September 7, 2023 • 9 mins
Pirates raided the Ganj-i-Sawai on this day in 1695. There's more in the May 9, 2018 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class, "Henry Every, Successful Pyrate."
On this day in 1936, the last thylacine, aka Tasmanian tiger, died at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, history fans. We're off this week while I
finish up across country move but don't worry, We've got
plenty of classic shows to keep you busy. Please enjoy
these flashback episodes from the TDI HC Vault.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Welcome to This Day in History Class from HowStuffWorks dot
Com and from the desk of Stuff You Missed in
History Class. It's the show where we explore the past
one day at a time with a quick look at
what happened today in history. Hello and welcome to the podcast.
I'm Tracy V. Wilson and it's September seventh. On this
(00:35):
day in sixteen ninety five, pirate Henry Every pulled off
one of the most profitable raids in pirate history, which
also launched a massive international incident. Every saled aboard a
ship called the Fancy, which had previously been the Charles
the Second before he commandeered it from a Spanish port
in sixteen ninety four. From that port, he and his
(00:58):
newly piratical crew a course for Madagascar. They were joining
up with a route called the Pirate Round, which was
really popular among English pirates in the sixteen nineties. This
sailing route went from the Caribbean around the Cape of
Good Hope up to Madagascar and then into the Indian Ocean.
It was off the coast of Madagascar that Every joined
(01:20):
up with a whole collection of other pirates who were
hoping to attack a fleet of ships belonging to the
Mughal Empire. This empire ruled parts of the Indian subcontinent
from the early sixteenth century into the mid eighteenth century.
In sixteen ninety five, its territory covered most of what's
now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. This fleet belonging
(01:43):
to the Mughal Empire was huge, twenty five ships, including
escort vessels. Some of the passengers were the emperor's own
family members returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca. The first
ship that Every and the other pirates attacked was called
the Fath Mammamade. It was an sa scortship that was
part of the rear guard. Their real prize, though, was
(02:05):
the Ganji Sawai, which is sometimes anglicized as the gun Sway.
They spotted this ship on September seventh, and this ship,
in addition to being large, was owned by Emperor Arnzeb
himself At least one of the Emperor's family members was
on board. The ship was huge, it was exceptionally well armed.
(02:26):
The pirates were only able to take it because when
the battle started, a piece of weaponry exploded and started
a fire. The behavior of these pirates once they took
over the Ganji Suwai was really horrible. They completely brutalized
the people on board in their search for treasure. They
came away with a huge hall of gold, silver and jewels.
(02:49):
But when the Ganji Sawai reached the Mughal Empire, the
Emperor and the rest of the people were outraged. Riots
spread through the city of Surret, which was the port
that the ship came into. They targeted the British East
India Company offices there. British officials started writing back to
London to report what had happened. This sparked a huge
(03:11):
international man hunt for Every and his pirate crew. The
British East India Company could not afford any problems in
their relationship with the Mughal Empire or the Emperor himself.
A few of Every's crew were captured, but Every was not.
Those who were captured were put on trial two times
to try to bring a conviction that would satisfy the
(03:35):
mvel Emperor. There were two trials because, much to the
surprise of all the authorities involved, the British people were
really excited about pirates. By the time this trial even happened,
there was already a really popular ballad about Henry. Every
was very high spirited and adventurous, and it did not
make him sound like a bad guy at all. So
(03:57):
after everyone was acquitted in the first trial, they had
to try them again, this time on a charge of
mutiny instead of piracy. They were found guilty of mutiny
and hanged. The British government had to pay reparations to
the Mughal Empire, but every himself was never captured. It's
more likely though, that he died in poverty than that
(04:19):
he went on to live like a king on his
pirate wealth. You can learn more about this in the
May ninth, twenty eighteen episode of Stuff You Missed in
History Class, and you can subscribe to This Day in
History Class on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever real
to get your podcasts. Thanks also to Tari Harrison for
her audio work on this podcast. You can tune in
tomorrow for a labor strike that lasted for five years.
(04:50):
This Day in History Class is a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Hi, I'm Eves and Welcome to this Day in History
Class that covers a little bit more about history every day.
The day was September seventh, nineteen thirty six. The last Thilocene,
(05:18):
also known as the Tasmanian tiger, died at the Hobart
Zoo in Tasmania in nineteen eighty six. After no Thilocene
had been spotted for fifty years, the animal was declared extinct.
The Thilocene, scientific name Thilocenus sinocephalus, was a large carnivorous marsupial.
(05:39):
Its fur was short and yellowish brown or gray, and
it had dark stripes across its back from its shoulders
to its tail. Its head looked like a dog or wolfs,
and its ears were small, and females had a pouch
for carrying their young. The th Dilocene was mainly nocturnal.
It once lived all over Australia, from New Guinea to Tasmania,
(06:02):
but in recent times it was found only in Tasmania.
