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The Execution of Capitan John Johnson
SIR JOHN JOHNSTON was born at Kirkcaldy, in Fifeshire. His father had had a good estate, but had diminished it by extravagant living, so Sir John went young into the army to improve his fortune. He went over to Ireland, where he thought to better his…
Exécution d'Anne du Bourg
Execution by hanging of the French magistrate Anne du Bourg on 23 December 1559 in Paris.
