Assassinated Collection

Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie
The assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London

Kings Edward Vii / Carlos
CARLOS I, KING OF PORTUGAL Photograph of King Edward VII with his friend, King Carlos I of Portugal who was unfortunately assassinated in February 1908

Four daughters of Tsar Nicolas II
MARIE, TATIANA, ANASTASIA & OLGA Daughters of Nicolas II and Alexandra of Russia

Tsesarevich Alexei of Russia (1904-1918) seen studying in 1913. Devastatingly for his parents, Alexei suffered from haemophilia

Mohammed Nadir Shah - King of Afghanistan with his Brother
Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883-1933) (second from right) - King of Afghanistan between 1923-1933 with his Brother and two other Officers. Date: circa 1924

Jean Jaures
JEAN-JOSEPH-MARIE-AUGUSTE JAURES French socialist statesman, founded and edited L Humanite opposing militarism, assassinated

Spencer Perceval / Picart
SPENCER PERCEVAL son of 2nd Earl Egmont, opposed Catholic emancipation, insisted on continuance of Napoleonic war, made banknotes legal tender, assassinated

Sir Curson Wyllie
Sir WILLIAM HUTT CURZON WYLLIE administrator in India, assassinated by a student Maden Llal Dhingra whom he had befriended

Pyotr Arkady Stolypin
PYOTR ARKADYEVICH STOLYPIN Russian prime minister from 1906 to 1911; he was assassinated

Archduke F. Ferdinand
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Heir to the Austrian empire, son of Archduke Karl Ludwig, assassinated in 1914

Altdorf, Switzerland - Statue of William Tell
1910

Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist
Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronstein, 1879-1940), Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist, one of the leaders, with Lenin, of the Russian October Revolution of 1917

Benazir Bhutto addressing a public meeting
Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), the then acting Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), addressing a public meeting. She later became Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990, 1993-1996)

MIHAILO ASSASSINATED
Prince Mihailo (Michael) Obrenovich III, previously deposed but reinstated, is assassinated (why and by whom still unknown) : he lies in state at Belgrade. 10 June 1868

ALEXANDER II DEAD
Tsar ALEXANDER II, assassinated by nihilists, on his deathbed in the Winter Palace whither he was taken after the fatal explosion. Date: 1818 - 1881

WALLENSTEIN DEAD
The body of WALLENSTEIN, assassinated by agents of emperor Ferdinand II for being too ambitious, is contemplated by the astrologer Sent, who predicted some such event. Date: 1634

Serbian Crown Prince Alexander (1888-1934) photographed upon a arrival to London in 1916. The Prince was the second son of King Peter I whose elder brother Prince George renounced his claim to

Carlos I (1863 - 1908), King of Portugal from (1889 -1908)

The Martyrdom, the place within (below the wall plaque) Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, where Thomas a Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) was assassinated in 1170. Date: 29 December 1170

Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Becket had been a trusted friend of Henry II, King of England, but they became entangled in a quarrel over the rights of the Church

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 - 1896), King of Persia from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. Photograph on his last visit to Britain. Date: 1889

SATIRE ON HENRI III
Henri III, murdered by the monk Jacques Clement with the encouragement of the Catholic League, is conveyed to Hell for his wickedness in making a deal with Henri de Navarre. Date: 1 August 1589

HENRI III ASSASSINATED
Henri III, at odds not only with the Protestants but also with the Catholic League, is assassinated by a fanatical monk, Jacques Clement, at the instigation of the League. Date: 1 August 1589

FERAUD ASSASSINATED
Jean Feraud (or Ferraud), member of the Convention and opponent of Robespierre, is assassinated at the entrance to the Convention, where his head is saluted. Date: 20 May 1795

MARAT ASSASSINATED 1793
Marat is assassinated by Charlotte Corday. Date: 13 July 1793

ELISHAS BONES MIRACLE
A Person assassinated, being thrown into the Tomb of Elisha, immediately revives, on touching the reliques of the Prophet Date: circa Ist century

EVENTS / SWEDEN
Gustav III is assassinated at a masked ball at the Opera House by Jakob Johan Anckarstrom Date: 16 March 1792

Queen Mourns Deaths / 1908
The Queen of Portugal mourns over the deathbeds of her assassinated husband, Carlos I, and her son, Luiz Date: 1908

Sandanski and Panitsa - Macedonian Revolutionaries. Yane Ivanov Sandanski (1872-1915) (also known as Pirin Tsar (Pirinski Car) - pictured on left)

Sarajevo in 1914
Aerial view of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia with an X marking the spot where Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was assassinated by Serbian nationalists in June 1914

Elegabalus Assassinated
ANTONINUS II ELAGABALUS exasperated by his extreme eccentricities and vile debaucheries, the Roman army assassinates Elagabalus and his mother

Body of the late King George of Greece to Athens 1913
The body of the late King George of Greece was conveyed with all state from Salonica, where he was assassinated in the hour of his countrys victory, to the capital city of Athens

Friedrich Adler
FRIEDRICH ADLER Austrian politician, who in 1916 assassinated Count Karl von Sturgkh, which does not seem to have interfered with his subsequent career. Date: 1875 - 1960

Gaius Julius Caesar
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR Roman Emperor assassinated Date: 100 - 44 BC

Attack on Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia from 18621890 is almost assassinated by Ferdinand Cohen-Blind, a democrat who hoped to prevent a war among the German states

Luigi Lucheni, the assassin of the Empress of Austria
The Italian anarchist, Luigi Lucheni, who assassinated the Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Bavaria. Date: 1898

Lewis Thornton Powell aka Lewis Payne
Lewis Payne was implicated in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The group also included John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Samuel Bland Arnold, Michael O Laughlen and John Surratt

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), son of Archduke Karl Ludwig and heir to the Austrian Empire, assassinated in 1914. Seen here in uniform, with several medals. Date: early 20th century

Alcibiades, Bust, Profile
ALCIBIADES Athenian general; though a friend of Socrates, he was dissolute in private and a traitor in his public life; assassinated by the Persians

Bassville Assassinated
French diplomat Nicolas Jean de Bassville imprudently seeks to rouse Romans to sympathy for the revolution, and is assassinated. The Pope pays his family 300, 000 livres

Ist D Buckingham Revel
GEORGE VILLIERS, first duke of BUCKINGHAM, depicted with friends and flatterers while he is the royal favourite of James I. Later he will be assassinated, justifiably. Date: 1592 - 1628

Ange Bonnier
ANGE ELISABETH LOUIS ANTOINE BONNIER d ARCO - French revolutionary statesman, ministre plenipotentiare at Rastadt where he will be assassinated. Date: 1749 - 1799

Charles Duc De Berry
CHARLES FERDINAND duc de BERRY second son of Charles X, fought with the allies against Napoleon, for which he will be assassinated by a Bonapartist fanatic. Date: 1778 - 1820

Buckingham (Droeshout)
GEORGE VILLIERS, first duke of BUCKINGHAM statesman, royal favourite, eventually assassinated (and not before time !) Date: 1592 - 1628

Mikhail II of Russia
MIKHAIL II YAROSLAVICH Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir son of Yaroslav III, assassinated by the invading Golden Horde of Tartars Date: reigned 1304-1317

Rathenau Shot in Berlin
German foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, assassinated in Berlin by political opponents. Date: July 1922

Isaac Dorislaus
ISaC DORISLAUS Dutch-English lawyer and diplomat, assassinated at the Hague Date: 1595 - 1649

Death of Caesar 44 Bc
Julius Caesar is assassinated in the Senate by Brurtus and his companions Date: 15 March 44 BC

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