Video: '1916 Easter Rising: The Poet’s Rebellion | Historical Documentary | Lucasfilm' (May 3, 1916, at 19:50)

(Wednesday, May 3, 1916) — Irish nationalists Padraic Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh were executed today by a British firing squad; they were among 16 people put to death for their roles in the Easter Rising armed insurrection of April 24-29, 1916.