Timeline of piracy
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This is a timeline of the history of piracy
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Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...
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- 1600s: 1600 - 1601 - 1602 - 1603 - 1604 - 1605 - 1606 - 1607 - 1608 - 1609
- 1610s1610s in piracy-1610:*The English pirate Peter Love, who had set up base in the Outer Hebrides, was betrayed by a confederate, tried for piracy, and executed in Scotland....
: 1610 - 1611 - 1612 - 1613 - 1614 - 1615 - 1616 - 1617 - 1618 - 1619
- 1620s1620s in piracy-1627:*During the 14 days between the 4th and the 19th of July, Murat Reis the Younger a Dutch Barbary Pirate raided both Austurland and Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland. The raid on Vestmannaeyjar is called The Turkish abductions....
: 1620 - 1621 - 1622 - 1623 - 1624 - 1625 - 1626 - 1627 - 1628 - 1629
- 1630s1630s in piracy-1631:*On June 20, Murat Reis the Younger executes the Sack of Baltimore where he captured 108 English planters and local Irish people. Almost all the villagers were put in irons and taken to a life of slavery in North Africa....
: 1630 - 1631 - 1632 - 1633 - 1634 - 1635 - 1636 - 1637 - 1638 - 1639
- 1640s1640s in piracy-1640:*Antonio Vieira, a Portuguese Jesuit, publishes a document denouncing the actions of the WIC which employed privateers to attack Spanish and Portuguese shipping in the West Indies. Between 1623 and 1637, 609 ships were captured by privateering activities on the WIC.*A group of fifty French...
: 1640 - 1641 - 1642 - 1643 - 1644 - 1645 - 1646 - 1647 - 1648 - 1649
- 1650s1650s in piracy-1650:*Pirates out of Tortuga loot and sack Santiago de los Caballeros, a frontier town between the French and Spanish territories of Santo Domingo.*French buccaneer Jean L'Olonnais arrives in the West Indies as an indentured servant and remained in Hispanola for three years before escaping to...
: 1650 - 1651 - 1652 - 1653 - 1654 - 1655 - 1656 - 1657 - 1658 - 1659
- 1660s1660s in piracy-1660:*Although divided largely by nationality, with the English in Jamaica and the French in Tortuga or St. Dominique, a large buccaneering presence is established in the various English, French and Dutch colonies in the Lesser Antilles....
: 1660 - 1661 - 1662 - 1663 - 1664 - 1665 - 1666 - 1667 - 1668 - 1669
- 1670s1670s in piracy-1670:*John Wentworth is appointed colonial governor of Nassau.*June - After the signing of the Treaty of Madrid, in which Great Britain agrees to cease its privateering activities against Spain, ending British support for buccaneering raids against the Spanish...
: 1670 - 1671 - 1672 - 1673 - 1674 - 1675 - 1676 - 1677 - 1678 - 1679
- 1680s: 16801680 in piracy-1680:*Bartholomew Sharp embarks on the "Pacific Adventure", a raid on Spanish settlements on the South American west coast. On crewman, Basil Ringrose, writes an account of the expedition, later published by Alexander Esquemeling....
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- 1690s: 16901690 in piracySee also:1689 in piracy,other events of 1690,1691 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----North America:*The English East India Company is forced to temporarily cease operations due to increased activity by English pirates....
- 16911691 in piracySee also:1690 in piracy,other events of 1691,1693 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*William Bishop, a member of Captain Henry Avery's crew, is hanged at London's Execution Dock....
- 16921692 in piracySee also 1691 in piracy, other events in 1692, 1693 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean:*June 7 - An earthquake and resulting tsunami devastate Port Royal, Jamaica, a major buccaneer base.-North America:...
- 16931693 in piracySee also 1692 in piracy, other events in 1693, 1694 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Indian Ocean:* Autumn - Thomas Tew's sloop Amity captures large Mughal vessel near strait of Bab-el-Mandeb....
- 16941694 in piracySee also 1693 in piracy, other events in 1694, 1695 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Europe:*May 7 - Henry Every leads a mutiny aboard the privateer ship Charles II at La Coruña and turns the crew to piracy.-North America:...
- 16951695 in piracySee also:1694 in piracy,other events of 1695,1696 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Indian Ocean:*September**After pursuing a 25-ship Mughal convoy through the Mandab Strait, Captain Thomas Tew and the Amity overtook one of the Mughal ships, the Fateh Muhammed, and attacked the vessel...
