Top 10 Infamous Historical Executions
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Fun fact: Marie Antoinette's last words were an apology to the executioner after she stepped on his foot.
That proves that she was kind till the very end.
@@discoveryhistory5210 she was not very kind
@@justinslaughter8933 she apologize to the very person who was gonna end her life.
@@justinslaughter8933 and she was a kind mother to her children.
@@discoveryhistory5210 you don’t know that
Going to be honest, didn't see number 1 coming.
Same
so dope
I'm a Christian and I didn't see #1 coming; didn't even consider it a possibility
Same.
I'm a Christian and I loled hard when I saw it
After seeing Anne Boleyn, I kinda expected to see Katherine Howard on the list.
kiki_pride 493 me too, but Katherine howard was not as well known history wise, as she was just a teenager that supposedly cheated on her husband. She was not really able to do much before she died. But she is my favorite of the six wives :)
Anne Boleyn came first and her execution made it "acceptable" for Henry to execute Katherine Howard later on. Also, Boleyn was the reason the Church of England became a thing in the first place and the fact that he had her killed after starting a whole new religion to marry her was ridiculous. She gave birth to one of England's greatest monarchs and all she gets in return is her head chopped off. So yeah her execution has more significance but Katherine Howard is definitely my favorite of his wives cause of everything she dealt with personally even before Henry and because of her youth.
my favourite was anne of cleves,,,
Kathrine Howard’s story is much more tragic than her beheaded cousin Anne Boleyn. She was treated more like “slut” when she was child, her first time having sex was at the age of 13 with Henry Mannox who was 23. For awhile she thinks all men have something in mind “Have sex and dumped you when they are bored of you”
That poor girl got done so wrong!
"Divorced, beheaded, and died.
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
I'm Henry the VIII, I had six sorry wives,
Some might say I ruined their lives."
Yes you did, Henry.
Lol
“Catherine of Aragon was one.”
“She failed to give me a son.”
“I had to ask her for a divorce, that broke her heart of course.”
I love Horrible Histories
@@idontcare6505 "Young Ann Bolyen she was two, had a daughter the best she could do, I said she flirted with some other man, off with the chop, went dear Ann."
Ouch.
Oversimplified?
"Lovely Jane seymor was 3"
"The love of a lifetime for "She gave me a son,little prince ed".
"Then poor old jane,went and dropped dead"
My mom met ted bundy once.. he lived in an apartment in salt lake city that was right above where her friend lived and my mama went there one day and her friend wasn't there, and this dude came out asking if she wanted to come inside his place and write her a note.. she obviously refused lol but later found out just how lucky she was declining to go into his house otherwise I wouldn't be here to leave glorious comments on youtube!!
Rickest Rick decision of a lifetime
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@@kyleodonnell4753 I know huh it's pretty crazy to think about... like think if the people who aren't here because of his ass! Like possibly dozens and dozens because of the kids they may have had... what a pile of shit Bundy was
Twist ending. He yo daddy fool!
that's a story to tell!
I feel sad for the last Tsar of Russia and the family. Even children were killed.
What about in Iraq, kids were killed by chemicals.
I feel sad for the atheist that didn't saw the end of the video coming.
I know. I wish that the tsar just fled to the US
Cause Joseph Stalin didn’t want anyone from the family to take the throne so he shot all of them
I know right! They mentioned rasputin, but totally skipped the actual royals
The Romanovs weren't executed, they were murdered.
The way they were murdered is a form of execution, so they were executed. There is really no difference between them besides who's doing it
Technically, only Sir Nicolas was executed but yes the rest were murdered.
yes but it still was an execution thats probably the reason its in honorable/dishonorable mentions
Vader's disciple Nicholas and Alexandra’s death was an execution but the others was cold muder
@@haneenhugaz5142 ok yup that with that argument I can't complain also you spelt murder wrong just a heads up
Poor Jeanne
Poor Anne
Poor Marie
Wtf was wrong with society
That kinda rhymes
@@icookdapizza197 oh wow i didnt realize that
@@arlodante1163 yeah :C
why Marie? She was such a bad leader, and spent so much of the countries money on personal things. When there was a massive famine in France that she caused, when the peasants could not even afford bread, she told them to eat cake.
Everything
And Maria Antoinette was the wife of King Louis XVI (16th) not the 14th.
Get a clue Mojo
6 1 I know!
Meh, everyone makes mistakes. Hell, just switch the I and the V and it’s 14, no big deal mate. 😁
It was actually the 14th not 16th
Time to learn from Teacher 6 1. I seriously do not know that it's 16!
6 1 thank you for pointing this out
Louis the XIV? No it was Louis XVI that was Marie Antoinette's husband. Come on guys.
Ryan Ingerick glad I wasn’t the only one who knew that error as well
I'm guessing a typo on the script.
Not only did they get it so wrong, at 6:13 there's a notation in parenthesis in the closed captioning I need to use saying "pronounced XVI". What?!?
@@pawwalker3492 If they can't have the XIV give them cake?
Yup!
