List of assassinated persons
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This is a list of persons that were assassinated for political and other reasons.
By region (chronologically)
Please note the chronological sorting order.
Assassinations in Afghanistan
- Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan.
- Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanistan since 1929.
- Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup.
- Nur Mohammad Taraki, (1979), communist president.
- Hafizullah Amin, (1979), communist prime minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion.
- Mohammed Najibullah, (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul.
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, (2001), leader of the Northern Alliance .
- Abdul Haq, (2001), Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban.
- Abdul Qadir, (2002), vice-president of Afghanistan.
- Abdul Rahman, (2002), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Assassinations in Africa
- Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia.
- Pompey the Great, (48 BC), Roman politician killed in Egypt.
- Shaka, (1828), king of the Zulus.
- Boutros Ghali, (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt.
- Nukrashi Pasha, (1948), Prime Minister of Egypt.
- Patrice Lumumba, (1961), Prime Minister of the Congo.
- Louis Rwagasore, 1961, Burundian prince and prime minister.
- Sylvanus Olympio, (1963), president of Togo.
- Pierre Ngendandumwe, (1965), Burundian prime minister.
- Joseph Bamina, (1965), Burundian prime minister.
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup.
- Hendrik Verwoerd, (1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas.
- Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia.
- [[Am�lcar Cabral]], (1973), Pan-African intellectual
- Richard Ratsimandrava, (1975), president of Madagascar killed just days after taking power in military coup.
- [[Fran�ois (Ngarta) Tombalbaye]], (1975), president of Chad.
- Murtala Ramat Mohammed, (1976), President of Nigeria.
- Marien Ngouabi, (1977), president of Congo (Brazzaville).
- Ali Soilih, (1978), president of Comoros.
- William R. Tolbert, Jr., (1980), president of Liberia killed in military coup.
- Anwar Sadat, (1981), President of Egypt.
- Thomas Sankara, (1987), military leader of Burkina Faso.
- Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), president of Comoros.
- Samuel Doe, (1990), president of Liberia. A semiliterate army officer who himself overthrew and allowed the assassination of William Tolbert. The instability following his death led to the outbreak of full-scale war.
- Muhammad Boudiaf, (1992), president of Algeria.
- Chris Hani, (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party.
- [[Ibrahim Bar� Ma�nassara]], (1999), President of Niger.
- [[Laurent-D�sir� Kabila]], (2001), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997-2001.
- Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of Nigeria.
- Robert Guei, (2002), military ruler of C�te d'Ivoire from 1999 to 2000.
- Emile Boga Doudou, (2002), interior minister of C�te d'Ivoire killed on the same day as Guei as the country plunged into civil war and street fighting occurred in the cities.
Assassinations in Canada
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1868), Canadian father of Confederation.
- Pierre Laporte, (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour, assassinated by [[Front de Lib�ration du Qu�bec|FLQ]].
Assassinations in France
- Henri III, (1589), King of France.
- Henri IV, (1610), King of France.
- Jean-Paul Marat, (1793), revolutionary.
- [[Marie Fran�ois Sadi Carnot]], (1894), President of France.
- [[Jean Jaur�s]], (1914), politician, pacifist.
- Paul Doumer, (1932), President of France.
- Louis Barthou, (1934), foreign minister of France killed along with Alexander of Yugoslavia at Marseille.
- [[Ren� Audran]], (1985), General.
- Georges Besse, (1986), Renault executive.
- Claude Erignac, (1998), prefect of Corsica.
Assassinations in India
- Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader.
- Indira Gandhi, (1984), Indian prime minister.
- Rajiv Gandhi, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira.
- Beant Singh, (1995), chief minister of Punjab.
- Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes.
Assassinations in Iran
- Xerxes I, (465 BC), Persian king killed by guards.
- Xerxes II , (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Sogdianus.
- Sogdianus, (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Darius II.
- Nader Shah, (1747), Shah of Persia.
- Ali Razmara, (1951), Prime Minister of Iran.
- Hassan Ali Mansur, (1965), Prime Minister of Iran.
- Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, (1981), killed along with over 60 others in bomb.
- Ali Rajai, (1981), president and
- Javid Bahonar, (1981), Prime Minister of Iran respectively, killed 30 August, just weeks after taking office.
- Shahpur Bakhtiar, (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France.
Assassinations in Ireland and the U.K.
