This is a list of people killed in duels by date:

16th century

Cadeguala Cadeguala or ''Cadiguala''Pedro Mariño de Lobera, CRÓNICA DEL REINO DE CHILE, Cap. XXXV: Diego de Rosales, “Historia General del Reino de Chile”, Flandes Indiano, Tomo II, Capítulos LII, LIII, LIV was a Mapuche toqui elected in 1585 following ...

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who s ...

toqui Toqui (or Toki) (Mapudungun for ''axe'' or ''axe-bearer'') is a title conferred by the Mapuche (an indigenous Chilean and Argentinian people) on those chosen as leaders during times of war. The toqui is chosen in an assembly or parliament ('' c ...

, by Alonso García de Ramón at

Purén Purén is a city (2002 pop. 12,868) and commune in Malleco Province of La Araucanía Region, Chile. It is located in the west base of the Nahuelbuta mountain range (650 km. south of Santiago). The economical activity of Purén is based in f ...

, Chile 1585 * Sir William Drury, English politician and soldier, by Sir John Borough, died from wound received in duel in France 1590 *

Gabriel Spenser Gabriel Spenser, also spelt Spencer, (c. 1578 – 22 September 1598) was an Elizabethan actor. He is best known for episodes of violence culminating in his death in a duel at the hands of the playwright Ben Jonson. Acting career Spenser appears ...

, Elizabethan actor, by

Ben Jonson Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for t ...

on Hoxton Fields, London 1598

17th century

* Sir John Townshend, English politician, by Sir Matthew Browne on Hounslow Heath, London 1603. Browne himself was killed on the spot by Townshend, who in turn died of his wounds the following day. * Peter Legh, English politician, by Valentine Browne 1640 *

Armand d'Athos Armand, Seigneur de Sillègue, d'Athos, et d'Autevielle ("Lord of Sillègue, Athos, and Autevielle"), better known as Armand d'Athos (c. 1615 – December 21, 1643), was a Gascon Black Musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th-century France. He ...

, inspiration for the Alexandre Dumas character of the same name 1643 * Charles Price, English politician, by Capt. Robert Sandys at Presteigne 1645 *Sir Henry Bellasis (heir of

John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse (or Bellasis) (24 June 1614 – 10 September 1689) was an English nobleman, Royalist officer and Member of Parliament, notable for his role during and after the Civil War. He suffered a long spell of imprison ...

), by

Thomas Porter (dramatist) Thomas Porter (1636 – 1680) was an English dramatist and duellist. Life He was the fourth son of Endymion Porter and his wife Olivia Boteler, and brother of George Porter. Porter abducted, on 24 February 1655, Anne Blount, daughter of Mountjo ...

at Covent Garden, London 1667 *

Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, 11th Earl of Waterford (1623 – 16 March 1668), was an English peer who was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War. He survived the war only to be mortally wounded in a duel with the Duke of Bucking ...

, by the Duke of Buckingham 1668 * Walter Norborne, English politician, by an Irishman at the fountain at

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...

, London 1684 *John Talbot, brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury, by Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton 1686 * Sir Henry Hobart, English politician, by Oliver Le Neve on Cawston Heath, Norfolk 1698

18th century

* Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet, English politician 1701 *

Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun (c. 1675 – 15 November 1712) was an English politician best known for his frequent participation in duels and for his reputation as a rake. He was killed in the celebrated Hamilton–Mohun Duel in Hyde P ...

, perennial duellist and

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton Lieutenant General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon (11 April 1658 – 15 November 1712) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician. Hamilton was a major investor in the failed Darien Scheme, which cost many o ...

, in

Hyde Park, London Hyde Park is a Listed building#Heritage protection, Grade I-listed major park in Westminster, Greater London, the largest of the four Royal Parks of London, Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance to Kensington Palace through Kensingt ...

. The

Hamilton–Mohun Duel The Hamilton–Mohun Duel occurred on 15 November 1712 in Hyde Park, then on the outskirts of London. The principal participants were James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, and Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun. Both men died from wounds received. ...

1712 * Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval officer, by Jakob Axel Staël von Holstein 1720 * George Lockhart, Scottish politician and writer, Jacobite

spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

1731 *

Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin Richard Nugent, Lord Delvin (1742 – 6 August 1761) was an Irish duellist and Member of Parliament. Nugent was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath and adopted the courtesy title of Lord Delvin in 1754 when his father a ...

, by Capt. George Reilly at Marlborough Bowling Green, Dublin 1761 *

Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration o ...

, signer of the

Declaration of Independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of th ...

