Articles related to "Mutiny"

A resume of debates on the Sepoy Mutiny in India of 1857 discussing whether it was a spontaneous uprising of disaffected groups or the first Indian War of Independence.

The only known US Naval mutiny in documented history ended in 1842 with three mutineers having their necks prematurely lengthened.

Renegade military officers walked out of a court hearing on their 2003 Oakwood Hotel mutiny, took over the Peninsula Hotel, and demanded President Arroyo's resignation.

In 326 BC, on the banks of the Hyphasis River in India, Alexander the Great's quest for Empire ground to a halt.

The Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Indian Independence began on 10th May, 1857, in a town called Meerut.

The Battleship Potemkin (1925) directed by Sergei Eisenstein is a silent film considered as one of the greatest films of all time. It tackles the 1905 Potemkin Mutiny.

Whether carrying a dying ensign or hefting powder bags through a burning town, Dempsey's VC was earned more than once.

In 1915, Indian Muslim troops on Singapore mutinied, killing their officers and British civilians. Why did they do this and what happened next?

The novel is based in India, one of Britain's erstwhile colonies. It is the story of forbidden love between a British officer and an Indian princess, in the British Raj

The HMS Bounty, an obscure armed merchant ship from which the crew mutinied is immortalized on film.

Ignoring the use of lethal injection as a means of euthanasia or assisted suicide, lethal injection is the most common method of execution in use in America today.

In 1650, Captain William Kidd, at the age of five, he moved to New York, then a British colony. History would remember, "Captain Kidd", as a notorious pirate.

The Pirates of the Caribbean films show that lawless pirates felt a need for laws. One such film from Hollywood's Golden years is Captain Blood with Errol Flynn.

The full-masted tall ship looks exactly like the original HMS Bounty which was involved in the famous mutiny by Fletcher Christian in the 1780s.

Everyone has read books about the Holocaust, and may feel that everything to be said has been said. John Boyne's book disproves this time and time again with readers.

A love of words and story-telling brought together two icons: the Margaritaville pirate and the author of The Caine Mutiny.

In custody for leading a 2003 mutiny, Trillanes was elected to the Senate last May, then led the Nov 29th coup attempt. His escapades have precedents in the Philippines.

Mutiny, death, shipwreck, terror... The dark history of Jeronimus Corneliusz and the Dutch crew of the Batavia in the Fremantle Maritime Museum, Western Australia.

Ripping a page from The Prodigy's songbook and running with it, Australian techno/rock sensation sees US debut.

Detention, prosecution, and punishment of rebels in Philippine coup attempts, including the last one, appear to be a joke, but implications are too serious to be funny.

George Richardson earned the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny and later lived and served Canada for 60 years but is missing from the official VC list.

William Hall holds two firsts in the annals of Canadian VC history. He was the first Canadian sailor and the first Black Canadian to earn the highest valour award.

Capital punishment is no longer on the British statute books. Historically the British judiciary had a bloody choice when it came to methods of execution.

The poet Lucia Perillo has written a painfully truthful, always enlightening book of essays about living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Clark Gable died in 1961 but his body of work ensures that the charistmatic movie star is recognised as a great by the cinema going public almost half a century on.

The Mayflower Compact is written and signed after the Mayflower is moored on November 21, 1620, in what would come to be called Provincetown Harbor, in present-day Massac

For five years he searched for the fabled North-West Passage only to suffer a mutiny and disappear in the bay that bears his name.

The Battle of the Ticinius was the first clash between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and his Roman foes, and the first of Rome's many defeats at his hands.

With a little persuasion, Portugal's most famous explorer was able to convince Spain's King Charles that he was the right explorer to get the spice-route-finding job done

Elcano was captain of the carrack Victoria, the first European ship to completely circumnavigate the globe.

From curses to alien abduction, the mystery of the Mary Celeste has had many theories attached to it. Why would a captain abandon a perfectly seaworthy ship?

A brief look at some of the biggest and best punk rock festivals in the UK, from The Rebellion Festival to Slam Dunk, the Durham Punk Festival and the new Mutiny fest.

The tensions that began to build in the previous week's episode exploded on Friday night as Lieutenant Gaeta and Tom Zarek put their plan into action .

Although Clark Gable has been a larger-than-life symbol of Hollywood for decades, his iconic status rests largely on three perfectly fitting roles from the 1930's.

Life for the common seaman aboard the Columbus voyages of discovery was fraught with peril and hardship, both real and imagined.

An overview of the early history of The Royal Marines, one of oldest and most respected elite fighting units in the British Armed Forces.

Carlos Valderrama - afro hairstyle, football legend & soccer star. Here is a club career breakdown of the Colombian soccer legend & Colombia sports hero Carlos Valderrama

Few films will haunt you longer, capture your imagination more viciously, or leave you with a better idea of what the cinema can achieve.

The cause of a mutiny in 1939 and made famous by barmaid Betty of Coronation Street, this easy to prepare hotpot helps the family budget as it uses cheaper cuts of meat.

The weakened Imperial Guard, suffering from its World War One losses, fought against its Tsar in March and then refused to stand by the new democratic government as well.

Thirty-two tall ships will visit San Francisco's waterfront this July as part of the West Coast's Tall Ship Challenge.

July 3rd through July 7th, 2008 the skyline along Tacoma, Washington's waterfront will be pierced by the masts and spars of over thirty of the world's tall ships.

Allergy is the manifestation of a reaction given by our body's immune system against common substances which leads to injury to our own body.

The Death of Princess Charlotte put a great question mark on the succession of the English throne.

During a time when many believed the world to be flat, the journey of Ferdinand Magellan proved the world to be round.

Essentially soldiers at sea, the Royal Marines of the British Navy achieved their lasting fame serving under the great commanders Nelson and Cochrane.

Billy Budd, a tragic English opera by Benjamin Britten. Billy Budd opera plot summary, character list, and other opera information.

What started off as a strike ended up with artillery and the Tsarist Imperial Guard putting down a full fledged revolt that forever after left the Presnia district Red.

The loss of a coal freighter during a storm on Lake Superior is immortalized in a mournful song by Gordon Lightfoot.

Tinseltown’s brightest are flocking to Broadway, drawn by delightful theatre scripts and a chance to flex their acting chops.