Perpetrator in Henry Every and the Ganj-i-Sawai
English pirate, led the 1694 mutiny and the 1695 raid on the Mughal fleet; disappeared in 1696 and was never caught. Birth date of August 1659 is given in some sources.
1694–1696 · Arabian Sea, off Surat · 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. Read the case.
Dated events
Every leads the mutiny aboard the Charles II at Corunna and the ship is renamed Fancy.
Every writes his open letter to English captains from Johanna in the Comoros.
Every joins Thomas Tew and other pirate captains at the mouth of the Red Sea.
Every lands in Ireland with a few companions and vanishes from the record.
Six of Every's crew are tried for piracy at the Old Bailey and acquitted.