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Treason

Treason

Timeline

541   John the Cappadocian is dismissed by Theodora for treason.

1478   George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.

1521   Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

1540   One of the most important political figures of the reign of Henry VIII of England, Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from the king on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.

1603   Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason.

1603   Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle

1619   Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.

1645   Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud executed for treason on Tower Hill, London.

1661   The first Earl of Argyle is executed at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh for treason

1691   Jacob Leisler is hanged for treason

1807   Sufficient evidence is presented to a grand jury to indict former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr for treason.

1807   Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason. He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Mexico to become part of an independent republi

1885   Canadian rebel leader of the

1945   World War II: Former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed by firing squad for treason.

1945   Norwegian Nazi leader, Vidkun Quisling, is shot by firing squad for treason.

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1999   Kurdish rebel leader bdullah

2003   500,000 Hong Kong people march to protest Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, which controversially redefines treason.

2004   Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years for treason.