21 August

Báthory is found dead in her confinement at Csejte.

Elizabeth Báthory Disputed verdict

Hundreds of witnesses accused a Hungarian countess of killing young women. She was walled up without trial in 1610. Was it justice or a political purge?

Maria Manning is arrested in Edinburgh after offering O'Connor's shares to a stockbroker.

Frederick and Maria Manning Executed

In 1849 a Swiss lady's maid and her husband buried their dinner guest under the kitchen floor, then each tried to cheat the other of his fortune.

On the Louvre's Monday closing day, Peruggia takes the Mona Lisa from the Salon Carré and leaves the museum with it.

Mona Lisa theft Convicted

In 1911 a glazier walked out of the Louvre with Leonardo's portrait. It was gone 28 months, and the empty wall made it the world's most famous painting.