"May God have mercy on me. My eyes have no more tears to weep for you my children. Farewell, Farewell!" -Marie Antoinette's message to her children
The Romanov execution wasn’t an execution. It was a massacre.
Exactly! None of them were spared, not even the children.
@@jenniferloving9054 the only members of Nicholas II's immediate family to avoid being killed was his mother, but the only reason she survived was because George V of The United Kingdom had agreed to his mother's pleas to save her, as Nicholas II's mother intially refused to leave Russia, and if you didn't know, Queen Alexandra was Empress Maria's sister ( though she was well known as Dagmar of Denmark before she married Emperor Alexander III, who was the father of Nicholas II )
And even after that, she never wanted to believe Nicholas and her grandchildren were gone, but it wasn't any use, and after the Russian Revolution ended, she returned to Denmark to live with her nephew, King Christian X, and she then remained in Denmark until she died in 1928, having outlived four of her six children, the other two people to outlive Nicholas were his sisters Xenia and Olga, who both lived to 1960.
Its both a massacre and an execution
The funny thing about Marie Antoinette is she wasn't even French she was from Austria
And the fact that since she was Austrian, she was told nothing about monetary affairs concerning the state so she actually was ignorant on much of what they accused her of.
+agharp20 Do you really expect a fair trial from the French Revolutionaries. It was at best kangaroo courts, and at worst mob rule. There was no justice, or defense of individual rights.
Being from Austria had no bearing on her guilt or innocence. While Marie Antoinette was a sort of victim of the system, I suppose, the fact is, she was a stupid girl who saw no reason to use her position to help others but, instead, took advantage of it at the expense of the masses. In fact, both she and Louis were guilty of horrifically poor leadership.
Marige OBrien Even if the french system were bad, she had literally no power to change things. Were people suffering, like everywhere? Yes. Was that the exclusive fault of the french royalty/aristocracy? I would argue strongly no. Did that suffering stop after the revolution? Again, I would argue very strongly no. But the point is, even if it were exclusive fault of the french royalty/aristocracy, and even if it stopped after the revolution, she was convicted of an ex post facto crime, was given only the illusion of due process, and had no ability to prevent the alleged wrongdoing from happening in the first place. I stand by my earlier statement of it being a kangaroo court at best. I would also like to call into question your supposed 'fact' that "she was a stupid girl who saw no reason to use her position to help others but, instead, took advantage of it at the expense of the masses." In what way do you think was she a stupid girl? For being married to the king of a country that would later break out in revolution? In what way could she have used her position to help others? She was the wife of the king, but had otherwise no political power. In what way did she take advantage of it at the expense of the masses? By not changing a system that was literally centuries old, and one which she did not have the power to change anyway? I will agree with your final statement that "she and Louis were guilty of horrifically poor leadership." but I would say that being married to someone who is bad at their job is simply no reason to be put to death, or punished in any way for that matter.
Ellie Dorough Don't get me wrong, the French Revolution but they way they went about the Royal Family issue was not the best
Accidentally watching this on the 483 anniversary of Anne Boleyn being beheaded. That is a really weird coincidence.
Wow you're soooo pretty😍🥰
I watch historical movies, mostly about English royalty, including Anne Boleyn, on May 19th, the anniversary of her execution, in a little moviethon I do for myself. "Anne of the Thousand Days," is one of my favorite movies and I always include it
@@shesaknitter same
@@thecrown_jul That's what Henry VIII said to Anne Boleyn.
Lanibear oof
The Romanovs should not at all be an honorable mention. That was MASSIVELY impactful!
May Queen Anne Boleyn rest in peace.
She didn't deserve her fate.
Nah she deserved it, she literally cause a Theological Schism by coaxing Henry VIII against the Pope and the reason the Philosophies of Brexit came to be
@@yi_hou3092 She's also the reason that England wasn't conquerored by Spain because of her daughter. Nothings black and white.
@@yi_hou3092 Before throwing stupid accusations towards historical figures I don’t you read a damn book how about you read the life and death of anne Boleyn land by Eric lives and you’ll see how wrong you are about her deserving it
Actually, Socrates is probably the most famous. He was killed for teaching people how to think for themselves.
He was killed for questioning the status quo, happens all the time.
@@rai2423 Not quite. He was killed not for questioning, but for embarrassing the elite
And while he was dying he was still teaching till the bitter end
@The Simple Work Of A Dreamer thanks for the info!
More famous than Jesus?
I think Socrates should have been on here or at least had honorable mention.
he wasn't executed. the Spartans gave him two choices when they took over athens. leave athens forever or drink hemlock. he said he'd die for his city and drunk hemlock. so it wasn't execution since he could have left
hm
+Comrade Nixon u are completely wrong
he got executed by the athenians
dovahkiin2 no Spartans. He was executed during the Peloponnesian war. The Peloponnesian league took over athens and gave him those options
Comrade Nixon he got executed 4 years after the war because he was found guilty of asebia
When I saw this I immediately thought of Katherine/Catherine Howard
0:00 Intro
0:50 Ernst Kaltenbrunner #10
1:26 Julius and Ethel Rosenburg #9 [Lovers]
2:34 Sir William Wallace #8
3:38 Guy Fawkes #7
4:19 Anne Boleyn #6
5:21 Marie Antoinette #5
6:18 Ted Bundy #4
7:24 Sadam Hussein #3
8:37 Joan of Arc #2
9:20 Honorable Mentions
Mary, Queen of Scots
House of Romanov
Timothy James McVeigh
Aileen Wournos
Gary Gilmore
Troy Davis
10:11 Jesus #1
Thank you!