- 16961696 in piracySee also 1695 in piracy, Other events in 1696, 1697 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Europe:* Undated - 24 of Henry Every's pirates are arrested in Ireland and England...
- 16971697 in piracySee also 1696 in piracy, other events in 1697, 1698 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean:*May - Buccaneers under Jean du Casse assist French regulars in the siege of Cartagena...
- 16981698 in piracySee also:1697 in piracy, other events of 1698, 1699 in piracy and the Timeline of piracy.-Indian Ocean:*January 30 - Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedagh Merchant, an Armenian merchant vessel sailing under French passes, near the Malabar Coast....
- 16991699 in piracySee also:1698 in piracy,other events of 1699,1700 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----North America:*July 6 - William Kidd arrested for piracy in New York, on the orders of Lord Governor Bellomont....
- 1700s: 17001700 in piracySee also 1699 in piracy, other events in 1700, 1701 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Africa:*July 18 - In the Cape Verde islands, Emanuel Wynn's pirate ship engages and escapes HMS Poole under Capt...
- 17011701 in piracySee also 1700 in piracy, other events in 1701, 1702 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Europe:*May 23 - William Kidd is hanged for piracy and murder at Execution Dock in London.-Indian Ocean:*John Bowen's crew builds a pirate base at Maritan in Madagascar....
- 17021702 in piracySee also 1701 in piracy, other events in 1702, 1703 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Indian Ocean:*Winter - John Bowen's pirates seize the ship Speedy Return, commanded by Captain Drummond, at Maritan in Madagascar....
- 17031703 in piracySee also 1702 in piracy, other events in 1703, 1704 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Atlantic Ocean:* Undated - The crew of the Marblehead brigantine Charles mutinies, murders their captain, and elects John Quelch leader...
- 17041704 in piracySee also 1703 in piracy, other events in 1704, 1705 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Europe:*April 11 - Thomas Green, captain of the Worcester, and two of his officers are hanged in Leith, Scotland, for the piratical seizure of the Speedy Return...
- 17051705 in piracySee also:1704 in piracy,other events of 1705,1706 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*Undated - The money seized from Captain Kidd, executed only four years before, is presented by Queen Anne to Greenwich Hospital totaling £6,472....
- 17061706 in piracySee also:1705 in piracy,other events of 1706,1707 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*A small squadron of five sailing ships belonging to the Knights of Malta successfully capture a 46-gun Turkish ship carrying over 300 slaves...
- 17071707 in piracySee also:1706 in piracy,other events of 1707,1708 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*Thomas Moore is appointed pilot of a privateer and engaged by Guillaume Gaillard command the La-Nostre-Dame-de-Victoire in a privateering expedition "against enemies of the state" in Cape...
- 17081708 in piracySee also:1707 in piracy,other events of 1708,1709 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*The Parliament of Great Britain passes an act prohibiting the British government from accepting plunder taken by privateers....
- 17091709 in piracy*April - Privateer Woodes Rogers and the ships Duke and Duchess raid Guayaquil in the Viceroyalty of Peru.*December 22 - Rogers captures the Desengaño, one of the two Manila galleons, off Cabo San Lucas...
- 1710s: 1710 - 17111711 in piracySee also:1710 in piracy,other events of 1711,1712 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Europe:*October 14 - Woodes Rogers returns to England after a successful round-the-world privateering cruise against Spain, carrying loot worth ₤150,000. Broils with the Admiralty courts delay...
- 1712 - 1713 - 1714 - 17151715 in piracySee also 1714 in piracy, other events in 1715, 1716 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean Sea:* Undated - Henry Jennings and five vessels attack Spanish salvage teams recovering the remains of the 1714 Spanish silver fleet from the Bahamas, plundering 350,000 pieces of eight...
- 17161716 in piracySee also:1715 in piracy,other events of 1716,1717 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Caribbean:* Summer - Black Sam Bellamy is named captain of the Mary Anne, replacing Benjamin Hornigold....
- 17171717 in piracySee also: 1716 in piracy, other events in 1717, 1718 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-----Caribbean Sea:*January - bombards and destroys several pirate vessels careening on St...
