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JUAN JAUREGUI (1562-1582)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 283 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAUREGUI (1562-1582)  , a Biscayan by See also:birth, was in 1582 in the service of a See also:Spanish See also:merchant, Gaspar d'Anastro, who was See also:resident at See also:Antwerp . Tempted by the See also:reward of 8o,000 ducats offered by See also:Philip II. of See also:Spain for the assassination of See also:William the Silent, See also:prince of See also:Orange, but being himself with-out courage to undertake the task, d'Anastro, with the help of his See also:cashier Venero, persuaded See also:Jauregui to See also:attempt the See also:murder for the sum of 2877 crowns . On See also:Sunday the 18th of See also:March 1582, as the prince came out of his dining-See also:room Jauregui offered him a See also:petition, and William had no sooner taken it into his See also:hand than Jauregui fired a See also:pistol at his See also:head . The See also:ball pierced the See also:neck below the right See also:ear and passed out at the See also:left See also:jaw-See also:bone; but William ultimately recovered . The See also:assassin was killed on the spot .

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