The first recorded killing of a Thilocene by Europeans happened
in eighteen o five, after it was killed. The Lieutenant
Governor of Tasmania, William Patterson, sent a description of the
animal to the Sydney Gazette. He wrote, it is very
evident this species is destructive and lives entirely on animal food.
(06:26):
On dissection, his stomach was filled with a quantity of kangaroo.
This deprecating take of thilocenes was also evident in later
European communications. Tasmania's Assistant surveyor George Prudeaux Harris wrote that
the animal had a savage and malicious appearance, and that
it appeared inactive and stupid. Thilocenes were also considered a
(06:49):
threat to sheep, though they were still quote cowardly and
by no means formidable to man, as later assistant surveyor
George William Evans put it in an eighteen twenty two book.
Since the Thylocene was viewed as destructive to flocks of sheep,
it was hunted and people offered rewards for killing the animal.
(07:09):
But the rhetoric around the Thylocene's savagery was just myth.
Minister John West of lawn Syston wrote in eighteen fifty
the Thylocene kills sheep, but confines its attack to one
at a time, and is therefore by no means as
destructive to a flock as the domestic dog become wild,
or as the dingo of Australia, which both commit havoc
(07:33):
in a single night. Still reports exaggerated the abundance of thylocenes,
how many sheep they killed, and how many bounties were
paid to kill them. Thylocenes were being blamed for the
attacks of wild dogs, horror management, rural depressions, and other
things that affected agricultural production. Though some people spoke up
(07:55):
against thilocene killings, the animal continued to get bad press
and was the subject of propaganda. The government even offered
a bounty of one pound for every adult thylocene killed
and ended up sponsoring the killing of two thousand, one
hundred and eighty four thilocenes. By the beginning of the
twentieth century, the number of thiloceines killed and bounties offered decreased.
(08:19):
Throughout the beginning of the century, the animal became rarer
as it faced competition from wild dogs, the destruction of
its habitat, and disease in addition to hunting. The last
known wild thylocene was shot in nineteen thirty The last
captive Thilocene, named Benjamin after its death, was held at
(08:40):
the Hobart Zoo. It died on September seventh, nineteen thirty six,
probably from neglect. The Thilocene was reportedly locked out of
its shelter and could have died from the cold. The
July before Benjamin died, Tasmania had listed the Thilocene as
a protected species. The Pilocene was listed as an endangered
(09:01):
species until it was declared extinct by the International Union
for Conservation of Nature in nineteen eighty two and the
Tasmanian government in nineteen eighty six. In nineteen ninety six,
Australia declared September seventh National Threatened Species Day. I'm Eve
jef Code and hopefully you know a little more about
(09:23):
history today than you did yesterday. We'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Hey there, history fans. We're off this week while I
finish up across country move but don't worry, We've got
plenty of classic shows to keep you busy. Please enjoy
these flashback episodes from the TDI HC Vault.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Welcome to This Day in History Class from HowStuffWorks dot
Com and from the desk of Stuff You Missed in
History Class. It's the show where we explore the past
one day at a time with a quick look at
what happened today in history. Hello and welcome to the podcast.
I'm Tracy V. Wilson and it's September seventh. On this
(00:35):
day in sixteen ninety five, pirate Henry Every pulled off
one of the most profitable raids in pirate history, which
also launched a massive international incident. Every saled aboard a
ship called the Fancy, which had previously been the Charles
the Second before he commandeered it from a Spanish port
in sixteen ninety four. From that port, he and his
(00:58):
newly piratical crew a course for Madagascar. They were joining
up with a route called the Pirate Round, which was
really popular among English pirates in the sixteen nineties. This
sailing route went from the Caribbean around the Cape of
Good Hope up to Madagascar and then into the Indian Ocean.
It was off the coast of Madagascar that Every joined
(01:20):
up with a whole collection of other pirates who were
hoping to attack a fleet of ships belonging to the
Mughal Empire. This empire ruled parts of the Indian subcontinent
from the early sixteenth century into the mid eighteenth century.
In sixteen ninety five, its territory covered most of what's
now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal. This fleet belonging
(01:43):
to the Mughal Empire was huge, twenty five ships, including
escort vessels. Some of the passengers were the emperor's own
family members returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca. The first
ship that Every and the other pirates attacked was called
the Fath Mammamade. It was an sa scortship that was
part of the rear guard. Their real prize, though, was
(02:05):
the Ganji Sawai, which is sometimes anglicized as the gun Sway.
They spotted this ship on September seventh, and this ship,
in addition to being large, was owned by Emperor Arnzeb
himself At least one of the Emperor's family members was
on board. The ship was huge, it was exceptionally well armed.
(02:26):
The pirates were only able to take it because when
the battle started, a piece of weaponry exploded and started
a fire. The behavior of these pirates once they took
over the Ganji Suwai was really horrible. They completely brutalized
the people on board in their search for treasure. They
came away with a huge hall of gold, silver and jewels.