- King Edmund I, (946), king of England, stabbed at a banquet.
- Thomas Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Lord Darnley, (1567), Henry Stuart, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Spencer Perceval, (1812), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, only British prime minister to be assassinated.
- Charles Lenox Richardson, (1862), English diplomat.
- Lord Frederick Cavendish, (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland.
- T.H. Burke, (1882), Under Secretary for Ireland.
- Henry Hughes Wilson, (1922), British field marshal, Conservative politician.
- Michael Collins, (1922), President of the Provisional Government.
- Kevin O'Higgins, (1927), Irish politician.
- Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland.
- Georgi Markov, (1978), Bulgarian dissident.
- Airey Neave, (1979), British Conservative politician.
- Earl Mountbatten, (1979), Vice-admiral, last viceroy of India.
- Rev. Robert Bradford, (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland.
- Ian Gow, (1990), British Conservative politician.
Assassinations in Japan
- Emperor Sushun of Japan, (592), Emperor of Japan.
- The Sogas, (645), Japanese political family.
- Mimura Iechika, daimyo, feudal leader in Japan.
- Matsudaira Hirotada, (1549), feudal leader in Japan.
- Ouchi Yoshitaka, (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan.
- Oda Nobuyuki, (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga.
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru, (1565), Shogun, feudal leader in Japan.
- Yamanaka Shikanosuke, (1578), Japanese samurai.
- Oda Nobunaga, (1582), samurai warlord.
- Shimazu Nariaki, (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma, now Kagoshima prefecture.
- Hashimoto Sanai, (1859), Japanese political activist.
- Ii Naosuke, (1860), Japanese politician.
- Tokugawa Nariaki, (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns.
- Serizawa Kamo, (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi.
- Yoshida Toyo, (1863), Japanese political activist.
- Ikeuchi Daigaku, (1864), Japanese politician.
- Kusaka Gen'nai, (1864), Japanese politician.
- Sakuma Shozan, (1864), Japanese politician.
- Sakamoto Ryoma, (1867), Japanese author.
- Yokoi Shonai, (1869), Japanese political activist.
- Sirosawa Saneomi, (1871), Japanese political activist.
- Okubo Toshimichi, (1878), Japanese Prime Minister.
- Ito Hirobumi, (1909), Japanese Governor-General of Korea.
- Hara Kei, (1921), Japanese Prime Minister.
- Hamaguchi Osachi. (1931), Japanese Prime Minister.
- Takuma Dan, (1932), Japanese zaibatsu leader.
- Inukai Tsuyoshi, (1932), Japanese Prime Minister.
- Takahashi Korekiyo, (1936), Japanese author.
- Isoroku Yamamoto, (1943), Admiral.
- Inejiro Asanuma, (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman.
Assassinations in Mexico
- Francisco I. Madero, (1913), President of Mexico.
- Emiliano Zapata, (1919), revolutionary.
- Venustiano Carranza, (1920), President of Mexico.
- Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (1923), revolutionary.
- [[�lvaro Obreg�n]], (1928), President-elect.
- Leon Trotsky, (1940), Russian communist leader
- Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, (1994), Presidential candidate.
Assassinations in Russia
- Peter III of Russia, (1762), tsar of Russia.
- Alexander II of Russia, (1881), Tsar of All the Russias.
- Dmitri Sipiagin, (1902), Russian Interior Minister.
- Vyacheslav Plehve, (1904), Russian Interior Minister.
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1904), Governor-General of Finland.
- Peter Stolypin, (1911), Russian Prime Minister.
- Grigori Rasputin, (1916), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker.
- Count von Mirbach, (1918), German ambassador in Moscow.
- Nicholas II of Russia, (1918), deposed Tsar.
- Sergei Kirov, (1934), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad.
- Valentin Tsvetkov, (2002), governor of Magadan.
Assassinations in the United States
- Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate.
- Henry Heusken, (1861), American diplomat (accompanying Townsend Harris from Amsterdam).
- Abraham Lincoln, (1865), President of the United States.
- Thomas Hindman, (1868), Confederate General.
- Edward Canby, (1873), Union General, leader of a peace confrence
- Crazy Horse, (1877), Oglala Sioux chief killed by American troops.
- James Garfield, (1881), President of the United States.
- William McKinley, (1901), President of the United States.
- Anton Cermak, (1933), mayor of Chicago.
- Huey P. Long, (1935), Louisiana senator and former governor.
