World History Moment: Colonel Blood’s Grand Heist
By WorldviewWorld History Moment: Colonel Blood’s Grand Heist
By Worldview
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information.
Sign up for our newsletters
to stay up to date on the stories that matter.
On May 9, 1671, an Anglo-Irish soldier named Thomas Blood set out on a master plot to steal the crown jewels of England. Historian John Schmidt tells us the tale of the great heist that took place on this day in history.