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First Recorded Execution
The first recorded execution in the English American colonies was in 1608 when officials executed George Kendall of Virginia for supposedly plotting to betray the British to the Spanish.( just the yr of the execution is correct) -
1st Legal Execution
The first legal execution of a criminal in the American Colonies occurs in Virginia with the execution of Daniel Frank for Theft. (only yr is correct could not find the month and date) -
1st Execution
In Massachusetts Bay Colony the first execution was in 1630, but the earliest capital statutes do not occur until later. -
List of Crimes
The Massachusetts Bay Colony lists 13 crimes punishable by death, including idolatry and witchcraft. (only yr is correct could not find the date and month) -
William Schooler and John Williams
n 1637In October of 1859, John Brown, the notoriously violent abolitionist, led eighteen armed men, both black and white, on a raid of the little railroad town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
His goal was to seize the Federal arsenal there and then lead a slave insurrection across the south.
After a two-day standowere hanged together for Essex County crimes. Schooler raped and murdered a young woman and Williams broke jail and killed his cellmate. (only yr is correct could not find date and month.) -
Oldest Woman to be executed
Rebecca Towne Nurse is the first oldest woman to be executed for witchcraft by the government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England in 1692, during the Salem witch trials. She was the wife of Francis Nurse, with several children and grandchildren, and a well-respected member of the community. Although there was no credible evidence against her, she was hanged as a witch on July 19, 1692. -
Youngest Girl to be executed in America
Hannah Ocuish was forced to be a servant by her mother to a wealthy white family. The 6 year old daughter Eunice Bolles accused Hannah of taking extra fruit from the fields. Hannah did not like that. One day she saw Euice walking to school Hannah jumped Eunice and began beating on her. Hannah got carried away and choked the little girl. There was such a hold on the child, Hannah even broke Eunice's arm and her back. Eunice was dead. Hannah was executed by hanging she was 12 years old. -
Marie Antoinette
At the age of 15, Marie Antoinette married the Crown Prince of France in order to strengthen the French monarchy's ties to Austria. In 1774, The Crown Prince of France became King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France.
On October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was tried for treason. Palace servants who wanted to get even with her provided false testimony in the trial. After only 1 hour, the jury sentenced her to death. Marie Antoinette was BEHEADED by the guillotine. -
Early Death Penalty Laws
The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes. The death penalty was also part of the Fourteenth Century B.C.'s Hittite Code; in the Seventh Century B.C.'s Draconian Code of Athens, which made death the only punishment for all crimes; and in the Fifth Century B.C.'s Roman Law of the Twelve Tablets. Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifi -
Hanged for Treason
In October of 1859, John Brown, the notoriously violent abolitionist, led eighteen armed men, both black and white, on a raid of the little railroad town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
His goal was to seize the Federal arsenal there and then lead a slave insurrection across the south.
After a two-day standoff with local militia and Federal troops, in which ten of his men were shot or killed, John Brown was captured and put on trial in Virginia state court.
He was found guilty and hanged. -
William Kemmler
Kemmler murdered Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife with a hatchet on March 29, 1889, and was sentenced to death by electrocution at New York's Auburn Prison
Murderer William Kemmler is the first person executed in the electric chair, at New York's Auburn Prison. Kemmler admitted to killing his wife after an argument with a hatchet. The "Chair" is later installed at Sing Sing Prison. -
Mosaic Law (the correct yr is 33AD)
Mosaic Law codified many capital crimes. In fact, there is evidence that Jews used many different techniques including stoning, hanging, beheading, crucifixion (copied from the Romans), throwing the criminal from a rock, and sawing asunder. The most infamous execution of history occurred approximately 29 AD with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ outside Jerusalem. About 300 years later, the Emperor Constantine, after converting to Christianity, abolished crucifixion and other cruel death penalties
