Posthumous execution is the ritual or ceremonial mutilation of an already dead body as a punishment. Some Christians believed that the resurrection of...

January 1661, the 12th anniversary of the execution of Charles I, and was subjected to a posthumous execution, as were the remains of John Bradshaw and...

January 30 – The body of Oliver Cromwell is exhumed and subjected to a posthumous execution in London, along with those of John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton. February...

Leicestershire, then his property, after signing the warrant for the king's execution in 1649. On 12 March 1649, Bradshaw was elected President of the Council...

had Ireton's corpse exhumed from Westminster and mutilated in a posthumous execution, along with those of Cromwell and John Bradshaw, in retribution for...

Wycliffe, dead for 30 years, should be exhumed and burned. This posthumous execution was carried out in 1428. Several incidents are recorded of massacres...

Catholic Church List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church Posthumous execution Pope Boniface VIII The Ring and the Book For the date cf. Joseph...

was president of the court, and Henry Ireton. They were given a posthumous execution: their remains were exhumed, and they were hanged, beheaded and their...

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1869 – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best...

Abbey, as well as those of John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton, for a posthumous execution at Tyburn. The three bodies were left hanging "from morning till...

Maha Sajan (died 1471) or Bàn La Trà Toàn, Panluo Chaquan (槃羅茶全) in Chinese sources, was king of Champa from 1460 to 1471, the year of the fall of Champa...

A posthumous birth is the birth of a child after the death of a parent. A person born in these circumstances is called a posthumous child or a posthumously...

Hong Xiuquan (1 January 1814 – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led...

the execution, Zhao Zhihong (Chinese: 赵志红) wrote the Petition of my Death Penalty admitting he had committed the crime. Huugjilt was posthumously exonerated...

John Wycliffe (/ˈwɪklɪf/; also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, and other variants; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian...

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Zhang Jue ([ʈʂáŋtɕɥě]; died c. October 184) was a religious leader in ancient China who became a military general and led the Yellow Turban Rebellion during...

Nguyễn Quang Thùy (chữ Hán: 阮光垂; died 1802) was a Vietnamese prince alive during the Tây Sơn dynasty. A son of Nguyễn Huệ, Thùy was also a half-brother...

the Manchu invaders, suppression of the Southern Ming resistance and execution of the Yongli Emperor. Wu eventually double-crossed both of his masters...

Ahmad Fanākatī, alternatively rendered as Ahmad Banākatī (Persian: احمد فناکتی / احمد بناکتی; simplified Chinese: 阿合马; traditional Chinese: 阿合馬; pinyin:...

1907) Badge of the 1st Kuban (Ice) campaign (3 October 1918), issued posthumously, No.1 out of 3,689 Peeling, Siobhan (8 October 2014). "Kornilov, Lavr...

Forest, during which he committed suicide to avoid capture (and inevitable execution) and shameful reproach. Varus' defeat to the Germanic tribes led by Arminius...

Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven (12 January 1580 – 5 August 1600) was a Scottish nobleman. He is most notable for his participation in the Gowrie...

been punished by the Chongzhen Emperor; of those, 24 were sentenced to execution. Madam Ke was beaten to death by an interrogator just 11 days after Wei's...

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common...

market place at Shrewsbury". That being done, Percy was subjected to posthumous execution. The king dispatched Percy's head to York, where it was impaled on...

Galdan Boshugtu Khan (1644 – 3 May 1697) was a Choros-Oirat khan of the Dzungar Khanate. As fourth son of Erdeni Batur, founder of the Dzungar Khanate...

of Charles I. Royalists dug up Cromwell's corpse and performed a posthumous execution. The religiously and politically motivated individuals held responsible...

Lü Liuliang (Chinese: 呂留良; 1629–3 October 1683) was a Han Chinese poet and author from Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. He was born under the Ming dynasty...

Li Shiji (594? – December 31, 669), courtesy name Maogong, posthumously known as Duke Zhenwu of Ying, was a Chinese military general and politician who...