- John F. Kennedy, (1963), President of the United States.
- Lee Harvey Oswald, (1963), alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- Medgar Evers, (1963), U.S. civil rights activist.
- Malcolm X, (1965), (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, born Malcolm Little), leader.
- Robert F. Kennedy, (1968), Presidential candidate.
- Martin Luther King Jr., (1968), U.S. civil rights activist.
- Harvey Milk, (1978), gay rights campaigner and city supervisor of San Francisco, California.
- George Moscone, (1978), Mayor of San Francisco killed along with Milk.
- John Lennon, (1980), singer and former Beatle.
- Meir Kahane, (1990), leader of the ultra-Zionist Jewish Defense League.
Assassinations in Yugoslavia (and successor states)
- Minister Milorad Draskovic, Yugoslav interior minister killed in 1921 by Communist Alija Alijagic
- King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, (1934).
- Irfan Ljubijankic, (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia.
- Zeljko Raznatovic ("Arkan"), (2000), Serb paramilitary leader.
- Pavle Bulatovic, (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia.
- Bosko Perosevic, (2000), prefect of Vojvodina.
- Zoran Djindjic, (2003), Prime Minister of Serbia killed by organized crime.
Assassinations in other regions (chronologically backwards)
Political assassinations
Please note the sorting order: chronologically backwards.
Heads of state and government killed in office
- Birendra, (2001), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family).
- Vasgen Sarkissian, (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia.
- Yitzhak Rabin, (1995), Prime Minister of Israel (1974-1977 and 1992-1995), shared 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka.
- [[Ren� Moawad]], (1989), president of Lebanon.
- Rashid Karami, (1987), Prime Minister of Lebanon.
- Olof Palme, (1986), Swedish prime minister.
- Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president of the Pacific island of Palau.
- Ziaur Rahman, (1981), president of Bangladesh.
- Park Chung Hee, (1979), President of South Korea.
- Ahmad al-Ghashmi, (1978), president of North Yemen killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen.
- Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1977), president of North Yemen.
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia, (1975), king.
- Mujibur Rahman, (1975), president of Bangladesh.
- Luis Carrero Blanco, (1973), Spanish prime minister.
- Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda.
- Wasfi at-Tall, (1971), Prime Minister of Jordan.
- Ngo Dinh Diem, (1963), first president of South Vietnam.
- Rafael Trujillo, (1961), Dominican Republic dictator.
- Solomon Bandaranaike, (1959), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister killed by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama.
- Faisal II, (1958), King of Iraq,
- Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958), Iraqi politician, and
- Ibrahim Hashim, (1958), Jordanian politician, prime minister several times between the 1930s and shortly before his death - the previous three were all killed during the July 14 military coup in Iraq.
- Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala.
- Anastasio Somoza, (1956), president of Nicaragua.
- Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- Abdullah I , (1951), King of Jordan.
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950), chairman of the military junta of Venezuela.
- Yahya ibn Mohammad, (1948), imam of Yemen.
- Benito Mussolini, (1945), fascist Prime Minister of Italy.
- Armand Calinescu, (1939), Prime Minister of Romania.
- Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), chancellor of Austria.
- [[Luis S�nchez Cerro]], (1933), president of Peru.
- Ion Duca, (1933), prime minister of Romania.
- Gabriel Narutowicz, (1922), President of Poland.
- [[Karl Graf St�rgkh]], (1916), Prime Minister of Austria.
- George I of Greece, (1913), king.
- Charles of Portugal, (1908), king.
- Umberto I of Italy, (1900), king.
- Ulises Heureaux, (1899), president of the Dominican Republic.
- [[Gabriel Garc�a Moreno]], (1875), president of Ecuador known for his support of the Catholic church.
- Ioannis Capodistrias, (1831), first president of Greece.
- Pius VIII, (1830), Pope.
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines, (1806), Emperor of Haiti
- Gustav III, (1792), King of Sweden.
- William I of Orange, (1584), stadtholder.
- Raymond II of Tripoli, (1152), count of Tripoli.
- Zengi, (1146), ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty.
- Numerian, (284), Roman emperor.
- Carinus, (284), Roman emperor.
- Probus, (282), Roman emperor.
- Florianus, (276), Roman emperor.
- Aurelian, (275), Roman emperor.
- Laelianus, (268), Gallic emperor.
