Famous suicides

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Famous suicides':

  • Ancient Kyoto Minamoto no Yorimasa. He killed himself by seppuku in Byodo-in, one of the listed monuments in Uji. His seppuku was the first recorded to have been carried out as an alternative to surrendering to enemies.
  • Imperial Palace Emperor Chongzhen. He was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty and hanged himself just outside the palace compound as his empire was being conquered. This was after he had ordered almost everyone in his household to commit suicide.
  • Le Morne Maroons reputedly "..flung themselves to their death off its sides rather than be recaptured"
  • Masada Zealots
  • National History Park Sans souci Haiti - Crippled by a stroke, King Henri I committed suicide on the grounds of the palace on October 8, 1820.
  • Prague Jan Palach, student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.
  • Rome Lucretia. She became a symbol of chastity after she preferred committing suicide to living the shame of having been raped.
  • Vatican City Alessandro Benedetti, a young Italian cadet officer of the elite Vatican police force, died of a gunshot wound inflicted by himself in 2007 in the Gendarmes barracks.
  • Yin Xu King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty of ancient China. Another ruler who killed himself as his kingdom was being taken over. He burnt himself along with his palace.