25 November

Five of them are hanged at Execution Dock; the sixth is reprieved.

Henry Every Never caught

In 1695 Henry Every's pirates plundered the Mughal emperor's greatest ship. A worldwide manhunt followed. Six of his men hanged; Every vanished.

Arsène Goedertier dies in Dendermonde after a heart attack, telling his lawyer he alone knows where the panel is.

Ghent Altarpiece theft Unsolved

In April 1934 a panel of van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece was stolen and held to ransom. The man who seemed to know where it was died before he could say.