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Events on Thursday 2 March 1882 1
1882Assassination attempt on Queen VictoriaRoderick Maclean fires on the queen at WindsorRoderick Maclean fired a pistol at Queen Victoria as she left Windsor railway station on 2 March 1882, missing her. It was the eighth and last of the assassination attempts made on Victoria during her reign. Maclean was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to an asylum for life.