10 July

Turpin is first named as a suspect in a highway robbery, with Thomas Rowden.

Dick Turpin Executed

No night ride to York, no Black Bess: the real Dick Turpin was an Essex gang robber and killer, hanged at York in 1739 for stealing horses.

The retrial opens in Paris; MacGregor is acquitted and only Lehuby is convicted.

Gregor MacGregor and Poyais Acquitted

Gregor MacGregor sold bonds, land and passage to Poyais, a Central American country that did not exist. Most of the settlers who sailed there died.

Edward VII and Queen Alexandra begin their visit to Dublin; the planned investiture in the order is cancelled.

Irish Crown Jewels theft Unsolved

Days before a royal visit in July 1907, the diamond regalia of the Order of St Patrick vanished from a safe in Dublin Castle. They have never been found.