Flashcards: Deaths by blade weapons

Ivan VI Antonovich of Russia (Ioann Antonovich; Russian: Иоанн VI; Иоанн Антонович; 23 August [O.S. 12 August] 1740 – 16 July [O.S. 5 July] 1764) was nominally Emperor of Russia in 1740-41.

An Lushan (simplified Chinese: 安禄山; traditional Chinese: 安祿山; pinyin: Ān Lùshān; c. 703– 29 January 757) was a general who launched a devastating rebellion against the Tang dynasty in China.

Kira Valentinovna Ivanova (Russian: Кира Валентиновна Иванова; 10 January 1963 – 18 December 2001) was a figure skater from the Soviet Union whose senior international career ran from 1979 to 1988.

St. Maria Goretti (October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, and one of the youngest canonized saints.

Juan José Estrada (November 28, 1963 – June 21, 2015) was a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division.

Usimare Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty and is considered to be the last New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt.

Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) is a virgin–martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism.

Bardia or Bardiya (Old Persian: ???????????????????? Bardiya; Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις Smerdis) (possibly died 522 BC) was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings.

Kiril Vajarov (Bulgarian: Кирил Въжаров (18 February 1988 – 18 April 2009) was a Bulgarian ice-hockey goaltender, who played for HC Slavia Sofia.

New Martyr Archimandrite Philoumenos (Hasapis) of Jacob's Well (Greek: Φιλούμενος Χασάπης; Φιλούμενος ο Κύπριος; or Φιλούμενος Ορουντιώτης), October 15, 1913 – November 29, 1979, was the Igumen of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob's Well, near the city of Samaria, now called Nablus (Neapolis), in the West Bank.

Al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الحسين ابن علي ابن أبي طالب‎‎‎; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) (5 Sha'aban AH 4 (in the ancient (intercalated) Arabic calendar) – 10 Muharram AH 61), also spelled as Husain, Hussain or Hussein, was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (fourth Rashidun caliph of Sunni Islam, and first Imam of Shia Islam) and Fatimah Zahra (daughter of Muhammad).

Al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Ali (Arabic: العباس بن علي‎‎, Persian: عباس فرزند علی‎‎) also Qamar Banī Hāshim (the moon of Banu Hashim), (born 4th Sha‘bān 26 AH – 10 Muharram 61 AH; approximately May 15, 647 – October 10, 680) was the son of Imam Ali, the first Imam of Shiite Muslims and the fourth Caliph of Sunni Muslims, and Fatima bint Hizam, commonly known as Mother of the Sons (Persian: 'أم البنين'‎‎).

Carlo Rosselli (16 November 1899 – 9 June 1937) was an Italian political leader, journalist, historian and anti-fascist activist, first in Italy then abroad.

Adrian Greenwood (October 1973 – April 2016) was a historian, biographer, author, and art dealer, with a particular interest in nineteenth-century British military history.

Ángel Vicente "Chacho" Peñaloza (1796 – 1863) was a military officer and provincial leader prominent in both the history of La Rioja Province and the Argentine Civil Wars that preceded national unity.

On 2 February 1986, Anita Lorraine Cobby (2 November 1959 – 2 February 1986) was killed.

Anthony Walker (21 February 1987 – 30 July 2005) was a Black British student of African descent from Huyton, Merseyside, England, who was murdered with an ice axe by Michael Barton (brother of footballer Joey Barton) and his cousin Paul Taylor, in an unprovoked racially motivated attack.

"Lord" George Sanger (23 December 1825 – 28 November 1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor.

James Sharp (4 May 1618 – 3 May 1679) was a Scottish minister, and later Archbishop of St Andrews (1661–1679).

Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (July 25, 1917 – January 23, 1974) was a former American model, Broadway dancer, political activist and television personality on the show Winner Take All.

John Barkoski (killed 1929; also spelled as John Barcoski, John Borkovski, or John Barkowsky) was a Pennsylvania miner brutally beaten to death by Pennsylvania’s Coal and Iron Police on February 9–10, 1929.

Paranirupasingam Devakumaran was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil Television journalist who reported for the Maharaja Television which operated MTV English, Sirasa TV in Sinhala and Sakthi TV in Tamil in Jaffna.

Manuel María de Salcedo y Quiroga, (Málaga, Spain, (1776 – executed, April 3, 1813), was a governor of Spanish Texas from 1808 until his execution in 1813. Salcedo gained leadership experience helping his father Juan Manuel de Salcedo, the 11th and last Spanish governor of Louisiana, (1801–November 30, 1803, when it was handled back to the French). In 1807, the younger Salcedo was appointed governor of Texas, and he officially assumed that role on November 7, 1808. As governor, he and his uncle Nemesio Salcedo, the Commandant General of the Interior Provinces, often disagreed, especially on immigration issues.

Ernest Gerald Gibbins (1900 – 3 November 1942) was a British entomologist who worked on insects of medical importance.

Gokula or Gokul Singh (died 1670 AD) was a Jat zamindar of Tilpat in Mathura, India.

Lakshamilavan also spells Lakshami Lavan (Thai: ลักษมีลาวัณ; rtgs: Laksamilawan; 3 July 1899 – 29 August 1961), née Princess Vanbimol Voravan (Thai: วรรณพิมล วรวรรณ; rtgs: Wanphimon Worawan) was the royal consort of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam.

Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock (April 11, 1919 – June 15, 1931) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic virgin-martyr.

Jacques Hamel (30 November 1930 – 26 July 2016) was a French Catholic priest in the parish of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.

Steven Garasai Tari (1971 – 29 August 2013), also known as Black Jesus, was a Papua New Guinean religious figure, leader of a Christian-influenced cargo cult, who claimed to be the Messiah or the Christ, and is notorious for alleged rape and murder.

Helen Jewett (October 18, 1813 – April 10, 1836) was an upscale New York City prostitute whose murder, along with the subsequent trial and acquittal of her alleged killer, Richard P.

Ahmed Rajib Haider (died 15 February 2013) was an atheist blogger from Bangladesh.

José Nazario Benavídez (27 July 1802 – 23 October 1858) was an Argentine soldier who rose to the rank of Brigadier General and played a leading role in the Argentine Civil Wars.

José Manuel Nava Sánchez began his career in journalism at the Mexican news agency Notimex.

Theophilus Beckford (1935 – 19 February 2001) was a Jamaican pianist and one of the pioneers of Jamaican popular music during the transition from rhythm 'n' blues to Jamaican ska.

Francisco Narciso de Laprida (October 28, 1786 in San Juan – September 22, 1829) was an Argentine lawyer and politician.

T.P Chandrasekharan (2 July 1960 – 4 May 2012) was a local leader of a breakaway group of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in village Onchiyam in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala, who posthumously shot to national prominence after he was hacked to death on 4 May 2012.

Maria Piotrowiczowa, a January insurgent, participant of the battle of Dobra (the Łódź province), born in 1839, killed on 24 February 1863.