- Postumus, (268), Gallic emperor.
- Gallienus, (268), Roman emperor.
- Trebonianus Gallus, (253), Roman emperor.
- Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor.
- Khosrow I, (238), Armenian king.
- Pupienus, (238), Roman emperor.
- Balbinus, (238), Roman emperor.
- Maximinus Thrax, (238), Roman emperor.
- Alexander Severus, (235), Roman emperor.
- Heliogabalus, (222), Roman emperor.
- Caracalla, (217), Roman emperor.
- Publius Septimius Geta, (212), Roman emperor.
- Didius Julianus, (193), Roman emperor.
- Pertinax, (193), Roman emperor.
- Commodus, (192), Roman emperor.
- Domitian, (96), Roman emperor.
- Galba, (69), Roman emperor.
- Vitellius, (69), Roman emperor.
- Claudius, (54), Roman emperor.
- Caligula, (41), Roman emperor.
- Gaius Julius Caesar, (44 BC), common form of reference to Julius Caesar.
- Antiochus VI Dionysus, (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne.
- Alexander Balas, (146 BC), Seleucid king.
- Seleucus IV Philopator, (176 BC), Seleucid king.
- Seleucus III Ceraunus, (223 BC), Seleucid king.
- Antiochus II Theos, (246 BC), Seleucid king.
- Tidas, (252 BC), tyrant of Sicyon.
- Cleon of Sicyon, (272 BC), tyrant of Sicyon.
- Seleucus I Nicator, (281 BC), founder of the Seleucid dynasty.
- Philip II of Macedon, (336 BC), king of Macedon.
- Hipparchus, (514 BC), tyrant of Athens.
- Servius Tullius, (534 BC), Etruscan king.
- Titus Tatius, (748 BC), Sabine king.
Other political assassinations
- Aquila al-Hashimi, (2003), Iraqi governing council member.
- Anna Lindh, (2003) foreign minister of Sweden.
- Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, (2003), ayatollah.
- [[S�rgio Vieira de Mello]], (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq.
- Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed, (2003), Saudi Arabian ambassador to the Ivory Coast.
- Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor.
- Pim Fortuyn, (2002), Dutch politician.
- Siddiq Khan Kanju, (2001), foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993.
- Fernando Buesa Blanco, (2000), Basque politician and party leader.
- Stephen Saunders, (2000), Brigadier and British military attach� in Athens.
- Ernest Lluch Mart�n, (2000), former Spanish minister.
- [[Luis Mar�a Arga�a]], (1999), vice president of Paraguay.
- Massimo D'Antona, (1999), advisor of the Italian Minister of Labour.
- Francisco Tomas y Valiente, (1996), former president of the Spanish Constitutional Court.
- Andrey Lukanov, (1996), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
- Mohammad Nanva, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist.
- Ali Garmaii, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist.
- John Newman, (1994), New South Wales state minister and member for Cabramatta.
- Fazle Haq, (1991), governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985.
- Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany.
- Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia.
- [[Andr� Cools]], (1991), Belgian politician.
- Gerald Bull, (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, assassinated by Israeli agents.
- Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, (1990), Colombian presidential candidate.
- [[Luis Carlos Gal�n]], (1989), Colombian presidential candidate.
- Alfred Herrhausen, (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO.
- Chico Mendes, (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
- Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad"), (1988), military leader of the PLO.
- Costis Peratikos, (1987), Greek shipowner.
- Karl Heinz Beckurts, (1986), Siemens executive.
- [[Gerold von Braunm�hl]], (1986), official in the German Foreign Ministry.
- Ricardo Tejero Magro, (1985), Spanish Central Bank director.
- Ernst Zimmermann, (1985), German industrialist.
- Nikos Momferratos, (1985), Greek newspaper publisher.
- Leamon Hunt, (1984), US chief of the Sinai Multinational Force and Observer Group (assassinated in Rome).
- Benigno Aquino Jr., (1983), opposition senator in the Philippines.
- George Tsantes, (1983), U.S. military attach� in Athens.
- Bashir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon.
- Heinz-Herbert Karry, (1981), minister of economy of Hesse.
- Walter Rodney, (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle, (1980), former president of Nicaragua.
- Adolph Dubs, (1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.
- Abdul Razak al-Naif, (1978), former Iraqi prime minister.
- Aldo Moro, (1978), former Prime Minister of Italy kidnapped and killed by Red Brigades.
