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treason

Act of betrayal, in particular against the sovereign or the state to which the offender owes allegiance.

In the USA, treason is defined in the constitution as the crime of ‘levying war against [the USA], or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort’. Congress has the power to declare the punishment for treason.

Treason is punishable in Britain by death. It includes: plotting the wounding or death of the sovereign or his or her spouse or heir; levying war against the sovereign in his or her realm; and giving aid or comfort to the sovereign's enemies in wartime. During World War II, treachery (aiding enemy forces or impeding the crown) was punishable by death, whether or not the offender owed allegiance to the crown. Sixteen spies (not normally capable of treason, though liable to be shot in the field) were convicted under these provisions. William Joyce (Lord Haw‐Haw), although a US citizen, was executed for treason because he carried a British passport when he went to Germany in 1939.

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The Gunpowder Plot

3 January 1946

Nazi Propagandist William Joyce, the notorious radio broadcaster known as 'Lord Haw-Haw', is hanged for treason.

16 January 1572
Thomas Howard, the Fourth Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He is later executed at the Tower of London.

20 January 1649

In England, the start of the trial of King Charles I. Charles is found guilty of treason and is beheaded.

21 January 1793
In Paris, Louis XVI of France is guillotined after being found guilty of treason.

25 January 1981

Jiang Qing, the widow of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, is found guilty of treason and sentenced to death - later commuted to life imprisonment.

30 January 1649

Charles I of England is beheaded after being found guilty of treason.

31 January 1606

Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators in the 'Gunpowder Plot', to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, are executed after being found guilty of treason.

14 February 1974

Soviet authorities charge Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn with treason one day after expelling him from the country.

1 June 1977
Jewish dissident and human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky is charged with treason by the Soviet authorities.

16 June 1958
Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary in 1956 when Russian tanks were used to quell a popular uprising, is hanged for treason.

6 July 1535
Sir Thomas More, English statesman and Lord Chancellor, is executed on Tower Hill in London for treason - refusing to accept, officially and publicly, Henry VIII as head of the Church of England.

3 August 1916
Sir Roger Casement, Irish nationalist, is hanged in London for treason following his attempts to induce Germany to support the cause of Irish independence.

15 October 1945
Pierre Laval, the puppet leader of Nazi-occupied Vichy France, is executed by firing squad for treason against France.

24 October 1945
Execution of Norweigan leader Vidkum Quisling after being found guilty of treason during World War II for collaborating with the Germans.

5 November 1605
Roman Catholic Guy Fawkes and several of his co-conspirators are arrested in London when guards discover them planting 30 barrels of gunpowder in a cellar underneath the Houses of Parliament. All are later executed for treason. The Gunpowder Plot is commemorated each year in Britain on Guy Fawkes’ Night.

17 November 1604
In England, seafarer and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh is tried for treason.

7 December 1815
Michel Ney, one of the 18 Marshal’s of France created by Napoleon Bonaparte, is executed having been convicted of treason for his support of Napoleon.

11 December 1792
The French Revolution: The National Convention puts King Louis XVI of France on trial for treason. Louis is found guilty and sent to the guillotine.