14 January

King Matthias writes to Thurzó demanding that Báthory herself be brought to judgement.

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?

Charles Lafarge dies early in the morning.

Marie Lafarge Convicted

A Parisian bride, a crumbling former monastery in Corrèze, a husband dead of 'cholera', and the Marsh test that made toxicology a courtroom science.