- kills actor Gabriel Spenser
- and Sir James Stuart; fought a duel over a game of cards in Islington ; both were killed
- and Sir Thomas Dutton ; fought in Calais; Cheke was killed.
- and Sir Edward Sackville (later 4th Earl Of Dorset ); fought a duel over a woman named Venetia Stanley. They fought in Bergen-op-Zoom , Netherlands to avoid the wrath of the King; Lord Bruce was killed, but Venetia Stanley ended up marrying another man named Sir Kenelm Digby.
- and James Hay (later 1st Earl Of Carlisle )
- and Colonel Henry Compton (grandson of Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton ); Compton was killed, Chandos was found guilty of manslaughter and died whilst imprisoned.
- (later 2nd Duke Of Buckingham ) and Francis Talbot, 11th Earl Of Shrewsbury ; Shrewsbury was killed, and George Villiers' second Sir J. Jenkins was killed by the Earl's second.
- and Edward Wilson; Wilson challenged Law over the affections of Elizabeth Villiers (later Countess of Orkney); Wilson was killed. Law was tried and found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to a fine, upon the ground that the offence only amounted to manslaughter. Wilson's brother appealed and had Law imprisoned but he managed to escape to the continent.
- 1711 : Richard Thornhill, Esq and Sir Cholmondeley Deering; Sir Cholmondeley was killed and Richard Thornhill convicted of manslaughter {Link without Title} .
- and the James Douglas, 4th Duke Of Hamilton ; both were killed. Their seconds George Macartney, Esq and Colonel John Hamilton were found guilty of manslaughter.
- of Carnwath, Scottish spy, writer and politician, killed in a duel in Scotland .
- and John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey Of Ickworth
- 1749 : Captain Clarke R.N. and Captain Innis R.N; Innis was killed. Clarke was sentenced to death but received a Royal Pardon {Link without Title} .
- and William Chaworth; Chaworth was killed. Byron was tried in the House Of Lords and acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter, for which he was fined.
- and Major-General James Stuart; Earl Macartney was wounded.
- and Mr Adams
- and Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox
- after their genteel conversation turned to the subject of Lady Almeria's true age. The ladies first exchanged pistol shots in which Lady Almeria's hat was damaged. They then continued with swords until Mrs. Elphinstone received a wound to her arm and agreed to write Lady Almeria an apology.
- and George Tierney
- 1799 : Colonel Ashton and Major Allen; Duel took place in India; Ashton was killed.
- and James Pauli ; both men were wounded.
- 1808 : Major Campbell and Captain Boyd; Major Campbell was tried and executed for killing Captain Boyd.
- and Lord Castlereagh ; Canning was slightly wounded.
- and Norcot d'Esterre; d'Esterre was killed.
- and J.H. Christie; John Scott, founder and editor of the '' London Magazine '', was killed.
- and Ensign Battier; Battier was a cornet in the Marquess' regiment. When Battier's pistol misfired, he declined the offer of another shot and left. He was later horsewhipped by the Marquess' second Sir Henry Hardinge.
- and the 10th Earl Of Winchilsea ; both aimed wide.
- and Mr Black, editor of the '' Morning Chronicle ''
- and Morgan O'Connell ; Morgan O'Connell ; was the son of Daniel O'Connell . Alvanley asserted that Morgan's father had been "purchased" by William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne on his accession to the office of Prime Minister , O'Connell retorted by calling Alvanley "a bloated buffoon".
- and Henry Gratton
- and Captain Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett; Captain Tuckett was wounded. Cardigan was arrested, tried in the House Of Lords and was acquitted {Link without Title} .
- and Charles, Count Léon ; Police arrived to prevent the duel; both men were arrested and taken to Bow Street Prison.
- 1843 : Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant Monro; Colonel Fawcett was killed.
- 1845 : Lieutenant Charles Hawkey and Captain Alexander Seton; Captain Seton was killed. This was the last recorded duel fought in England.
