25 December

At Bures in Normandy, Henry rages against Becket and four knights set off for England.

Thomas Becket Never caught

Four of Henry II's knights cut down the Archbishop of Canterbury in his own cathedral in 1170. Within three years he was a saint and the king did penance.

Burke is convicted of Docherty's murder; the charge against McDougal is found not proven.

Burke and Hare Executed

Two Irish labourers killed sixteen people in Edinburgh in 1828 and sold the bodies to an anatomy lecturer. Only one of them hanged.

The Claimant lands in England and soon visits Wapping asking after the Orton family.

Tichborne Claimant Convicted

A bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga said he was a lost English baronet. A grieving mother believed him; two juries and 188 court days did not.