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Assassination of Dong Zhuo
The assassination of Dong Zhuo (王允吕布诛董卓) was the killing of the Han warlord in Chang'an, plotted by Wang Yun and carried out by Lv Bu, a general in Dong Zhuo's service.
Assassination of Duke Xiang of Qi and the Rebellion of Gongsun Wuzhi
The assassination of Duke Xiang of Qi (齐襄公被弑) was the killing of the Qi ruler by Gongsun Wuzhi and two officers, after which Wuzhi briefly ruled Qi.
Assassination of Emperor Shizong of Liao
The assassination of Emperor Shizong of Liao (辽世宗遇弑) was the killing of the Liao emperor Yelü Ruan by the imperial kinsman Chage during a coup, after which Emperor Muzong took the throne.
Assassination of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
The assassination of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (朱温弑昭宗) was the killing of the Tang emperor in his palace in 904, ordered by the military strongman Zhu Quanzhong.
Assassination of Farhat Hached
The assassination of Farhat Hached was the 1952 killing of the Tunisian trade-union leader and UGTT secretary-general at Radès, near Tunis, attributed to the French Red Hand.
Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
The assassination of Fernando Villavicencio was the fatal shooting of an anti-corruption journalist and Ecuadorian presidential candidate in Quito on 9 August 2023, days before the election.
Assassination of Francisco Pizarro
The assassination of Francisco Pizarro (Asesinato de Francisco Pizarro) was the 1541 killing of the governor of Peru by followers of Diego de Almagro in Lima.
Assassination of Fujiwara no Tanetsugu
The assassination of Fujiwara no Tanetsugu (藤原種継暗殺事件) was his fatal shooting by two arrows at Nagaoka Palace in 785; Crown Prince Sawara was implicated, deposed, and died in exile.
Assassination of Gedaliah
The assassination of Gedaliah, also called the murder of Gedaliah, was the killing of Gedaliah, Judah's Babylonian-appointed governor, by Ishmael son of Nethaniah at Mizpah after 586 BC.
Assassination of George I of Greece
Assassination of George I of Greece: King George I (Georgios A') was shot dead by Alexandros Schinas in Thessaloniki on 18 March 1913 during the First Balkan War; Constantine I succeeded, and the motive remains disputed.
Assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell
The August 25, 1967 shooting of American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell by expelled member John Patler in Arlington, Virginia; rooftop sniper attack, Mauser pistol, 20-year murder conviction, and party aftermath.
Assassination of Han Tuozhou
The assassination of Han Tuozhou (韩侂胄之死) followed the removal of the Southern Song chief councilor from office in 1207 after his failed war against the Jin.
Assassination of Henry IV
Assassination of Henry IV of France: stabbed by Catholic fanatic François Ravaillac on 14 May 1610 in his coach, rue de la Ferronnerie, Paris; fatal wound and Ravaillac's execution examined.
Assassination of Herbert Chitepo
The assassination of Herbert Chitepo was the car-bomb killing of the ZANU chairman outside his Lusaka, Zambia home in March 1975, with responsibility still disputed.
Assassination of Idris I
The Assassination of Idris I (اغتيال إدريس الأول) was the poisoning of Idris I, founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco, on the orders, it is said, of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Assassination of Indira Gandhi: killing of India's Prime Minister on October 31, 1984 in New Delhi by her Sikh bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in revenge for Operation Blue Star, triggering anti-Sikh violence that killed at least 2,733 people in Delhi.
Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma (浅沼稲次郎), Japan Socialist Party chairman stabbed to death 12 October 1960 at Tokyo's Hibiya Public Hall by 17-year-old rightist Otoya Yamaguchi during a televised debate; Nagao's Pulitzer-winning photo and Yamaguchi's custody suicide define the event.
Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas political bureau chief, killed 31 July 2024 in a Tehran guesthouse during Pezeshkian's inauguration; Israel, confirmed by Defense Minister Katz in December 2024; extensive international-law debate.
Assassination of Ito Hirobumi
The assassination of Ito Hirobumi (이토 히로부미 암살 사건) took place on 26 October 1909 at Harbin railway station, where Korean independence activist An Jung-geun shot the former Japanese Resident-General of Korea.
Assassination of Ivan Stambolić
Assassination of Ivan Stambolić (Иван Стамболић), former president of Serbia, kidnapped 25 August 2000 in Belgrade's Košutnjak park and killed by Milošević's JSO unit at Fruška Gora; body found 2003, regime ordered the murder per 2007 verdict.
Assassination of Jalal-ud-din Khalji
The assassination of Jalal-ud-din Khalji was the murder of the reigning Sultan of Delhi by his nephew Ala-ud-din Khalji at Kara on the Ganges in July 1296, after which Ala-ud-din took the throne.
Assassination of James A. Garfield
Assassination of James A. Garfield: shooting of the 20th U.S. president by Charles J. Guiteau, a Stalwart office seeker, July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station; Garfield died of infection September 19, 1881, and the trial spurred the 1883 Pendleton Act.
Assassination of Jang Bogo
The assassination of Jang Bogo (장보고 암살) was the 840s killing of the Silla maritime commander Jang Bogo, head of the Cheonghaejin garrison, by Yeom Jang.
Assassination of Jayanagara
The assassination of Jayanagara (Pembunuhan Jayanagara) was the 1328 killing of the second king of Majapahit, stabbed by his court physician Ra Tanca, who was killed at once by Gajah Mada.
Assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
The assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the killing of Haiti's first head of state on 17 October 1806 at Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, by conspirators from his own elite.
Assassination of Jeong Mong-ju
The assassination of Jeong Mong-ju (정몽주 피살) was the 1392 killing of the Goryeo loyalist scholar-official Jeong Mong-ju, pen name Po-eun, by assassins acting for Yi Bang-won in Gaegyeong.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy: fatal shooting of the 35th US President in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, November 22, 1963, ~12:30 p.m. CST; Lee Harvey Oswald arrested, then killed by Jack Ruby; Warren Commission found no conspiracy, HSCA 1979 found probable conspiracy.
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse: the 7 July 2021 killing of Haiti's president at his Pétion-Ville home by Colombian ex-soldiers and accomplices in a South Florida-planned plot; US convictions and Haiti's post-assassination crisis.
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Assassination of Julius Caesar: the Ides of March, March 15, 44 BCE, killing of the dictator by about sixty senators led by Brutus, Cassius, and Decimus Brutus at the Theater of Pompey; 23 wounds, failed Republic restoration, led to Augustus's empire.
Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira
Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira: 6 April 1994 rocket downing of the Rwandan presidential Falcon 50 near Kigali, killing both heads of state and triggering the Rwandan genocide; attribution still unresolved.