- 1869 - Hutchins Hapgood was born.
- 1871 - The "Bloody Week" of suppression of the Paris Commune began.
- 1894 - French anarchist Émile Henry (pictured) was executed by guillotine.
- 1894 - Two anarchists were executed for bombing the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, but were later exonerated.
- 1916 - Enrique and Ricardo Flores Magón were arrested in Los Angeles, California.