On this date in 1645 — one day after the same fate befell his son — Sir John Hotham was beheaded by the English Parliamentarians for attempting to betray Hull to the Cavaliers in the English Civil War.

Part of the Daily Double: John Hothams.

On this day..

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• 1667: Pedro Bohorquez, Inca Hualpa
• 1812: George Hart, Gotham batterer
• 68 or 69: Locusta, infamous poisoner
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• 1898: Doc Tanner, Copper River gold rusher
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• 1786: Elizabeth Wilson, her reprieve too late
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