Raleigh Executed: Explorer Falls to Royal Wrath
English authorities execute Sir Walter Raleigh on charges of plotting against King James I, ending a life defined by his failed Virginia colony expeditions and the popular *History of the World*. This brutal conclusion extinguished one of England's most vocal critics of royal policy, silencing a man whose writings had long challenged the crown's colonial ambitions.
October 29, 1618
408 years ago
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