☞Today in History -- On today’s date 229 years ago, September 20, 1793, famous English Royal Navy officer Fletcher Christian, (1764-1793),
☞Today in History -- On today’s date 229 years ago, September 20, 1793, famous English Royal Navy officer Fletcher Christian, (1764-1793), who became the leader of the 1789 Mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty, met his earthly demise at the age of 28 when he was murdered by Tahitian Islanders during a conflict between the Native-Tahitian men & the English mutineers who had settled on remote Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean. It was reported that Fletcher Christian was shot to death whilst he was working by a pond next to the home of his pregnant Tahitian wife. It also was reported that Fletcher Christian’s famous last words, were “Oh, dear!” ☞Requiéscat In Pace, Fletcher Christian. ☞Fletcher Christian (1764-1793), Master’s Mate of His Britannic Majesty’s Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty, is best-known for leading a band of mutineers against Captain William Bligh (1754-1817) in an incident that came to be known as “The Mutiny on the Bounty.” ☞After the mutiny, Christian & some...