@@deeptig3972 Damn, I do a lot of timestamps on videos that aren't ASMR and you're the first person to thank me-
@@fischlvonluftschlossnarfid5048 I was searching for the timestamps in the comments section and you're the only one I found. Thank you!
@@deeptig3972 Np.
same. i thought of catherine, anne and their "accomplices"
king louis 14 was never captured and executed wtf,
its was louis 16
read from the right. ftw
Louis XIV was called the Sun King. He had several wars including the War of Spanish Succession to his credit. Check your sources @Watchmojo.
Mary Queen of Scotts for sure should have been in the list and not just as honorable mention, imho. The executioner supposedly failed to cut off her head and just grazed her neck the first time he swung.
Not only that, but after the deed was dune, as he raised the head to show the people, the head fell to the floor: Mary had been wearing a wig!
no wonder, she was in solitary confinement for over 20 years that would make anyones hair fall out :D
Most people don't realize it but in her time all rich women wore wigs and kept their heads shaved because the lice problem was so bad. And just remember this is the royal class we're talking about. Just imagine how horrible the lives of the ordinary people were.
+Ashland. Mary was most certainly not in solitary confinement for any part of her imprisonment. For most of the time it was more like house arrest. She had a full contingent of servants and her ladies attended her to the scaffold.
Ashlyn she wasn't bald. The stress of life gave her all grey hair even though she was only 44
Louis the 14th?? I think you mean the 16th.
Louis the 16th was the one married to Marie Antoinette. Louis the 14th was his grandfather, also known as the Sun King, died of illness, not by execution
+MalteseSparrow lmao did they really say Louis XIV? I skipped through that part.
+MalteseSparrow Though Louis 14 would have been a worthy Chop Chop, it was number 16 that actually got the chop chop, so observant.
Yes they did...
Louis XIV was not the grand father of Louis XVI but his grand grand grand father . :)
yes that is true. Louis the 16th, the 14th was the sun king in the 1600's. that was wrong. caught my ear instantly. lol lmao
My stepmom went to the college and stayed at the same sorority house that ted bundy had brutally murdered and injured some of the students. She told me that they can never speak about him or the incident at all in the house. They apparently still have the rooms but the walls that divides them to another was knocked down so students don’t have to stay in the exact area that the crimes happened in.
Rome never proved that Jesus was guilty. He only wanted people to live in harmony love & care for each other. The high romans thought that Jesus was going to steal them away & teach them not to listen, so untrue, he only wanted peace & love among brotherhood.
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and daughter in law against her mother in law, and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household” (Matthew 10:34) Christ didn’t seek to promote peace within the world but peace with God through the Gospel!
@@zacharyspickard5793lol brainsvashed hypocrite he will not Come down with a sword, because Jesus is fucking dead.🖕🤣😂👎🤦♀️🤡🤮😠😡🤬
All these ignorant people asking why Jesus is on here... Whether you're religious or not, he was real and his execution is documented.
+Jason Miller provide me a reputable source that says he wasn't a real man
+Jason Miller law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/nonchristianaccounts.html
+Jason Miller en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_Christ
+Jason Miller also the Romans have records
+Farles The person who claims something is real need to provide the evidence. What if I said that unicorns existed and instead of proving it, I told people to prove they don't exist then I would be an idiot.
Accused for adultery and failing to have a baby ?
Dude,
*So uncool.*
benvolio mozart I do believe you just got whoosh’d.
benvolio mozart AND TO THE FATHER DETERMINES THE GENDER OF THE CHILD SO IT WAS THE KING’S FAULT ALL ALONG
the strange thing is that his daughter Elizabeth by Anne Boleyn turned out to be one of the most influential royal leaders in the history of Britain
It is so bad she was innocent of crimes she was accused of
@@trishmariano4236 that's how the bastions of power respond
You surprised us Mojo! damn the number 1 is undeniably undisputed...
Jesus's death was not only incredibly cruel, it's probably one of the most important moments in history
Yeah, only that it never happened.
@@rauricalde4475 Yeah, then how was the universe made? I love how humans say God and Jesus aren't real, yet they're as dumb as bricks when asked how everything came to be. The human race is pathetic. I just hope when the End of Days comes, God drowns the human race in molten lava and turns this planet into a volcanic wasteland.
@@rauricalde4475 even historians believe it happened. They just question his divinity. Many people don’t believe he was divine. But he did exist.
@@rauricalde4475another pathetic godless loser spotted. just cry soyboy.
