EVENT

Executed via decapitation.

See also Guillotined.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa	Explorer	1475	12-Jan-1519	Discovered Pacific Ocean
Nick Berg	Victim	2-Apr-1978	May-2004	US contractor, beheaded on Iraq videotape
Anne Boleyn	Royalty	c. 1507	19-May-1536	Wife of English King Henry VIII
Beatrice Cenci	Criminal	6-Feb-1577	11-Sep-1599	Italian beauty, murdered her father
Thomas Cromwell	Government	c. 1485	28-Jul-1540	Advisor to Henry VIII
Lady Jane Grey	Royalty	12-Oct-1537	12-Feb-1554	Queen of England for nine days
Sir John Hotham	Politician	?	3-Jan-1645	English parliamentarian
Catherine Howard	Royalty	c. 1520	13-Feb-1542	Fifth wife of Henry VIII
John the Baptist	Religion	?	c. 28 AD	Precursor to Jesus Christ
Mary I of Scotland	Royalty	8-Dec-1542	8-Feb-1587	Mary, Queen of Scots
Yukio Mishima	Author	14-Jan-1925	25-Nov-1970	The Sea of Fertility
Sir Thomas More	Philosopher	7-Feb-1477	6-Jul-1535	Utopia
St. Paul	Religion	c. 10 AD	29-Jun-65 AD	First Christian evangelist
Daniel Pearl	Journalist	10-Oct-1963	21-Feb-2002	Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Sir Walter Raleigh	Explorer	c. 1552	29-Oct-1618	Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I

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