On November 13, 1002, King Æthelred II ordered the St Brice’s Day Massacre — a purge of Danish settlers across England. The killings provoked Viking vengeance and changed England’s destiny forever.
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November 10, 1865 | The Execution of Henry Wirz — America’s First War Crimes Trial
On November 10, 1865, Major Henry Wirz was executed for war crimes tied to Andersonville Prison, where thousands of Union POWs perished — a moment that defined postwar justice and accountability in the United States.