Crime & Justice

4,490 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

  • 1564A map of Sweden, attributed to Ambrosius Thoms, was completed this year. It is presumed to have been created to aid in a coup-d’etat to liberate John III (half-brother of King Erik XIV, who would become the next King of Sweden in 1569) from Gripsholm Castle. John was imprisoned there in 1563 for treason, along with his new wife, on account of their marriage, because she was the younger sister of Poland's King Sigismund II Augustus, with whom King Erik XIV was at war.Swedensource
  • 1658Thet Swenska Språketz Klagemål by Skogekär BergboSwedensource
  • 1762January – the "Cock Lane ghost" appears in London.United Kingdomsource
  • 1859Robertson's "Golden Shred" marmalade first produced, in Paisley.Scotlandsource
  • 195921 September – Nantou shooting in Nantou County.Taiwansource
  • 2013April 13 – Venezuelan presidential election: Nicolás Maduro is declared winner with a narrow victory over his opponent Henrique Capriles Radonski. Protests continue to October.source