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Aristotle / ExiledARISTOTLE Greek philosopher leaving Athens with his followers, having been wrongly accused of impiety
Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singerCaricature of George Leybourne (1842-1884), British music hall singer, described as a lion comique, famous for his song Champagne Charlie. It appears that his death had been mistakenly announced
Curtis British Entomology Plate 658Coleoptera: Cantharis vesicatoria = Lytta vesicatoria [Plant: Hippocrepis comosa (Horseshoe Vetch, wrongly labelled Ligusticum)] Date: 1824-39
A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylumA cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838
John Baron BelasyseJOHN, BARON BELASYSE Prominent royalist, wrongly accused by Oates and others of being a party to the imaginary Popish Plot. Date: 1614 - 1689
Pompeys Pillar - wrongly believed to contain remains of Roman general Pompey, this pillar near Alexandria was raised in the 4th century to honour the emperor Diocletian. Date: 4th century / 1850
William Whiston (Anon)WILLIAM WHISTON Mathematician and theologian who predicted the end of the world for 13 October 1736, wrongly, as it turned out