Historedia
Person

Edmund Campion

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1580–1581

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Edmund Campion, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Execution of Edmund Campion

    1580–1581

    Role: English Jesuit priest and martyr

    1. 24 June 1580 · EnglandArrival and Ministry

      Campion entered England in June 1580 and began preaching, later engaging in public disputations in September 1581.

    2. 14 November 1581 · WestminsterArraignment at Westminster

      Campion was arraigned and indicted at Westminster on 14 November 1581 for high treason and conspiracy to dethrone the Queen.

    3. 1 December 1581 · TyburnExecution at Tyburn

      Campion, Sherwin, and Briant were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on 1 December 1581.

Sources

  1. Edmund Campion Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-01