- Hanns-Martin Schleyer, (1977), president of the German employers' organization.
- Siegfried Buback, (1977), German attorney general.
- Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader.
- [[J�rgen Ponto]], (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank.
- [[Juan Jos� Torres]], (1976), president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971.
- Andreas von Mirbach, (1975), German military attach� in Stockholm.
- Heinz Hillegaart, (1975), German diplomat in Stockholm.
- Ross McWhirter, (1975), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and far right wing political activist.
- [[G�nter von Drenkmann]], (1974), Berlin chief justice.
- Karl von Spreti, (1970), German ambassador in Guatemala.
- [[Maximiliano Hern�ndez Mart�nez]], (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944.
- Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Swedish Middle East peace mediator.
- Ieu Koeus 1950 briefly prime minister of Cambodia in 1949.
- [[Jorge Eli�cer Gait�n]], (1948), Colombian Liberal Party leader.
- Aung San 1947 Burmese nationalist leader.
- Reinhard Heydrich, (1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czechoslovakia.
- Ernst von Rath, (1938), German diplomat in France.
- Wilhelm Gustloff, (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party.
- Simon Petlyura, (1926), Ukrainian independence leader
- Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour representative at Semperit.
- [[Istv�n Tisza]], (1918), former premier of Hungary.
- Franz Ferdinand of Austria, (1914), Archduke of Austria-Hungary.
- Elisabeth ("Sisi"), (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary.
- Ferreira do Amaral, (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau.
- Pellegrino Rossi, (1848), Italian Minister of Justice.
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1634), Czech general during the Thirty Years' War.
- Konrad von Marburg, (1233), German inquisitor.
- Conrad of Montferrat, (1192), leader in the Third Crusade.
- Bishop Henry, (1156) English crusader in Finland.
- Carausius, (293), usurper of the Western Roman Empire.
- Germanicus, (19), Roman military leader, poisoned.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, (43 BC), Roman orator.
- Tiberius Gracchus, (133 BC), Roman tribune.
- Alcibiades, (404 BC), Athenian general and politician.
- Ephialtes, (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens.
Assassinations of other well-known persons
Non political, please note the sorting order: chronologically backwards.
- Elvis Alvarez, (1994), world champion boxer, murdered.
- [[Jos� Cheito Ruiz]], (1993), world champion boxer from Puerto Rico.
- [[Alejandro Gonz�lez Malave]], (1986), famous undercover policeman.
- Luis Vigoreaux, (1983), slain producer, show host.
People who died under suspicious circumstances
Please note the sorting order: chronologically backwards.
- Bison Dele, (2002), NBA player.
- [[Juv�nal Habyarimana]], (1994), President of Rwanda, and
- Cyprien Ntaryamira, (1994), President of Burundi, killed in mysterious plane crash; the resulting political instability led to the genocide in Rwanda and the outbreak of full-scale war in Burundi..
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia.
- Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, (1988), military ruler of Pakistan.
- Uwe Barschel, (1987), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein
- Roberto Calvi, (1982), CEO of Banco Ambrosiano.
- Pope John Paul I, (1978).
- Haile Selassie, (1975), Ethiopian emperor who was deposed and imprisoned a year earlier by the military after an eventful reign of over 40 years.
- Salvador Allende, (1973), Chilean president.
- [[Dag Hammarskj�ld]], (1961), United Nations Secretary General, killed in plane crash in Zaire.
- Joseph Stalin, (1953), Soviet leader
- King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, (1946).
- Emperor Komei of Japan, (1840), Emperor of Japan.
- Charles XII, (1718), Swedish king and military commander.
- Pope Alexander VI, (1503), Roman pope of the 15th century.
- Regiomontanus (aka [[Johannes M�ller]]), (1476), German mathematician and astronomer.
- [[Agn�s Sorel]], (1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France.
- King Jean I of France, (1316).
- King William II of England, (1100), killed by an arrow while hunting.
- Flavius Claudius Julianus, (363), Roman emperor.
- Carus, (283), Roman emperor.
Related articles and lists
- List of people who survived assassination attempts
- List of murdered people
- List of assassinations by car bombing
- List of assassins, assassin, terrorist[[fr:Liste de personnalit�s assassin�es]]
[[sv:Kronologisk lista �ver personer som blivit m�rdade]]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_assassinated_persons" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_persons, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
