Murder & homicide · 1593 · Pre-Victorian

Death of Christopher Marlowe

In 1593 playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a tavern brawl in Deptford, London. The circumstances were suspicious and have been debated by historians ever since; some believe it was an assassination.

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