- 17181718 in piracySee also 1717 in piracy, other events in 1718, 1719 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Baltic Sea:* Lars Gathenhielm dies and his wife Ingela Gathenhielm succeed him as the head of the Privateer and Pirate fleet of the Baltic Sea.-Caribbean Sea:...
- 17191719 in piracySee also 1718 in piracy, other events in 1719, 1720 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean Sea:*Late February - Vane's sloop is wrecked in the Bay of Honduras by a waterspout. Most of the pirates are drowned, and Vane is stranded on an island...
- 1720s: 17201720 in piracySee also 1719 in piracy, other events in 1720, 1721 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean Sea:*February - Bartholomew Roberts robs four vessels near Barbados....
- 17211721 in piracySee also 1720 in piracy, other events in 1721, 1722 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.-Atlantic Ocean:*November 15 - Philip Roche leads a bloody mutiny aboard an Irish ship and turns to piracy.-Caribbean Sea:...
- 17221722 in piracySee also 1721 in piracy, other events in 1722, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.-Caribbean Sea:*March - The Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spanish subjects....
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- 1730s: 1730 - 1731 - 1732 - 1733 - 1734 - 1735 - 1736 - 1737 - 1738 - 1739
- 1740s: 1740 - 1741 - 1742 - 1743 - 1744 - 1745 - 1746 - 1747 - 1748 - 1749
- 1750s: 1750 - 1751 - 1752 - 1753 - 1754 - 1755 - 1756 - 1757 - 1758 - 1759
- 1760s: 1760 - 1761 - 1762 - 1763 - 1764 - 1765 - 1766 - 1767 - 1768 - 1769
- 1770s: 1770 - 1771 - 1772 - 1773 - 1774 - 1775 - 1776 - 1777 - 1778 - 1779
- 1780s: 1780 - 1781 - 1782 - 1783 - 1784 - 1785 - 1786 - 1787 - 1788 - 1789
- 1790s: 1790 - 1791 - 1792 - 1793 - 1794 - 1795 - 1796 - 1797 - 1798 - 1799
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- 1810s: 1810 - 1811 - 1812 - 1813 - 1814 - 1815 - 1816 - 1817 - 1818 - 1819
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- 1890s: 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899
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- 1960s: 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969
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- 1980s: 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
- 1990s: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 19951995 in piracySee also:1994 in piracy,other events of 1995,1996 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*September 13 - The freighter Anna Sierra is boarded off the coast of Thailand after a group numbering 23 men overtook the ship in a motorboat. Heavily armed, the crew were forced to surrender...
- 19961996 in piracy-Events:*The London-based International Maritime Bureau reports approximately 224 acts of piracy. *Several hours after leaving Singapore, the tanker Succi is attacked and boarded by several armed men and, setting the crew adrift in a lifeboat, successfully made their escape. Although the crew were...
- 1997 - 19981998 in piracySee also:1997 in piracy,other events of 1998,1999 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:* The London-based International Maritime Bureau reported worldwide acts of piracy had fallen to 198 as compared to 247 from the previous year as well as 67 deaths.* The 23 crew members of the...
- 19991999 in piracySee also:1998 in piracy,other events of 1999,2000 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*April - The Cypriot-registered fuel tanker Valiant Carrier is hijacked in the Malacca Strait when pirates stormed the ship after throwing Molotov cocktails onto the deck...
- 2000s: 20002000 in piracySee also:1999 in piracy,other events of 2000,2001 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:*Treasure hunter Barry Clifford finds an early 18th century wreck in the harbor of Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar...
- 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 20062006 in piracySee also:2005 in piracy,other events of 2006,2007 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:The International Maritime Organization states that there were 20 pirate attacks in January 2006, although none were successful. The first quarter of 2006 saw 61 pirate attacks up from 56 the...
- 20072007 in piracySee also:2006 in piracy,other events of 2007,2008 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.-----Events:* June 3 - Danica White owned by H. Folmer & Co. is hijacked off the Horn of Africa.-External links:**, The New York Times, 2007....
- 20082008 in piracySee also:2007 in piracy,other events of 2008,2009 in piracy and thelist of 'years of Piracy'.----There were 49 ships reported pirate attacks in the first three months of 2008, up from 41 in that period of 2007...
- 20092009 in piracyIn 2009, much greater international resolution has resulted in more control of piracy than in the prior decade, although many pirates still operate from Somalia....