@@NoWaySmokey8889 Exactly, there's no way that four gospels and several letters and other books were written about someone who didn't exist. Also, the mere thought that a movement could start inspired by someone who didn't exist is laughable
I believe the King of France who was executed was Louis the 16th; not the 14th. I believe the 14th constructed Versailles.
Is it Louis XV, or XVI, that is named "the Sun king"?
@@andrewmcgregor6507 the XIV
@@nicolasdanan8182 ,thanks for the clarification.
I thought Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XIV
Versailles is where Louis XIV went to gather his forces when his mother, the queen regent passed away and he was in danger by the committee that the queen regent worked with and did not want to give up their power now that she was gone and he was coming into his rule
Jesus' execution is the most influential moment in history, I mean it changed the way we started tracking time. Whether or not he was the son of God, that's a whole-nother argument that I cant be bothered to getting into but for sure, his death was the most influential moment in history. In the last 2000 years, all the wars, all the dead women and children, countless lives lost can all be somewhat boiled down to the death of Jesus
+Dat Angus Tho ★Video Game Entertainment★ The entire culture of western world has many sources, but two biggest ones are christianity and anctient Rome/Greece. And yes, we've been tracking time long before Jesus, but do you say that something happenede before and after Peloponesian wars (or insert any other important event here) or that something happened before or after Christ?
+Dat Angus Tho ★Video Game Entertainment★ Yes but it has been 2015 years since Jesus was born Thats why it is influencial
It seems that all the atheists in this comments section thought the title of the videos was "9 Real-life executions and 1 real-life execution that'll make you feel the need to tell everyone why your beliefs are better than theirs".
***** read my comment again, especially the thing in brackets.
+Brock Harrington
Pretty daft of you to say because I'm pretty sure the argument is Jesus didn't exist in the first place. Nothing to do with someone's beliefs being better than another's but for WatchMojo to address reality for what it is otherwise they open the door to other fictional martyrs.
While the execution of Mary Queen Of Scots is no the most infamous I believe it was one of the most brutal. The executioner missed her neck and the axe landed on her head then he hit again but he managed to only partially cut the neck off it was so bloody that the spectators were screaming at the executioner at last he sawed off her neck and the execution was finally over
It was Louis the XVI and not Louis the XIV who was executed by the French revolution.
Rest In Peace Joan Of Arc.
Ishiboo Productions She was a prominent figure. Just because she died years ago doesn’t strip the writer of this comment the right to celebrate her death.
Ishiboo Productions do you have any proof to back up that statement? And wouldn’t that make it all the more good of a reason to celebrate her death?
St. Joan of Arc, pray of us!
Chris Mc Evoy she was only 19
@@elbeggantsooj1175
⬛ is racist of ⬜
⬜ is racist of ⬛
(It's a joke)
Just one thing, Louis XIV was never executed, maybe you mean Louis XVI. Are you having problems with Roman numbers or someone is clueless about History in WatchMojo?
The latter.
Or people make mistakes and you don’t have to be such a prick about them; trying to prove you’re smarter than everyone else.
@@adrian200047 if you want to make a historical video on youtube then you must be sure about the infos that you spread!
I noticed that too. Louis XVI was killed because he acted like Louis XIV, 75 years too late and with not enough public support
@@sweethysteria8737 Nope, people shouldn't make such mistakes while making a video, which is going to be seen by thousands or millions of people, the least they can do is some research. Otherwise they'll lose all credibility, this isn't school homework.
Thank you watch mojo for putting Jesus as number 1. Even though some people do not believe that he is the son of God i am a Christian and i was humbled by your choice.
I mean, it was an obvious choice. I’m an atheist but there’s not doubt in anyone’s mind that Jesus would have taken number 1 cause he was a real person no matter what anyone wants to believe.
I mean everyone knows who is he is so he has to be number one even if you do t believe what he did was true
@Kay Young Aha! What now?
@Kay Young you are so going to hell for saying that! See ya there 😘
Ummmm, it's cause he isn't god's son mah dude
1990's: Murderers are executed.
Present Day: They either walk free, or spend time in prison.
Makes total fucking sense.
It’s so crazy that “cross dressing” was something you were charged with back then.
TheJer1963 why, whew Chile the ignorance
Welcome to the Dark Ages. Oh, and I see a few people here who should be sent back there; they'd fit right in.
@Omar 11112 Little unsure about yourself, are you ...
@@TheJer1963 Aaaand another one ....
Also cause some people today still find it wrong, it's awful. Dress how you want.
Oh boy! This comments section is gonna turn into a shitstorm!
+RevengeOfMoctezuma I agree sir!
+RevengeOfMoctezuma it always does, even on minor things.
"Honey, quick! The comment wars are on!
Better pile into the cellar. Grab the dog.
+RevengeOfMoctezuma Two shitstorms since one flame war is going to over whether Jesus existed or not, and the other is going to be over the worst action of foreign policy that America has ever done since the Vietnam war.
Didn’t know Marie Antoinette was also married to her husband’s great great great grandfather
LMAO.
