Cato Street Conspirators executed / "Species Plantarum" published - May 1

On this day in 1820, the conspirators who plotted to assassinate the entire British Cabinet were executed for high treason. / Though it was officially published weeks later in two volumes, Carl Linnaeus's "Species Plantarum" was given the day of issue of May 1, 1753.

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.