What is Mutiny?
{{redlinks|date=October 2011}} [[Image:Mutiny bounty 5.jpg|thumb|right|The mutineers put [[William Bligh|Captain Bligh]] in a small boat. A scene from the movie, Mutiny on the Bounty]] '''Mutiny''' is a when a group of people get together to openly oppose, change, or remove the people or person in authority. It usually means a group of [[soldier]]s trying to remove their [[officer]]s, or a group of [[sailor]]s on a [[ship]] trying to remove the [[captain]]. The group of people that mutiny are called mutineers. During the [[Age of Discovery]], mutiny meant open [[rebellion]] against a ship’s [[captain]]. This happened during [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan’s]] journey and one mutineer was killed. Another mutineer was [[Capital punishment|executed]] and 2 others were put on land and left there. After a mutiny on [[Henry Hudson]]’s ''Discovery'', Hudson and several others were left in the ocean in a small boat. ==Penalty== Mutiny is still treated as a very bad crime. Mutineers are [[punishment|punished]] and may even get the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]]. ==Famous Mutinies== ===17th century=== * '''''[[Batavia (ship)|Batavia]]''''' was a [[ship]] of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC), built in 1628 in [[Amsterdam]], which was wrecked on its first trip. The sailors led a mutiny and killed many of the [[passenger]]s. * '''[[Corkbush Field mutiny]]''' occurred on 1647, the [[Bishopsgate mutiny]] and [[Banbury mutiny]] of 1649 happened during the early part of the [[Second English Civil War]]. ===18th century=== * '''[[HMS Hermione (1782)|HMS ''Hermione'']]''' was a 32-gun [[frigate]] (type of ship) of the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]], built in 1782. It is famous for the mutiny which took place on the ship. The captain and 8 officers were killed by the crew. * '''The [[Mutiny on the Bounty]]''', a [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]] ship in 1789 has been made famous by several books and films. * '''[[Spithead and Nore mutinies]]''' were two big mutinies by sailors of the [[Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]