Exactly...the lady narrator keeps saying louis the 14th being husband of Queen Mary Antoinette and that he was guillotined.... a mistake in narration ..
Yeah
The Guy Fawkes clips ... "Last Days of Guy Fawkes" I did all the lighting on that !
I may be wrong, but didn't Guy Fawkes, hands bound but spirit undimmed, dive off of his scaffold and break his own neck? He was a Catholic fanatic and willing to kill as many as possible, but he did possess a keen sense of style.
Ned Stark?
lol
i agree!! lol
Bro :'D
NOOO don't spol it i just started to watch the show.
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pretty sure it was actually Louis XVI who was married to Marie Antoinette
Thank you, that annoyed me
it was Louis XVl not XIV
I was knew it wasn't the XIV
Louis the XIV was the sun king....I'm still wondering how he got confused with the XVI
Do you all think LouisXIV was a good ruler/king? , i think he was pretty badass he did bring glory to France and make it a solid military power and punked the Hapsburg's pretty well , also kept his people fed while still being posh. He just struggled to balance the economy because of vain conquest. IMO......but if i had to choose a monarch to chill with for a week and hunt and drink wine 🏆 it would be him. Or of coarse Napoleon the great so i could just tear shit up for 20 hr's a day!⚔
Catherine Howard isn't here.. Oh.
Kitty howard should have been here :T
KATHERINE HOWARDS NOT ONNN!?!?!?
She's not as well known as Anne, that's probably why
As tragic as her death was its more tragic than famous since she is easily glossed over due to her lack of impact in history
She may have caught Henry VIII's eye, but aside from that, ZERO GRAVITAS.
#1: Jesus Christ
*Me: WOW didn't see that coming and Amen!*
mary queen of scots should have been on the actual list
If you're gonna have royalty on the list then there's no reason she shouldn't have been on here.
Being that she was murdered because of her cousin Queen Elizabeth I's jealousies, I have to agree. Also, I feel that no serial killers should have been on here. Because you would have had to put all of them. Not one of them were any better than the other...
Yeah
I know.... people were sexist before maybe and didn't care one bit about women to record and research about their stories...
Deborah Kerns Mary was executed because she was involved in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her as queen of England, Elizabeth was reluctant to dispose of Mary but after she found out she was involved in a plot she signed her death warrant
What about Lady Jane Grey, the 'Nine Days Queen' who, at 16, was executed by order of her cousin, 'Bloody' Mary Tudor?
StarWish246 Yeah what about it watch mojo where is it?
Praise jesus
Because Jane Grey’s father and brothers joined in Wyatt’s rebellion. Originally Grey’s life was to be spared. Also don’t think for one moment if things had gone the other way both Mary and Elizabeth wouldn’t have been executed on Jane’s orders because both were seen as more legitimate claimants to the throne and therefore a threat.
StarWish246 Hey Good one! I think that with Mary, Queen of Scots that they felt that they had already covered the Tudor era!
Christy Stewart Actually, maybe not, seeing as she never wanted the the one in the first place.
The lady in the thumbnail is like "Oh my god get on with it already!" 😂😂😂😂
THAT WOMAN IS A SAINT FROM FRANCE
That's Jeanne d'arc
Fawkes may have been the remembered man from the plot, despite the fact he had nothing to do with the organisation of the plot. He was essentially a pawn in the plan. As for "honest intentions" he tattled on his co conspirators incredibly quickly, meaning because he was incapable of completing the one task assigned to him, he coated not just himself but everyone else involved's life.
I'm not ashamed to admit that the execution of Ann Boleyn in the series "The Tudors" brought tears to my eyes. That was a beautifully made scene .... and a very sad one. On top of that, Natalie Dorner is one of my favorite actresses, and from what I know about the historical figure of Ann Boleyn... I like her. I like the English Reformation and her contributions to it. That trifecta was too much for my masculinity to bare.
I saw a CZcams video comparing 3 or 4 versions of who played her and it’s fascinating to know how much research Natalie did to make that seen as historically accurate as possible.
We also had to see Natalie Dorner get blown up in Game of Thrones.
I agree with you! Anne Boleyn essentially helped to shape England into what it is today! I hope, in the afterlife, she's aware she made one of the biggest impacts ever known to history!
Who else saw Jesus coming at number 1?
Kenji Arima the whole way through the video I was hoping Jesus would be no.1 on the list
Kenji Arima everyone
Meee, that's why i came to see this video
Miguel espinal Méndez me too
Sammeeeee
Fun fact: 1000s of years ago, Baghdad was called agrabah by the Arabians in walt disney's aladdin and the fantasy book Arabian Nights.
I think Mary Queen of Scots should have been here because of the hilarious things that happened. As always the exacutionor lifted her head up to show the crowd. He lifted her by the hair. Where it was revealed she wore a wig after her head fell. Also, Elizabeth said later that killing her cousin was her biggest regret. That bit is not funny, it’s just true.
Top ten socks in movies.
?
