When did the last thylacine die?
When did the last thylacine die?
7 September 1936
At Hobart Zoo, Tasmania
The last known Tasmanian tiger died of exposure after being locked out of its shelter overnight. The species had been given legal protection fifty-nine days earlier. Australia now marks 7 September as National Threatened Species Day. Reported sightings have continued for ninety years and none has been substantiated.
- What
- At Hobart Zoo, Tasmania
- When
- 7 September 1936
- Category
- The natural world
- Could this change?
- Not in any foreseeable way. The event is closed.
The natural world
| Question | When |
|---|---|
| When did Vesuvius last erupt? | March 1944 |
| When did the last passenger pigeon die? | 1 September 1914 |
| When did the last ice age end? | About 11,700 years ago |
| When did the Earth's magnetic poles last reverse? | About 780,000 years ago |
This page gives a date and never a "years ago". These pages are built as static files, so a computed interval would freeze at build time and quietly become wrong — which on a reference site is worse than making the reader do the subtraction.
Common questions
- When did the last thylacine die?
- 7 September 1936 — At Hobart Zoo, Tasmania.
- What happened?
- The last known Tasmanian tiger died of exposure after being locked out of its shelter overnight. The species had been given legal protection fifty-nine days earlier. Australia now marks 7 September as National Threatened Species Day. Reported sightings have continued for ninety years and none has been substantiated.
Related pages
- When did Vesuvius last erupt? March 1944
- When did the last passenger pigeon die? 1 September 1914
- When did the last ice age end? About 11,700 years ago
- When did the Earth's magnetic poles last reverse? About 780,000 years ago
- When did the US flag last change? Also 4 July 1960
- When was a US state last admitted? Also 21 August 1959
- When did the Olympics last award medals for art? Also 1948
- When did Vesuvius last erupt? Also March 1944
- When were the Olympic Games last cancelled? Also 1944
- When did a European country last change calendar? Also 1923
- Everything, most recent first 36 last occurrences
Sources
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Smithsonian Institution