Supplice of the Templars: Jacques de Molay (Molai) grand master of the Order of the Templars and several of his companions are accused of heresie and debauches by King Philip IV dit le bel et executes March 4; 1314 in Paris - Torture of the Templars: Jacques de Molay (Molai) grand master of the Knights Templar and several of his companions were accused of heresy and debauchery by King Philip IV - they were sentenced to the stake in 1314 - Engraving from ??The Prisons of Europe??by Alboize and Maquet; 1845