Good one
+Born Again There so outta ideas that they might just do this one
top 10 pimps, prostitutes, top ten snowflakes❄
+Born Again If TV shows are fair game too: Spencer from iCarly.
Fun fact about Joan of Arc: When she was engulfed by the flames, one knight shouted "Oh my God, we've killed a saint!"
I did not know that.
Knights wouldnt say that its considered blasphemy
Ya'know, that reminds me of a famous quote by Abraham Lincoln...
"Everything you see on the internet is true"
Electric Chair is brutal, it’s like burning to death x10
Not if they do it right. Done correctly, the chair is very humane. Like a lightning bolt straight to the head. Instant brain death
Interesting facts & video, thank you.
“One minute you’re defending the whole galaxy, and suddenly, you find yourself sipping down Darjeeling with... Marie Antoinette, and her little sister.”
"I am Mrs Nesbitt!"
This could be the greatest comment on CZcams
Aaron Scarpa OMG TOY STORY 😂😂😂
YOU SEE THE HAAAAAAAT !!???
Joan of Arc is so brave.
el-mehdi Benchaib I agree.
Was
I wish someone had saved her!
Baby shark
@@Lezure2010 dooo doo dooo doo
You hit the nail right on the head every time.
5:20 the song makes me feel oddly uncomfortable and IDK (I don’t know) why
Lol it was so unnecessary and awkward. I turned my volume down like wtf 😂
Why is Jesus on the list?
they don't check their facts
+Allan Tajkowski
because whether you are religious or not, Jesus was a real man and did get executed.
damn you guys are really blind.
It is pretty commonly accepted that Jesus or several Jewish healers who were blurred together over time and are now referred to as one person existed by historians.
+M. Bison, Leader of the Internet, also referred to as OMG its Ruthless Because he really did exist, and he really was crucified.
+Allan Tajkowski You should actually check your facts too.
For Jesus' crucifixition my gosh it would be a long video if it were just about that
So many things happened to him even before he died it's just so sickening
"happened"
rhdrbob bruh he was a historical figure, whether or not he was lying about god
Although that is a famous death
Anonymous I believe in god, I’m just saying, he was real whether or not people believe in god
Anonymous not everyone beliefs that though and they have good reason not too
Wow, no mention of Charles I? He should've been in the Top 5 at least.
Anne Boleyn! She died bravely, and innocent!
Guy Fawkes' execution was incredible for another reason: he beat the executioner and had the last laugh. Instead of being slowly strangled by hanging, he jumped from the scaffold, breaking his neck, sparing himself torment and agony. Clever man.
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u guys said louis the 14th was arrested but ur wrong french king during the revolution was louis the 16th
+Big Daddy no thanks pal
+Aidan Lee Umm,since when was Hitler excuted?
filip Ciborowski Why?
+filip Ciborowski bra wtf
Didnt know that King Louis XIV reigned on the French Revolution
He didn’t it was Louis XVl
@@justinslaughter8933 Duh
@@funtimetsardom8727 ohhhh sorry
Fun Fact:Marie’s last living child, which she had 4 was her eldest daughter and the oldest child. Her eldest son got beaten to death, her youngest son got sick and died at a toddler, and her baby, 1 year old Sophia, died after getting sick.
"The French Revolution wasn't kind to the aristocratic class in France." Can you name me a revolution that WAS kind to the aristocratic class? That's sort of the definition of a revolution...
John Grabowski well, I believe she meant that the French Revolution was particularly vicious. Executions were rampant, much more so than the revolution that produced America.
John Grabowski the industrial revolution was
American revolution. It was led at least in part by wealthy land owners, and private property was (in general) respected after the war was over.
Not all revolutions were about the poor rising up against the rich... But if you've read tale of two cities, damn that statement couldn't be more true
John Grabowski when the ancient Romans removed the monarchy everything was placed in the hands of the aristocracy, it took fucking years before offices were even created for those further down the food chain, most notably, the office of tribune,which had the power to veto any new laws created by the patrician/noble class. Their revolution was to place the power of the Kings in the hands of competing nobles.
Guy Fawkes, huh? Convenient what day you released this video on, WatchMojo. Very convenient.
+daniel coyle They obviously knew that today was the 5th of November, and wanted some excuse to have Guy Fawkes in a top 10 of something, for this very reason. I'm glad they did.
Damn I forgot to put on my mask and rally at the House of Parliament
Rainbow Rising The second best thing you can do, is just go out with your "V For Vendetta" mask, and scare some people.
***** Remember, remember the fifth of November.
+Rainbow Rising I've been too busy celebrating my daughter's 13th birthday to grab my mask. :)
I’m not sure if it’s 100% accurate but I found it interesting when I had heard what the last words of marie antonette (I’m sure I butchered it so don’t go correcting me) were. I think it was like “Pardon me” because she had like stepped on the executioners foot or something.
It was King Louis XVI whom was executed, not Louis XIV.
The execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots should have made the top 10 for its HORRIBLE sloppiness! It took SEVERAL chops of the ax to kill her, and even more shocking, as the executioner grabbed the top of the severed head to raise it the public and said "God Save the Queen", the head fell down to the floor, and the shocked executioner was left holding a big bunch of hair!! Yes, Mary was wearing a wig. Her cousin, jailer, and longtime rival Elizabeth I was NOT pleased with how things went- despite everything, Mary WAS a queen.
Oh my gosh that is so horrible!
oof
Avatar610 Mary had what was coming to her
How do you reckon that?
TheLyrabella because she was part of many revolts and assassins attempts on Elizabeth I
Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI though. Louis XIV was referred as the Sun King, and he wasn't the Louis during the French Revolution. 😕
Right Stephanie, so many mistakes here with WatchMojo...
I missed that! Did they say that Marie was married to Louis XIV??
William Wallace is a big hero, and I love the movie Breaveheart. when I saw his death in Breaveheart I couldn't stop crying
FREEEEEEDOM
What is fascinating about this list (and what makes me ponder about humanity in general) is that contains both notorious criminals and people who were completely innocent and righteous. And that the way these criminals were executed was mostly quite merciful and quick, while righteous people had to suffer terribly before dying. (thinking of no 1 and 2 here especially)
i agree with Jesus obviously being number 1, but no Mussolini?
+MrKJ444 Mussolini was killed by his own people, not by the state.
+MrKJ444 Mussolini was executed, together with his lover Claretta Petacci, by a band of pro-communist partisans. It is unclear who gave the final order, as the committee that , theoretically, organized and represented the various partisan formations always denied giving it. The two most agreed upon theories, to my knowledge, are that either the order was given by a high-ranking communist liasion with the partisans or possibly by the formation's commander himself, who apparently had behaved in a similar way a few times in the past. Besides, there really wasn't a proper government in Italy after the armistice, the country being divded in two and the king having been stripped of his powers by the allies.
+nick Marquez and King Louis the 16th was executed by....
nick Marquez his body was dragged through the streets and beaten by the people with sticks
Yes, and the video is about persons who were executed by the government. Jesus was executed by the government of his time.
Huh, how convenient that when Henry VIII wanted to marry a new wife, Anne Boleyn was suddenly charged with all incest, adultery and treason...
Anonymous yeah, sadly she was. It’s unclear if she was ever guilty with what she was charged with, but she did get executed on May 19th 1536. Most think she was not guilty because Henry had fallen for someone new, and like Anne she refused to sleep with him until they were married. I’m on that side, the only thing Anne was guilty of was not giving Henry living son’s.
He married Jane Seymour the next day too
@@Whitneypyant They got engaged the next day and married 10 days later.
William Robinson thanks
How unnecessarily cruel. He caused the Church of England to break away from the Roman Catholic Church to facilitate divorcing Catherine of Aragon, why not just divorce Anne?
For some reason I already knew they where going to add Jesus on this list...
Way to go with number one!
Half of these people were betrayed.
Tzar Nicolas and the Romanovs should have been on the list, not the honorable mentions. It’s insulting that they were not.
Exactly...the only reason they were not is because their story has not been romantacized and Americanized by Hollywood like Wallace & Joan Of Arc
@@rolandshark2741 the closest to that being the animation movie"Anastasia"
They weren’t executed, they were murdered.
Agree... Several people should not have been on here... For one, any serial killers. However, they should have mentioned all the innocent people that were murdered during the French Revolution, just because a certain sect of the population were poor. I always find it interesting that a country like France says that the death penalty is wrong for murderers, but yet that same country had no problem putting innocent men, women & children to a horrific death, just because these families were of affluent means. Which basically was the same reason the Russian Czars were murdered. The "have nots" always trying to get rid of the "haves". This scenario has been played out so many times in history, you would think we have learned our lesson by now...
@@Deborahtunes "I always find it interesting that a country like France says that the death penalty is wrong for murderers, but yet that same country had no problem putting innocent men, women & children to a horrific death, just because these families were of affluent means." You DO realize *modern day France* and the revolution France of 1789 *isn't kind of the same thing? How old are you? 14?? *When* did people get *this* stupid??
" The "have nots" always trying to get rid of the "haves". This scenario has been played out so many times in history, you would think we have learned our lesson by now..." What the h*ll did they teach you in school? 1. France was *broke and starving* and people had *nothing* . Meanwhile the king did nothing and people had very little rights. What do you think your ancestors were? Kings?? Bet they were poor peasants during this time of history. 2. Russia was broke and starving too. What were the people supposed to do? Praise the incompetent czar and the pitiful state he had led Russia and its people to?
"This scenario has been played out so many times in history, you would think we have learned our lesson by now... Listen you stupid, shelter cretin. Those didn't happen out of the blue they happened because the whole system collapsed. Understand?? And what kind of a complete idiot white knights these oppressing regimes? Good riddance!
Who "we" btw? WHO is WE??
Prey somebody doesn't decide eugenics won't be re-introduced in civilized socities because you're be one of the first to go.
I really hope you're a troll. I'm in such denial I can't fathom who would seriously write this utter nonsense you did. For the love of Zeus, Odin and Cthulhu say you're a troll.
