List of famous duels
The following are some famous duels.
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Historical duels
British and Irish duels
- 1609: Sir George Wharton and Sir James Stuart; fought in Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands; both were killed
- 1609: Sir Hatton Cheek and Sir Thomas Dutton; fought in Calais; both killed.
- 1613: Lord Bruce and Sir Edward Sackville (later Earl of Dorset); Lord Bruce was killed
- 1613: The 5th Lord Chandos and Lord Hay (later Earl of Carlisle)
- 1652: The 6th Lord Chandos and Colonel Henry Compton; Compton was killed, Chandos was found guilty of manslaughter and died whilst imprisoned.
- 1667: George Villiers (later 2nd Duke of Buckingham) and Earl of Shrewsbury; Shrewsbury was killed, and George Villiers' second Sir J. Jenkins was killed by the Earl's second.
- 1711: Richard Thornhill, Esq and Sir Cholmondeley Deering; Sir Cholmondeley was killed and Richard Thornhill convicted of manslaughter [1].
- 1712: Lord Mohun and the 4th Duke of Hamilton; both were killed. Their seconds George Macartney, Esq and Colonel John Hamilton were found guilty of manslaughter.
- 1731: The Earl of Bath and Lord Hervey
- 1749: Captain Clarke R.N. and Captain Innis R.N; Innis was killed. Clarke was sentenced to death but received a Royal Pardon [1].
- 1765: The 5th Lord Byron and William Chaworth; Chaworth was killed. Bryon was tried in the House of Lords and acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter, for which he was fined.
- 1775: Earl Macartney and Major-General James Stuart; Earl Macartney was wounded.
- 1779: Charles James Fox and Mr Adams
- 1789: Frederick, Duke of York and Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox
- 1792: Lady Almeria Braddock and Mrs. Elphinstone; so called "petticoat duel" at Hyde Park; Mrs Elphinstone was wounded.
- 1796: William Pitt the Younger and George Tierney
- 1799: Colonel Ashton and Major Allen; Duel took place in India; Ashton was killed.
- 1807: Sir Francis Burdett and James Pauli; both men were wounded.
- 1808: Major Campbell and Captain Boyd; Major Campbell was tried and executed for killing Captain Boyd.
- 1809: George Canning and Lord Castlereagh; Canning was slightly wounded.
- 1815: Daniel O'Connell and Norcot d'Esterre; d'Esterre was killed.
- 1821: John Scott and J.H. Christie; John Scott, founder and editor of the London Magazine, was killed.
- 1824: The 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Ensign Battier; Battier was a cornet in the Marquess's regiment. When Battier's pistol misfired, he declined the offer of another shot and left. He was later horsewhipped by the marquesses second Sir Henry Hardinge.
- 1829: Duke of Wellington and the 10th Earl of Winchilsea; both aimed wide.
- 1835: Mr Roebuck and Mr Black editor of the Morning Chronicle
- 1835: Lord Alvanley and Morgan O'Connell; Morgan O'Connell; was the son of Daniel O'Connell
- 1839: Marquess of Londonderry and Henry Gratton
- 1840: The 7th Earl of Cardigan and Captain Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett; Captain Tuckett was wounded. Cardigan was arrested, tried in the House of Lords and was acquitted [1].
- 1840: Prince Louis Napoleon and Charles, Count Léon; Police arrived to prevent the duel; both men were arrested and taken to Bow Street Prison.
- 1843: Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant Monro; Colonel Fawcett was killed.
French duels
- 1832: Evariste Galois and Perscheux d'Herbinville; Evariste Galois, the French mathematician, died of his wounds at the age of twenty.
American duels
- 1804: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton; Hamilton was killed.
- 1806: Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson; Dickinson was killed, Jackson wounded.
- 1820: Stephen Decatur and James Barron; Decatur was killed.
Russian Duels
- 1837: Aleksandr Pushkin mortally wounded in a duel with his wife's lover
Duels in fiction
- The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas; D'Artagnan commits himself to fight three consecutive duels with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis
- The Duel (also known as The Point of Honor: A Military Tale) by Joseph Conrad; Two officers of Napoleon Bonaparte's army fight a number of duels over many years.