7 September

The pirates capture the Ganj-i-Sawai after taking the Fateh Muhammed.

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.

The raid on the First National Bank of Northfield fails; Heywood, Miller and Chadwell are killed and Gustafson is mortally wounded.

Jesse James Killed before trial

Northfield's townspeople broke the James-Younger gang in seven minutes in 1876. Six years later a new recruit shot Jesse James in his own parlour.

Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested over earlier thefts of statuettes from the Louvre; he is released within days and Picasso is questioned.

Mona Lisa theft Convicted

In 1911 a glazier walked out of the Louvre with Leonardo's portrait. It was gone 28 months, and the empty wall made it the world's most famous painting.