1555John Dee is charged, but cleared, of treason in England.source
  • 1659January 31 – Giovanna De Grandis is arrested in Rome and charged with trafficking the lethal Aqua Tofana poison. On February 2, she implicates the mastermind of the poisoners, Gironima Spana, starting the case of the Spana Prosecution that eventually leads to the arrest and trial of 40 people.source
  • 1753January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted; the following criminal trial causes an uproar.source
  • 1871Gold is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the Pilgrim's Rest area.source
  • 1967March 1 – Brazilian police arrest Franz Stangl, ex-commander of Treblinka and Sobibór extermination camps.source
  • 2014July 20 – Monty Python Live (Mostly) closes in London, ending the famous British comedy group Monty Python, active since 1969.source