On Friday the 13th, 1307, scores of French Templars were simultaneously arrested by agents of King Philip IV. The Knights Templar were a military order founded in 1119/20, charged with protecting pilgrims along the road from Europe to Jerusalem. They created a revolutionary banking system that protected pilgrims’ finances, which was successful and eventually expanded throughout Europe. King Philip IV of France ended up owing a considerable sum to the Knights and got jealous about his debt and the Templar’s success. Thus, he ordered the arrest of the Templars on false charges, and they were subjected to interrogation, public examination, and reputational demolition that ended four and a half years later with the order being dissolved.