(02:49):
But when the Ganji Sawai reached the Mughal Empire, the
Emperor and the rest of the people were outraged. Riots
spread through the city of Surret, which was the port
that the ship came into. They targeted the British East
India Company offices there. British officials started writing back to
London to report what had happened. This sparked a huge
(03:11):
international man hunt for Every and his pirate crew. The
British East India Company could not afford any problems in
their relationship with the Mughal Empire or the Emperor himself.
A few of Every's crew were captured, but Every was not.
Those who were captured were put on trial two times
to try to bring a conviction that would satisfy the
(03:35):
mvel Emperor. There were two trials because, much to the
surprise of all the authorities involved, the British people were
really excited about pirates. By the time this trial even happened,
there was already a really popular ballad about Henry. Every
was very high spirited and adventurous, and it did not
make him sound like a bad guy at all. So
(03:57):
after everyone was acquitted in the first trial, they had
to try them again, this time on a charge of
mutiny instead of piracy. They were found guilty of mutiny
and hanged. The British government had to pay reparations to
the Mughal Empire, but every himself was never captured. It's
more likely though, that he died in poverty than that
(04:19):
he went on to live like a king on his
pirate wealth. You can learn more about this in the
May ninth, twenty eighteen episode of Stuff You Missed in
History Class, and you can subscribe to This Day in
History Class on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever real
to get your podcasts. Thanks also to Tari Harrison for
her audio work on this podcast. You can tune in
tomorrow for a labor strike that lasted for five years.
(04:50):
This Day in History Class is a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Hi, I'm Eves and Welcome to this Day in History
Class that covers a little bit more about history every day.
The day was September seventh, nineteen thirty six. The last Thilocene,
(05:18):
also known as the Tasmanian tiger, died at the Hobart
Zoo in Tasmania in nineteen eighty six. After no Thilocene
had been spotted for fifty years, the animal was declared extinct.
The Thilocene, scientific name Thilocenus sinocephalus, was a large carnivorous marsupial.
(05:39):
Its fur was short and yellowish brown or gray, and
it had dark stripes across its back from its shoulders
to its tail. Its head looked like a dog or wolfs,
and its ears were small, and females had a pouch
for carrying their young. The th Dilocene was mainly nocturnal.
It once lived all over Australia, from New Guinea to Tasmania,
(06:02):
but in recent times it was found only in Tasmania.
The first recorded killing of a Thilocene by Europeans happened
in eighteen o five, after it was killed. The Lieutenant
Governor of Tasmania, William Patterson, sent a description of the
animal to the Sydney Gazette. He wrote, it is very
evident this species is destructive and lives entirely on animal food.
(06:26):
On dissection, his stomach was filled with a quantity of kangaroo.
This deprecating take of thilocenes was also evident in later
European communications. Tasmania's Assistant surveyor George Prudeaux Harris wrote that
the animal had a savage and malicious appearance, and that
it appeared inactive and stupid. Thilocenes were also considered a
(06:49):
threat to sheep, though they were still quote cowardly and
by no means formidable to man, as later assistant surveyor
George William Evans put it in an eighteen twenty two book.
Since the Thylocene was viewed as destructive to flocks of sheep,
it was hunted and people offered rewards for killing the animal.
(07:09):
But the rhetoric around the Thylocene's savagery was just myth.
Minister John West of lawn Syston wrote in eighteen fifty
the Thylocene kills sheep, but confines its attack to one
at a time, and is therefore by no means as
destructive to a flock as the domestic dog become wild,
or as the dingo of Australia, which both commit havoc
(07:33):
in a single night. Still reports exaggerated the abundance of thylocenes,
how many sheep they killed, and how many bounties were
paid to kill them. Thylocenes were being blamed for the
attacks of wild dogs, horror management, rural depressions, and other
things that affected agricultural production. Though some people spoke up
(07:55):
against thilocene killings, the animal continued to get bad press
and was the subject of propaganda. The government even offered
a bounty of one pound for every adult thylocene killed
and ended up sponsoring the killing of two thousand, one
hundred and eighty four thilocenes. By the beginning of the
twentieth century, the number of thiloceines killed and bounties offered decreased.
(08:19):
Throughout the beginning of the century, the animal became rarer
as it faced competition from wild dogs, the destruction of
its habitat, and disease in addition to hunting. The last
known wild thylocene was shot in nineteen thirty The last
captive Thilocene, named Benjamin after its death, was held at
(08:40):
the Hobart Zoo. It died on September seventh, nineteen thirty six,
probably from neglect. The Thilocene was reportedly locked out of
its shelter and could have died from the cold. The
July before Benjamin died, Tasmania had listed the Thilocene as
a protected species. The Pilocene was listed as an endangered
(09:01):
species until it was declared extinct by the International Union
for Conservation of Nature in nineteen eighty two and the
Tasmanian government in nineteen eighty six. In nineteen ninety six,
Australia declared September seventh National Threatened Species Day. I'm Eve
jef Code and hopefully you know a little more about
(09:23):
history today than you did yesterday. We'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
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