23 December

Francis Tresham dies in the Tower.

Gunpowder Plot Executed

Thirty-six barrels of powder under the House of Lords, an anonymous letter, and a man called 'John Johnson' with a lantern: the plot behind Bonfire Night.

John Williams is examined at the Shadwell police office and committed to Coldbath Fields prison.

Ratcliff Highway murders Disputed verdict

Seven people killed in two East London households twelve days apart in 1811. The suspect hanged himself before trial, and doubts have outlived him.

Pat Garrett's posse captures Bonney at Stinking Springs after Charlie Bowdre is killed.

Billy the Kid Killed before trial

Convicted of killing a sheriff, Billy the Kid shot his way out of the Lincoln jail in 1881. Eleven weeks later Pat Garrett found him in a dark bedroom.