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"The Death of King Arthur" by Marek Szyszko. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico when his horse fell...

An early 20th-century illustration showing the death of King Philip, aka Metacom (l. 1638-1676) who led a coalition of Native American tribes in King Philip’s War (aka Metacom’s War, 1675-1678) against English colonists.

An illustration showing the arrest, trial, and execution of Diego de Almagro (c. 1475-1538) the Spanish conquistador who participated in expeditions of conquest to Peru and Chile. Almagro was strangled to death in Cusco by his fellow conquistadors...

Death of Admiral de Coligny, illustration of the murder of Gaspard II de Coligny, Admiral of France (l. 1519-1572) during the St. Bartholomew's Day Masscacre in the Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, illustrated by Joseph Martin Kronheim, 1887.

The death of French General Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800; in the center left, Napoleon stands witness. Painting by Jean Broc, 1806. Palace of Versailles.

An Attic red-figure stamnos depicting the death of Orpheus, c. 470 BCE. (Louvre, Paris)

The killing of Booth, the assassin: The dying murderer drawn from the barn where he had taken refuge, on Garrett's farm, near Port Royal, Va., April 26, 1865, illustration in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1865. A depiction of the...

The death of Major Patrick Ferguson during the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780. Engraving after Alonzo Chappel, 1863. Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University.

The death of Dr. Joseph Warren, one of Massachusetts' most influential revolutionary leaders, at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. Oil on canvas painting by John Trumbull, 1786. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.