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This is a list of publicly unexplained human disappearances, and of people whose current whereabouts are unknown or whose deaths are not substantiated, as well as a few cases of people whose disappearances were notable and remained mysterious for a long time, but were eventually explained. ==Before 1800== * 71 BC – Although he was presumed killed in battle during the Third Servile War, the body of the rebel slave Spartacus was never found and his fate remains unknown. * 53 BC – Ambiorix was, together with Catuvolcus, prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of northeastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica), where modern Belgium is located. According to the writer Florus (iii.10.8), Ambiorix and his men managed to cross the Rhine and disappeared without a trace. * 30 BC – Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar) was the son of Cleopatra by Caesar, and as such the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, ruling alone for eleven days. His death at 17 on the orders of Augustus (while still Octavian) is accepted, and yet the exact circumstances of his death and the location of his body are not documented. Plutarch says that he was sent to India for safety by his mother and later lured back by the promise that Octavian would allow him nominal rule of Egypt. The fates of his younger half-brothers, Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus, sons of Cleopatra by Mark Antony, are also unknown. * 108–164 – Legio IX Hispana (Ninth Spanish Legion) was a legion said to have disappeared in Britain during the Roman conquest of Britain, although archaeology has shown the legion was subsequently transferred to mainland Europe. Many references to the legion have been made in subsequent works of fiction. * 378 – Roman Emperor Valens was defeated by the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey). The body of Valens was never found. * – Muhammad ibn Qasim (al-Alawi) led a rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate but was defeated and detained. He was able to flee but was never heard from again. * 1021 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (36), sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam, rode his donkey to the Muqattam hills outside Cairo for one of his regular nocturnal meditation outings and failed to return. A search found only the donkey and his bloodstained garments.〔(al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ), Institute of Ismaili Studies, Dr Farhad Daftary.〕 * 1071 – Hereward the Wake was a formerly exiled Anglo-Danish minor noble rebel who led a huge revolt in the marshy region of Ely in England against the rule of William the Conqueror. Eventually betrayed by fearful local monks who led the Norman troops through secret trackways, many rebels were mutilated or executed, but Hereward escaped, never to be heard of again. * 1203 – Arthur, Duke of Brittany, an heir to the throne of England. He was supported by French nobility who did not want John of England as overlord. On 31 July 1202, while besieging his grandmother Eleanor of Aquitaine, Arthur was surprised and captured by John's barons and imprisoned at Falaise in Normandy. The following year, Arthur was transferred to Rouen and then vanished mysteriously in April 1203. * – Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi, Genoese sailors and explorers lost while attempting the first oceanic journey from Europe to Asia. * 1412 – Owain Glyndŵr, the last native Welsh person to hold the title Prince of Wales, instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England in 1400. Although initially successful, the uprising was eventually put down, but Glyndŵr disappeared and was never captured, betrayed, or tempted by royal pardons.〔(The Society's achievements – attempts to identify the grave ), Owain Glyndwr Society.〕 * 1483 – The Princes in the Tower, Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, first duke of York (9), sons of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, were placed in the Tower of London (which at that time served as a fortress and a royal palace as well as a prison) by their uncle Richard III of England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''World Reviewer'', accessed March 21, 2011 )〕 The remains of four children have been found which could be the princes, but neither has been subjected to DNA analysis to positively identify them. Neither was ever seen in public again and their fate remains unknown. * 1499 – John Cabot, Italian explorer, disappeared along with his five ships during an expedition to find a western route from Europe to Asia.〔(Cabot (Caboto), John (Giovanni), Italian explorer ), Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.〕 * 1501 – Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer, disappeared on an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage from Europe to Asia. Two of his ships returned to Lisbon, but the third, with Gaspar on board, was lost and never heard from again.〔(Corte-Real, Gaspar, Portuguese explorer ), Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.〕 * 1502 – Miguel Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer, disappeared while searching for his brother Gaspar. Like his brother, he took three ships, and as with his brother, the ship with Miguel on board was lost and never heard from again.〔(Corte-Real, Miguel, Portuguese explorer ), Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.〕 * 1526 – Francisco de Hoces, Spanish sailor, was commander of the ''San Lesmes'', one of the seven ships of the Loaísa Expedition under García Jofre de Loaísa. It has been speculated that ''San Lesmes'', last seen in the Pacific in late May, may have reached Easter Island or any of the Polynesian archipelagos, or even New Zealand.〔Langdon, Robert. ''The lost caravel re-explored''. Canberra: Brolga Press ISBN 0-9588309-1-6〕〔Scowen, Greg. ''The Spanish Helmet''. Whare Rama Books ISBN 978-1-4635-5848-2〕 * 1546 – Francisco de Orellana, Spanish explorer and conquistador, disappeared while exploring the Amazon in November. His fate remains a mystery. * 1578 – Sebastian of Portugal, Portuguese King, whose body was never found after the Battle of Alcácer Quibir; many Portuguese came to believe that Sebastian had survived the battle and would return to claim his throne. The belief arose that Sebastian could return at any moment to help Portugal in its darkest hour. * – The Roanoke colonists disappeared, becoming known as the Lost Colony. On 18 August 1590, their settlement was found abandoned.〔(The Lost Colony: Roanoke Island, NC ) Eric Hause.〕 * 1628 – David Thompson, founder of New Hampshire in 1623. He moved his family to an island in Boston Harbor (today called Thompson Island in his honor) in 1626, becoming the first European settlers of Boston, Massachusetts. He disappeared in 1628 and was never heard from again. Some historians theorize he was the victim of foul play. Others suggest he accidentally drowned in Boston Harbor. * 1696 – Henry Every was an English pirate who vanished after perpetrating one of the most profitable pirate raids in history; despite a worldwide manhunt and an enormous bounty on his head, Every was never heard from again. * 1788 – Aimée du Buc de Rivéry, daughter of a wealthy plantation owner on the French island of Martinique. After being sent to a convent school in France, she was returning home in July or August 1788 when the ship she was on vanished at sea. It is thought that the ship was attacked and taken by Barbary pirates. It has been suggested that she was enslaved and eventually sent to Istanbul as a gift to the Ottoman sultan by the Bey of Algiers. It is unconfirmed if she was the same person as Naksh-i-Dil Haseki, consort of the sultan. * 1788 – The French expedition of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse disappeared after a last stop off Botany Bay (near what is now Sydney, Australia). The wrecks of the expedition's two ships were subsequently discovered near Vanikoro, where the survivors may have set up a camp. * 1792 – James Harrod, 46, an early explorer of the areas west of the Appalachian Mountains prior to their settlement by European-Americans, never returned from a trip to western Kentucky from Harrodsburg. Theories about his fate range from murder at the hands of his companions or native Americans in the area, to accidental death or a desire to abandon his wife and family. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of publicly unexplained human disappearances」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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