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19th-century murdered monarchs

  • Selim IIIOn the 24th of December 1761, a boy named Selim was born into the Topkapı Palace. His mother Mihrişah Sultan was an ethnic Georgian who later reformed…
  • Jean-Jacques DessalinesJean-Jacques Duclos was born into slavery on the 20th of September 1758 at Cormier, a plantation near Grande-Riviere-du-Nord in Saint-Domingue.
  • Alexander II of RussiaOn the 13th of March 1881, a bomb exploded on the Catherine Canal in Saint Petersburg. The blast shattered the legs of Emperor Alexander II and tore open his…
  • Paul I of RussiaIn 1762, eight-year-old Paul Petrovich lay unnoticed on the floor of his nursery after falling from a crib. Empress Elizabeth had taken him immediately after…