European New World Colonies
- For beheadings after the respective dates of independence, see the respective country headings.
- British North America
- Wingina (1586) – Roanoke Indian chief executed by first English settlers in the New World
- Metacomet (1676) – New England Indian chief "King Philip" executed for resisting white settlement
- Blackbeard (1718) – Famous pirate beheaded after capture at Ocracoke Island
- Panama
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1519) – Spanish conquistador who discovered the Pacific Ocean. Executed by rivals Francisco Pizarro and Pedro Arias de Avila
- Haiti
- Dutty Boukman (1791) – Executed by the French for promoting a slave rebellion
- Brazil
- Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (Tiradentes) (1792) – the body was quartered after his hanging for revolutionary activity
- Mexico
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende (1811) – Mexican insurgents were beheaded after their execution by firing squad
- Bolivia
- Manuel Ascencio Padilla (1816) – Executed for insurrection after the Battle of La Laguna
- Peru
- Diego de Almagro (1538) – Executed in Cuzco by his rival Francisco Pizarro
- Gonzalo Pizarro (1548) – Executed in Peru by Pedro de la Gasca for rebellion
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