I feel like Giles Corey's execution was pretty famous. I mean the guy was pressed to death and kept saying "more weight" because he wouldn't enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. He was subjected to pressing in an effort to make him to plead.
Narrator: next we have Anne Boleyn
Me: I’m that Boleyn girl and I’m up next
Sir Thomas More. The fact that in the light of impending death he never gave in to his king's selfish demands and remained grounded in his faith right up to his end. A man who was executed on the premise of having said nothing.
Ned Stark better be in this list.
He should of replaced Jesus. he's more real
+Kieran Guest jesus was a real person
+Han Zolo So was Zeus
+Kieran Guest I guess your a atheist have fun in hell
+Kieran Guest I'm definitely no Christan but seriously historians everywhere agree that there was a man named Jesus who claimed to be the son of God
As already mentioned below, Marie Antoinette's husband was Louis XVI, not Louis XIV who was the socalled Sun King and Louis XVIths great grandfather !
Fun fact: the bird at 5:12 is a Mute Swan( Cygnus olor), which are usually strongly territorial with just a single pair on smaller lakes. One hard flap of their wings is enough to break a grown man's leg!
Before every execution, there will be always a traitor.
Judas is probably the most famous traitor tho
Romanov family & the Queen of Scots should have been higher on this list!
Anne Booms The Romanov massacre was not a state sanctioned execution.
Romanovs were shot not getting tortured
solid list
I enjoyed this a lot
The Romanovs should have gotten a top ten.
Leah Walentosky I agree. Whenever children are involved it is impactful
just because children were executed?
Leah Walentosky, I agree...
But Rebecca said "By Governnment/state" but considering the fact Russia is still in revolt period and had no Government yet, it's not counted. While the France already had a new formed government when the royal family was executed.
No, because the romanovs were not executed by state or government they were murdered by bulsheviks
It was Louis the 16th
What do you
Mean
6:10 King Louis the 16th
Maddalonefarms no it was Loie the 16th
Jared Allen ... I hope you're joking
Yup it was
Thanks for #1
Amen
9:23 - "I think she's dead."
"No I'm not."
It was Louis the 16th in the French revolution wasn't it?
Yes.
Becouse she said 14.
She's wrong.
Man, atheists call Christians ignorant but deny the existence of Jesus even though he is considered a historical figure by historians. Just goes to show different side of the same coin.
+derpnip Whether Jesus really existed IS a subject of debate among historians because the evidence is still inconclusive. That said, the lessons we can draw from Jesus, at least as a symbol, are universal and whether you believe in God or not, deserve everyone's respect.
+derpnip I am not denying his existence. I am denying him being a zombie that walked on water and turned water into wine. And yes if you believe that you are very ignorant.
I'm atheist. I don't deny the fact that there had to have been a man named Jesus that was a carpenter and was a very kind and generous man. I also think he had beliefs people didn't like and became too powerful and refused to bend to the powers that be so he was killed in an horrific way for it. As for him having these abilities to rise from the grave and cure disease, they may be explained in other ways, logical ways that do not mean he is the son of God. I tend to believe in logical explanation more than the other one. Just my opinion though. Far be it for me to discourage others from their faiths. If this is what makes them happy and what they believe in their heart of hearts then more power to them. I'm happy for them. I truly mean that.
gemery101 I deny the "fact" that Jesus was a real man, because the evidence isn't conclusive, but I don't deny the possibility of his existence in history. There is strong evidence that Jesus is actually just a metaphor for the sun (starting with the Pagans) that has been distorted over the centuries.
My problem with religion has never been about people's person beliefs regarding their own existence. My problem is the indoctrination of people, to the point that many follow orders from religious leaders without any doubts, they are more willing to believe that the future of our planet and of our species rests in the hand of some magical sky being and not in our own. I also HATE how so many religions fully encourage discrimination, that "infidels" or "sodomites" or "sinners" should be considered somehow lesser than themselves.
In theory, religion is supposed to be about peace and community. In practice, it empowers those who are too blind or stupid to see reason and yet believe they hold some kind of ultimate truth, no matter how ridiculous that "truth" is. The empowerment of irrational people is dangerous, simply because they are much more likely to make decisions based on beliefs and superstition over facts.
+Parks Doge yeah I totally agree. People should ask questions instead of letting their religious leaders instill fear in them. Many people have a lust for power and are greedy. So what do some of them do... End up trying to put the fear of God into whoever. The more fear and desperate people, the more everything gets all screwed up.
That's super interesting about Jesus possibly being a metaphor for the sun. I'd never heard that before. I know it hasn't been proven he ever existed as a man but I look at it this way, the odds are just as good that he did. Where did the story originate from? Someone could have made it all up. We may never know.
MsMojo why don't you include Consort Duan & Imperial Concubine Wang Ning of the Ming Dynasty in the Honourable Mentions since they are the matserminds of the palace plot of the Renyin Year to kill Jiajing Emperor?
The collective execution of the Knights Templar by King Philip IV of France.