13 Nov 1536 Jahr - On "a great misty morning such as hath seldom been seen",[36] Robert Pakington, a London merchant and a member of the English Parliament, becomes the first person in Britain to be murdered with a handgun,[37] while he is walking across the street from his home at Soper's Lane toward the Mercers' Chapel. His assailant is never caught, despite the offer of a large reward