Notable assassinations and attempts since 1800 list
A compiled roster of rulers presidents and ministers who were slain or attacked from 1800 onward. Includes Napoleon I Paul I Spencer Percival Andrew Jackson Louis Philippe Napoleon III and many others across Europe Asia and the Americas with dates of attacks or deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon I
Paul
Czar
Russia
Spencer Percival
England
George IV
Andrew Jackson
United States
Louis Philippe
France
Frederick William of
Prussia
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Ferdinand Charles III
Duke of
Parma
Isabella II
Spain
Napoleon Sii
Daniel, Prince of
Montenegro
Abraham Lincoln
Michael, Prince of
Servia
Marshal
Richard, Earl of Mayo
India
Abdul Aziz
Turkey
William I
Alexander N
Mohammed Ali Pasha
Humbert I
Italy
Lytton
Alfonso XII
Brattiano
Roumania
James A. Garfield
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Marie Francois Carnot
Nasr-ed-Din
Shah
Persia
Stanislaus Stambouloff
Bulgaria
Alexander
Draga
Bobrikoff
Finland
von Plehve
Alfonso XIII
Victoria
Carlos
Portugal
Luis
Denmark Mourns King George of Greece
Copenhagen reports deep sorrow over the assassination of King George of Greece. The popular monarch, long a visitor to Denmark, spent holidays in the capital and engaged with local life, drawing a strong bond with the Danish people. The royal family learned of the death by press despatch.
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Copenhagen
George
Greece
Denmark
King George
Prince Valdemar
Boston Couple in Balkan War Zone Escapes Frontline Turmoil
Mr and Mrs Samuel Eliot Morison Back Bay residents reached Paris after a harrowing escape from Montenegro during the Balkan Turkish war. Letters describe nurses including queen and princess, wounded soldiers, and Montenegrin courage. They detail travel hardships, Montenegrin hospitality, and efforts to leave via Rijeka Viapazar routes before boarding a steamer out of the war zone.
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Samuel Eliot Morison
Back Bay
Balkans
Balkan States
Turkey
Morison
Paris
Mr. Morison
Harvard
Montenegro
Elizabeth Shaw Greene
Vincent Club
Austria
John H. Morison
Brimmer Street
Cettinje
Nichje
Tarabush
Seutari
Letter Attests True's Elixir Healed Child Worms
A Maine clergyman reports his two year old daughter survived severe sickness after doctors could not diagnose the illness. He credits True's Elixir with expelling worms and restoring sleep and health, urging readers to contact for the clergyman's name and address. The ad-like notice promotes the remedy as vegetable, harmless, and available at dealers in 35c 50c and 1.00.
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Maine
Dr. True
N.B
Gag Law Defeated in House Finds Setback for Boston Board
The Boston school committee suffered a defeat as the House passed a bill limiting the board’s power to restrict teachers from politics. The measure repeals the rule barring circulation of nomination papers endorsing candidates or appearing before committees, moving toward broader teacher political participation.
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Boston
Lawmakers Split Over School Committee Bill Opposition and Support
Hays of Brighton Cox of Boston and Armstrong of Somerville opposed the bill as interference with school committee internal affairs. Lomasney of Boston Haines of Medford I R Sullivan of Boston and Giblin of East Boston urged passage of the bill.
State Board withdraws bills banning Christian Science practice
The State Board of Registration in Medicine withdrew all bills that would prohibit the practice of Christian Science. This marks a three year pattern in which proposed restrictions were halted. Scientists attended the hearing expressing positions on the issue.
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State Board of Registration In Medicine
Bar and Bottle Bill Repeal Debated by Legal Affairs Panel
The committee on legal affairs discussed repealing the bar and bottle law as part of a broader set of liquor bills. Proponents led by Edward H. Pinkham and George C. Dempsey cited rising drunkenness since enactment, while opposition including Robert A. Woods Arthur J. Davis and Miss Alice L. Higgins argued the law reduced drinking venues and home consumption.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Edward H. Pinkham
Liquor Dealers’ Association
George C. Dempsey
Robert A. Woods
South End House
Arthur J. Davis
Anti-saloon League
Alice L. Higgins
Associated Charities of
Boston
Scrub Women Pension Bill Advances From Committee
The ways and means committee favored a bill to retire women in the sergeant at arms department who reach sixty and have at least fifteen years’ service or ten years with a work-related injury. Eligible retirees would receive three quarters pay.
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Boyle Bros
Ways and Means Committee
Sergeant-At Arms Department
Senate votes 18 18 to engross bill banning public drinking cups
The bill to forbid use of common drinking cups in any public place passed to be engrossed in the Senate after an even split vote of 18 to 18. The action moves the measure toward final passage in the chamber.
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Senate
Bay State census shows more females than males
National Census Bureau figures place Massachusetts population at 3 366 416 with 1 711 168 females and 1 655 248 males, a ratio of 96 7 males per 100 females. The bulletin notes the gender balance as of the census taking.
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National Census Bureau
Commonwealth
Two Men Sentenced to Life Terms in Murder Case
Michael J. Collins of Somerville and Domenico Beninato of Waltham were each found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in state custody by Judge Chase in the East Cambridge Superior Court yesterday afternoon.
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Michael J. Collins
Somerville
Domenico Beninato
Waltham
Chase
East Cambridge
Demographic Breakdown of Massachusetts Population
Census figures show 1 103 429 white native percentage residents and 4 107 447 white mixed or foreign parentage in Massachusetts. Negroes total 38 055 and Chinese 2 582. Age distribution spans under five to over 45 with 40 percent of males and 36.9 percent of females unmarried. Divorce rates show 4 percent of men and 55 percent of women divorced.
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Massachusetts
Collins faces insanity ruling over Somerville murder
Collins was accused of killing his brother in law Joseph W McLaughlin at his Linwood Street home in Somerville last Christmas morning by slashing his throat with a fahor in a quarrel. He pleaded not guilty. An insanity commission was sought last Friday. Doctors Walton and Utley testified Collins was insane at the crime time and remains so, due to alcoholic excesses, and should be confined to prevent future danger.
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Joseph W. McLaughlin
Linwood Street
Somerville
John H. O'Neil
George W. Walton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward R. Utley
Newton
East Cambridge
Collins
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