- , in a judicial duel with Francois De Vivonne De La Châtaigneraie , a favourite of the King and one of France's greatest swordsmen. Jarnac fooled La Châtaigneraie with a feint and hit him with a slash to the hamstrings. His dignity offended, La Châtaigneraie refused medical aid, and died. This both ended the practice of Trial By Combat in France, and created the myth of "Le Coup de Jarnac" - a legendary strike that supposedly allowed amateurs to defeat masters.
- and a French nobleman named Mont le Ros. Digby, a founding member of the Royal Society , was attending a banquet in France when the Frenchman insulted King Charles I Of England and Digby challenged him to a duel. Digby wrote that he ".. run his rapier into the French Lord's breast till it came out of his throat again"; Mont le Ros fell dead.
- and (possibly) Perscheux d'Herbinville; Évariste Galois , the French mathematician, died of his wounds at the age of twenty.
- and Louis Edmond Duranty ; Duranty, an art critic and friend of Manet, had written only the briefest of commentary on two works of art that Manet had entered for exhibition. The frustrated Manet collared Duranty at the Café Guerbois and slapped him. Duranty's demands for an apology were refused and so the men fought a duel with swords in the forest of Saint-Germain three days later on the 23rd. Émile Zola acted as Manet's second and Paul Alexis acted for Duranty. After Duranty received a wound above the right breast the seconds stepped in and declared that honour had been satisfied. The men remained friends despite the encounter.
- and Charles Floquet ( Prime Minister Of The French Republic ); the General was wounded in the throat but survived.
- - Patrick Gordon and major Montgomery.
- , while the Decembrist Yakubovich shot through a palm of the playwright Alexander Griboedov .
- with the poet Kondraty Ryleyev , who was also a leader of the Decembrists
- killed eleven officers in various duels
- challenged by a nobleman
- mortally wounded in a duel at the Black Rivulet with a French officer Georges D'Anthès , rumoured to be his wife's lover. D'Anthes went on to become French minister and senator and married Pushkin's sister-in-law. Some researchers believe that the whole affair was instigated by two homosexual princes, who wanted to revenge D'Anthes for his homosexual affair with the Ambassador of Holland.
- vs. Mikhail Katkov
- killed in a duel with Nikolai Martynov, a year after his duel with De Barant.
- and Fyodor Rodichev.
- vs Count Uvarov
- and Maksimilian Voloshin , duelling for the heart of a non-existent woman, poet Cherubina De Gabriak , at the Black Rivulet in St Petersburg .
- 1800 : John White, 39, Upper Canada's first lawyer and a founder of the law society, was fatally shot on January 3, 1800 by a government official named John Small, who challenged him to the duel. White was alleged to have gossiped at a Christmas party that Mrs. Small was once the mistress of the Duke of Berkeley in England, who'd tired of her and paid Small to marry her and take her to the colonies.
- , 18, was shot dead on July 12, 1817 at the corner of what is now Bay St. and Grosvenor St. in Toronto by Samuel Peters Jarvis , 25. The reason for the duel was unclear. On the count of two, the nervous Ridout discharged his pistol early, missing Jarvis by a wide margin. Ridout's second, James Small (whose father survived the only other duel in York) and Jarvis' second, Henry John Boulton insisted that Jarvis be allowed to make his shot. Ridout protested loudly and asked for another pistol, but Small and Boulton were adamant that the strict code of duelling must be observed. Jarvis shot and killed Ridout instantly. was a story told at the time that Ridout lived long enough to forgive Jarvis for shooting him, but the autopsy discredited it. Jarvis was pardoned by the courts, even though he had shot an unarmed man dueling was illegal . note: The autopsy also showed that Ridout had been shot in the back. Jarvis, who later laid out the broad thoroughfare called Jarvis St. through his estate, maintained that the duel had been gallant and honourable. Jarvis St. is now a well-known hangout for prostitutes.
- , and when he died in 1839, an autopsy revealed a bullet still lodged against the middle of his spine.