Lachlan McIntosh Lachlan McIntosh (March 17, 1725 – February 20, 1806) was a Scottish American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he fatally shot Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaratio ...

near Savannah, Georgia 1777 * Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet 1794

19th century

Philip Hamilton Philip Hamilton (January 22, 1782 – November 24, 1801) was the eldest child of Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. He died at age 19, fatally shot in a duel with George Eacker. Birt ...

, son of former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, by George I. Eacker, in

Weehawken, New Jersey Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

1801 *

Richard Dobbs Spaight Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758September 6, 1802) was an American Founding Father, politician, planter, and signer of the United States Constitution, who served as a Democratic-Republican U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 10th c ...

, delegate to the Continental Congress and Governor of North Carolina, by John Stanly 1802 *Peter Lawrence Van Allen, lawyer, by

William Harris Crawford William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 ...

, future U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, at Fort Charlotte in South Carolina 1802 * Alexander Hamilton, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, by U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, in

1804 *

Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British peer, naval officer and wastrel, best known for bedevilling George Vancouver during and after the latter's great voyage of exploration. Early life Pitt was bo ...

, English peer and naval officer, by his friend Thomas Best near Holland House, London 1804 * Charles Dickinson, by future U.S. President

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

1806 *Robert Case, naval officer, by naval surgeon

William Bland William Bland (5 November 1789 – 21 July 1868) was a transported convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician, farmer and inventor in the Colony of New South Wales, Australia. Early life Bland was born in London on 5 November 1789 ...

at Cross Island, Bombay – 1813 *

Charles Lucas Sir Charles Lucas, 1613 to 28 August 1648, was a professional soldier from Essex, who served as a Royalist cavalry leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Taken prisoner at the end of the First English Civil War in March 1646, he was rel ...

, legislator in Missouri Territory, by U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton 1817 *

Armistead Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787February 6, 1819), the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817. Mason was also the second-youngest person to ever serve in the US Senate, at the age of 28 and 5 month ...

, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1819 * Stephen Decatur, American naval hero, by

James Barron James Barron (September 15, 1768 – April 21, 1851) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during which he commanded a number of famous ships, including and . As commander of the frigate , h ...

1820 * John Scott, founder and editor of the London Magazine 1821 * Joshua Barton, first Missouri Secretary of State 1823 *

Henry Wharton Conway Henry Wharton Conway (March 18, 1793 – November 9, 1827) was a United States naval officer during the War of 1812 and a politician in Arkansas Territory, who was elected as a territorial delegate (1823–1827) to the United States House of Rep ...

, Arkansas politician 1827 *

Évariste Galois Évariste Galois (; ; 25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, ...

, mathematician 1832 * Robert Lyon, last Canadian duelling fatality 1833 * Aleksandr Pushkin,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

poet and writer of the

Romantic era Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

, by

Georges d'Anthès Georges may refer to: Places * Georges River, New South Wales, Australia * Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 19 ...

1837 *

Jonathan Cilley Jonathan Cilley (July 2, 1802 – February 24, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. He served part of one term in the 25th Congress, and died as the result of a wound sustained in a duel with another Congressman, ...

, U.S. Representative from Maine, by William J. Graves 1838 *

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

, Russian poet and writer of the Romantic era 1841 * George A. Waggaman, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1843 * James Alexander Seton, the last British person to die in a duel in the United Kingdom 1845 * John Hampden Pleasants, American newspaper editor 1846 * Edward Gilbert, U.S. newspaper editor, by James W. Denver near Sacramento 1852 *Frédéric Constant Cournet, French revolutionary. Killed by Frenchman,

Emmanuel Barthélemy Emmanuel Barthélemy (1823–1855) was a French revolutionary and a member of secret Blanquist societies during the reign of Louis-Phillipe, the citizen king of France in the July monarchy from 1830 until 1848. He fled to London in 1850. He is r ...

in the last duel in the United Kingdom 1852 *

David C. Broderick David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was an attorney and politician, elected by the legislature as United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, U.S. Senator from California. Born in Washington, DC ...

, U.S. Senator from California 1859 * Lucius M. Walker, Confederate Civil War general 1863 * Ferdinand Lassalle, German socialist leader 1864 * Manuel Corchado y Juarbe, Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician 1884 *

Felice Cavallotti Felice Cavallotti (6 November 1842 – 6 March 1898) was an Italian politician, poet and dramatic author. Biography Early career Born in Milan, Cavallotti fought with the Garibaldian Corps in their 1860 and 1866 campaigns during the Italian ...

, Italian radical leader 1898{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fv4xh18oqUYC&dq=duelo+1898+Felice+Cavallotti&pg=PA132, title=Historia de las relaciones entre España e Italia: imágenes, comercio y política exterior : 1890-1914, last=Sanz, first=Fernando García, publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, year=1994, isbn=9788400067380, location=Madrid, pages=132, language=es

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