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During the Age of Exploration, mutiny meant open rebellion against one's captain. Examples of mutiny were Magellan's crew, the people that rebelled he later had to excecute, and Henry Hudson, who's crew threw him overboard in anger into what is known today as Hudson Bay. Most countries punish mutiny with particularly harsh penalties, sometimes even the Mutiny and the Wilhelmshaven Mutiny . The UK Royal Navy 's Articles Of War have changed slightly over the centuries they have been in force, but the 1757 version is representative – except that the death penalty no longer exists – and defines mutiny thus: :Article 19: If any person in or belonging to the , Mariner , or Soldier on or belonging to the fleet, shall behave himself with contempt to his superior officer, being in the execution of his office, he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence by the judgment of a court martial. :Article 20: If any person in the fleet shall conceal any Traitor ous or mutinous practice or design, being convicted thereof by the sentence of a court martial, he shall suffer death, or any other punishment as a court martial shall think fit; and if any person, in or belonging to the fleet, shall conceal any traitorous or mutinous words spoken by any, to the prejudice of His Majesty or Government , or any words, practice, or design, tending to the hindrance of the service, and shall not forthwith reveal the same to the Commanding Officer , or being present at any mutiny or sedition, shall not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same, he shall be punished as a court martial shall think he deserves. The United States 's Uniform Code Of Military Justice defines mutiny thus: :Article 94: Mutiny or Sedition. A member who, with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her Duty or creates any violence or disturbance, is guilty of mutiny. A person who, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority, is guilty of sedition. Furthermore, a member who fails to do his or her utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his or her presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his or her superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he or she knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition. Violations of this article can be punished by death. U.S. military law requires obedience only to lawful orders. Disobedience to unlawful orders is the obligation of every member of the U.S. armed forces, a principle established by the Nuremberg Trials and reaffirmed during the My Lai Massacre and its aftermath. However, a U.S. serviceman who disobeys an order after deeming it unlawful will almost certainly be court-martialed to determine whether he acted properly. FAMOUS MUTINIES
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