- versus Philpot a duel fought in Newfoundland at St. John's who met at West's Farm near Brine's Tavern at the foot of Robinson's Hill, adjacent to Brine's River to settle their seemingly long standing differences that was further exacerbated by the love of an Irish colleen who lived in a cottage near Quidi Vidi and a game of cards that ended in an argument over the ownership of the pot.
- on June 13, 1833. Two law students and former friends, John Wilson and Robert Lyon , quarrelled over remarks Lyon made about a local schoolteacher, Elizabeth Hughes. Lyon was killed in the second exchange of shots on a rain-soaked field. Wilson was acquitted of murder, eventually married Miss Hughes, became a Member of Parliament, and later a judge.
- , a member of the Lower Canadian Legislative Assembly, insulted fellow politician Charles-Ovide Perreault . Perreault then struck de Bleury, and a duel was set. Both men were determined to settle the matter with pistols, but their seconds came up with a unique solution. The two foes would clasp hands and de Bleury would say, "I am sorry to have insulted you" while at the same time Perreault would say, "I am sorry to have struck you." They would then reply in unison, "I accept your apology." The tactic worked, and the situation was resolved without injury.
- was called out by a member of Nova Scotia n high society for his populist writing. When his opponent fired first and missed, Howe fired his shot in the air and won the right to refuse future challenges.
- occurred in August 1873, in a field near St. John's , Newfoundland (which was not Canadian territory at the time). The duellists, Mr. Dooley and Mr. Healey, once friends, had fallen in love with the same young lady, and had quarrelled bitterly over her. One challenged the other to a duel, and they quickly arranged a time and place. No one else was present that morning except the two men's seconds. Dooley and Healey were determined to proceed in the 'honourable' way, but as they stood back-to-back with their pistols raised, they must have questioned what they were doing. Nerves gave way to terror as they slowly began pacing away from each other. When they had counted off the standard ten yards, they turned and fired. Dooley hit the ground immediately. Healey, believing he had killed Dooley, was seized with horror. But Dooley had merely fainted; the seconds confessed they had so feared the outcome that they loaded the pistols with blanks. Although this was a serious breach of duelling etiquette, both opponents gratefully agreed that honour had indeed been satisfied.
- , brother of Chilean revolutionary General Jose Miguel Carrera , kills Colonel Juan Mackena in duel. The reason was the sense of honour that the Carreras had, as Mackena disrespected the family name many times. This was the second time that both duellists met, and the third time that Mackena was challenged in duel by a Carrera(the first time it was by Luis Carrera himself, while the second time it was by his brother, Juan Jose Carrera , the oldest of the brothers and noticeable by his herculean strength. Yet Mackena was able to run away from the duels both times). They duelled at night, in the first round, Mackena shoots at his head, but misses and blows Carrera's Hat away, in the second round, Carrera is able to hit Mackena in his hand, blowing his thumb away and piercing a hole in his throat, thus killing Mackena. Carrera was arrested the next day, particularly because Mackena was part of a secret society called The Lautarian Lodge , which had the control of the government at the time.
- In October 2002 , 4 months before the US would eventually invade Iraq, Iraqi Vice President Yaha Tassin Ramadan suggested U.S. President George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein settle their difference in a duel. He reasoned this would not only serve as an alternative to a war that was certain to damage Iraq's infrastructure, but that it would also reduce the suffering of the Iraqi and American peoples. Ramadan's offer included the possibliity that a group of US officials would face off with a group of Iraqi officials of same or similar rank (President v. President, Vice President v. Vice President, etc.). Ramadan proposed that the duel be held in a neutral land, with each party using the same weapons, and with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presiding as the supervisor. On behalf of President Bush, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer declined the offer.
- In the '' Iliad ,'' by Homer , Trojan Prince Hector is killed by the Greek warrior Achilles . This is depicted in several movies, famed in the recent movie '' Troy ,'' which featured Eric Bana as Hector and Brad Pitt as Achilles .
- '' Eugene Onegin '' by Aleksandr Pushkin who was in turn killed in a duel. Other Pushkin's works featuring duels are ''Captain's Daughter'', ''Gunshot'', ''Caucasian Romance'', and ''The Stone Guest''.
