Stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr
Stephen, one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem, stoned without the gate of that city, by the Libertines, A. D. 34, shortly after the death of Christ.
Beheading of James, the son of Zebedee
James, the son of Zebedee, put to death with the sword, by Herod Agrippa, in Jerusalem, A. D. 45.
Beheading of John The Baptist
John the Baptist, son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, beheaded in the castle of Machærus, at the command of Herod Antipas, AD. 32.