31 January

Thomas Wintour, Rookwood, Keyes and Fawkes are executed in Old Palace Yard, Westminster.

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.

Cora Crippen is last seen alive after a supper party at 39 Hilldrop Crescent.

Dr Crippen Executed

In 1910 a mild American medicine seller fled London with his lover dressed as a boy, and a ship's wireless message brought him back to hang.