- Mikhail Lermontov 's novel '' A Hero Of Our Time '' has a duel scene thought prophetic of the duel which would bring about the author's death
- '' The Princess Bride '' features several sword duels.
- Westley (Dread Pirate Roberts) versus Iñigo Montoya, Inigo loses but survives
- Inigo Montoya versus Count Rugen, Inigo avenges his father's death.
- '' The Three Musketeers '' by Alexander Dumas ; D'Artagnan commits himself to fight three consecutive duels with Athos , Porthos , and Aramis
- '' Les Liaisons Dangereuses '' by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos ; Valmont versus Darcency, Valmont allows himself to be killed
- ''The Duel'' (also known as ''The Point of Honor: A Military Tale'') by Joseph Conrad ; Two officers of Napoleon Bonaparte 's army fight a number of duels over many years. The story was transferred to the screen by Ridley Scott as '' The Duellists ''.
- ''The Duel'' a philosophic novella by Anton Chekhov
- '' War And Peace ''; Pierre and Dolokhov duel. Leo Tolstoy himself barely escaped duels with fellow writers Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai Nekrasov .
- '' Sense And Sensibility '' by Jane Austen has an "offstage" duel between Colonel Brandon and Mr. Willoughby over the seduction of Colonel Brandon's adopted daughter.
- '' Anna Karenina '': Vronsky vs. Karenin.
- '' Fathers And Sons ''; Kirsanov and Bazarov duel is a culminating point of the novel; Turgenev also wrote a short story called ''Duellist''.
- Vladimir Nabokov 's ''Ada, or Ardour''.
- '' HMS Surprise '' by Patrick O'Brian ; Stephen Maturin fights and kills Richard Canning over Diana Villers . Based on the Ashton–Allen duel?
- '' Mr. Midshipman Hornblower '' in the Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester ; Horatio Hornblower duels Jack Simpson
- In '' Ridicule '', a French film directed by Patrice Leconte , protagonist Gregoire Ponceludon kills one of King Louis XVI's officers in a pistol duel.
- In Tombstone (movie) , Doc Holliday stands in for his friend Wyatt Earp in a duel with Johnny Ringo . This is based on one of several explanations for the unusual circumstances surrounding Ringo's death.
- In The Count Of Monte Cristo , The Count of Monte Cristo ( Edmond Dantès ) plans a duel with Viscount Albert Mondego, de Morcerf. However, no duel is ever fought, and Mondego apologizes. Monte Cristo also almost duels Mondego's father, the Count Fernand Mondego de Morcerf, but he learns Monte Cristo's true identity and chickens out.
- The Skulls , a 2000 movie, culminates in a duel between the two main characters, though neither fires on the other and the fight is eventually interrupted by the father of one of the participants.
- '' Tender Is The Night '' by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; McKisco vs Barban.
- ''; The Doctor duels with The Sycorax Leader in a fight for Planet Earth .
- Barry Lyndon , the 1975 movie by Stanley Kubrick includes many duels. It begins with a duel in which Barry's father is mortally shot by an unknown man. Years later Barry duels Captain Quin for Nora. The movie culminates in a duel with Barry's step-son, Lord Bullingdon. This last duel is not in the original novel The Luck Of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray .
- In the novel Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by ''J.K. Rowling'', a number of the students at Hogwarts attend a duelling lesson conducted by teachers Gilderoy Lockhart and Severus Snape . It was during a supervised practic duel with Draco Malfoy , Harry Potter 's nature as a parselmouth was exposed.
- In the novel Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by ''J.K. Rowling'', Harry Potter finally comes face to face with his nemesis Lord Voldemort . A duel between the two ensues, but becomes deadlocked and Harry subsequently escapes.
- '' Dark Shadows '' in the 1795 storyline, Barnabas Collins had faught a duel against Jeremiah Collins in a duel after he learned he married his love Josette Du Pres thanks to Angelique 's spell, and the duel caused Jeremiah's death.
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