(Q16718942)

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Black Dinner

1440 event in which the 16-year-old William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas and his younger brother were invited to dine with the 10-year-old King James Ⅱ of Scotland; after dinner the brothers were dragged to Castle Hill, mock-tried and beheaded

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24 November 1440
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