| I have tried to gather most of the important events of piracy throughout history into a single time line. If you find that I have left something important out (and as this is a first run, I'm sure I have), please feel free to send me email using the link at the bottom of this page.
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![]() | 1400-1300 BC | Mediterranean | Lukka sea raiders attack shipping from the coast of Asia Minor | ![]() | 1300-1200 BC | Mediterranean | Lukka sea raiders ally with Hittites | ![]() | 1220-1186 BC | Mediterranean | Eastern Mediterranean controlled by the 'Sea Peoples' | ![]() | 1000-900BC | Mediterranean | Minoans overrun by Dorian Greeks using Cretan cities as pirate bases | ![]() | 700-600 BC | Mediterranean | Phoenician and Greek merchants attacked by pirates | ![]() | 500-400BC | Mediterranean | Athenian navy attacks Greek pirate islands Kithnos, Mikonos and the Sporades |  | c.300 BC | | Glauketas | ![]() | 200-100 BC | Mediterranean | Carthaginian war distracts Rome, pirate communities grow | | c.190 BC | | Hybristas | | c.181 BC | | Genthus of Illyria | ![]() | 168BC | Mediterranean | Rome annexes Illyria to curb piracy | | d.77 BC | | Zenoctes | | d.72 BC | | Isidorus | | c.70 BC | | Heracleo | | 67-36 BC | | Pompeius, Sextus | ![]() | 67BC | Mediterranean | Anti-pirate campaign by Roman general Pompey the Great eliminates Cilician sea raiders | | | | Beluche, Rene | | | | Chighizola, Louis, 'Nez Coupe' | | | | Eldrige, John | | | | Evertsen, Cornelis Jr. | | | | Gambi | | | | Marshall, Sampson | | | | Moody, Christopher | | | | O-po-tae | | | | Pointis, Baron de | | | | Trouin, Duguay | | | | Truxton, Thomas | | | | van Horn, Gerrard | ![]() | 220 | Europe | End of the Han Dynasty, piracy flourishes | | c.800 | | Alfhild [Alwilda, Alvild] | ![]() | 1200-1300 | Asia | Reprisal contracts awarded to wronged European mariners and creates privateering | ![]() | 1203 | Mediterranean | Venetians fail to clear pirate bases from Ionian Islands | ![]() | 1217 | Europe | Eustace the Monk attacks shipping | | d.1217 | | Eustace the Monk | | d.1228 | | Briggeho, William de | ![]() | 1241 | Europe | Hanseatic League formed by Baltic German cities to suppress piracy | | c.1270 | | Balbo, Michele | | c.1270 | | Cavo, Giovanni de Lo | | c.1270 | | Foscolo, Bartolommeo | | c.1270 | | Gafforio, Andrea | | c.1275 | | Bulgarino D'Anaia | | c.1286 | | Crane, Thomas | ![]() | c.1300 | Europe | League of the Cinque Ports formed protect English Channel from pirates | | c.1300 | | Störtebeker | | c.1303 | | Bianco, James | | c.1306 | | Formican, James | | c.1330 | | Ghazi | | c.1341 | | Assanti, Ligorio | ![]() | 1390 | Mediterranean | French and English fleet sets out to do battle with African based corsairs | ![]() | 1392 | Europe | Port of Bergen attacked by German pirates, Hanseatic League stunned | | c.1400 | | Hawley, John | ![]() | 1400-1500 | Mediterranean | Barbary pirates harass shipping | ![]() | 1400-1500 | Asia | Ming Dynasty regains control of Chinese waters | | c.1402 | | Faffaele, Angelo Di | | 1406-1436 | | Hawley, John | | 1420-1471 | | Courtenay, Hugh | | c.1432-1448 | | Aleyn, William | | c.1441 | | Fresshowe [Frychowe], Nicholas | | c.1442 | | Bertagno, Lupo de | ![]() | c.1470 | Mediterranean | Greek Barbarossa brothers are born | | d.1471 | | Bodulgate, Thomas | | c.1485-c.1528 | | Verrazano, Giovanni da | | c.1495 | | Bonfiglio, Nicolo | | c.1496 | | Cerisola, Bettino | | c.1497 | | Isola, Ferrando Dell' | ![]() | 1500-1600 | Asia | Increased trade between Asia and Europe attract pirates | | c.1516 | | Gaddali | | c.1518 | | Botadilla, Pedro | | d.1518 & d.1546 | | Barbarossa, Aruj & Kheir-ed-Din | ![]() | 1520 | Mediterranean | Italian Ulaj Ali, born as Giovanni Dionigi |  | 1523 | Atlantic | Jean Florin captures three Spanish ships returning from the Caribbean loaded with gold and jewels | ![]() | 1527 | Europe | Jean Florin captured and hanged as pirate | | d.1527 | | Fleury, Jean | ![]() | 1530 | Mediterranean | Knights of Malta are granted control of Malta by Emporer Charles V | | c.1530-1603 | | Granuaile [Grace O'Malley] | ![]() | 1532 | | John Hawkins is born | | 1532-1595 | | Hawkins, John | ![]() | 1534 | Mediterranean | Albanian Murat Rais is born | | c.1536 | | Giafer | ![]() | 1540 | | Francis Drake is born | | c.1540 | | Alday, James | | c.1540 | | Canete, Juan | | c.1540 | | Cooke, William | | 1540-1596 | | Drake, Francis | | c.1543 | | Borough, Robert |  | 1544 | Caribbean | French Huguenot pirates capture and raze Cartagena | | c.1545 | | James, Michael | | c.1550 | Caribbean | Spanish treasure ships become prime targets for piracy | | c.1550-1605 | | Davis, John | | d.1551 | | Ango, Jean | | c.1551-1561 | | Cigala | | c.1553 | | Blondel, Robert | | 1554 | Caribbean | French Huguenot pirates led by Francios le Clerk capture Santiago, Cuba | | 1555 | Caribbean | French Huguenot pirates led by Jacques de Sores capture Havana, Cuba | | c.1555-c.1592 | | Cavendish, Thomas | | d.1558 | | Adorno, Giorgio | | 1558-1605 | | Cumberland, George Clifford | | c.1560 | | Carew, Peter | | c.1560 | | Gascon, Juan | | c.1561-1617 | | Bishop, Richard | | c.1563 | | Cobham, Thomas | | c.1564-1591 | | Fenner, Thomas | | 1565 | Caribbean | Pedro de Menendez de Avilles, wipes out French settlement in St.Augustine, Florida | | d.1565 | | Rais, Turgut [Dragut] | | 1565-1589 | | Chidley, John | | b.1566 | | Geare, Michael | | c.1567-1590 | | Fenner, George | | c.1567-1595 | | Fenner, Edward | | c.1569 | | Capdeville, Jean | | d.1570 | | Bontemps, Jean | | c.1570-90 | Caribbean | English attack Spanish shipping and colonies | | 1572 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures Nombre de Dios, but is seriously wounded | | c.1572 | | Garret, John | | c.1572 | | Higgenberte, Courte [van Hegenbert, Conrad] | | c.1572 | | Rance, James | | d.1572 | | Allen, Richard | | d.1572 | | Drake, John | | d.1572 | | Drake, Joseph | | d.1572 | | Glub, Charles | ![]() | 1573 | Europe | Henzlein and 32 of his crew beheaded for piracy | | c.1573 | | Hixon, Ellis | | c.1573 | | Pike, Robert | | c.1573 | | Smith, John | | d.1573 | | Henszlein, Klein | | d.1573 | | Tetu, Guillaume Le | | c.1574 | | Fielding [Felding], Ferdinando | | c.1574 | | Horseley, Gilbert | | c.1574-1597 | | Callice [Challis], John | | c.1576-1578 | | Coxe, William | ![]() | 1577 | Caribbean | Queen Elizabeth provides financial backing for pirates raids on Spanish | | c.1577 | | Brewer, John | | c.1577 | | Bright, Edward | | c.1577 | | Carder, Peter | | c.1577 | | Chester, John | | c.1577 | | Cooke, John | | c.1577 | | Cuttle, Thomas | | c.1577 | | Markham, William | | c.1577 | | Moone, Thomas | | c.1577 | | Silva, Nunho da | | c.1577 | | Smith, Hugh | | c.1577 | | Thomas, John | | c.1577 | | Vicary, Leonard | | c.1577 | | Wynter, John | | d.1577 | | Butler, John [Chalona] | | d.1577 | | Oxenham, John | | 1577-1629 | | Heyn [Heijn, Hein], Piet [Pieter, Pieterszoon] | | c.1578 | | Fletcher, Francis | | d.1578 | | Doughty, Thomas | | d.1578 | | Heynes, Stephen | | d.1578 | | Hicks [Hickes], Robert | | d.1578 | | Minivy, Richard | | 1579 | Pacific | Francis Drake captures Cacafuego treasure galleon | | 1579 | Pacific | Francis Drake sacks Valparaiso, Chile | | c.1579 | | Holland, William | | c.1580 | | Beavin, Thomas | | c.1580 | | Boyte, Philip | | c.1580 | | Cary, Gregory | | c.1580 | | Contreras, Alonso de | | c.1580 | | Eliot, Lawrence | | c.1580 | | Fortescue, George | | c.1580 | | Galerati, Fabio | | c.1580 | | Hankyn, Thomas | | c.1581 | | Derrick, Captain | | c.1583 | | Brocchiero De Anaya, Don Diego | | d.1583 | | Atkinson, Clinton | | c.1584 | | Drake, Bernard | | c.1584 | | Emo, Pietro | | 1584-1615 | | Verney, Sir Francis | | c.1585 | | Dauwe, Karel | | c.1585 | | Drake, Thomas | | c.1585 | | Frobisher, Martin | | c.1585 | | Hawkins, Richard | | c.1585 | | Hawkins, William, the younger | | c.1585 | | Knollys, Francis | | 1586 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures Cartagena, Venezuela | | 1586 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures Santo Domingo, Hispa?ola | | 1586 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures St. Augustine, Florida | | c.1587 | | Irish, William | | c.1587-1595 | | Crosse, Robert | | c.1589 | | Bury, Mark | | c.1589-1593 | | Cocke, Abraham | | c.1590 | | Barbolani Dei Conti De Montauto, Francesco | | c.1590 | | Fenner, William | | c.1590 | | Foxcraft, Samuel | | c.1590 | | Glenham, Edward | | d.1590 | | Fenner, William | | c.1590-1601 | | Craston, William | | c.1591 | | Flegon, John | | c.1591-1595 | | Crosse, John | | c.1594 | | Best, Richard | | c.1594-1599 | | Calefati, Marc Antonio | | 1595 | Caribbean | Francis Drake attacks Las Palmas, Canary Islands but is repulsed | | 1595 | Caribbean | Francis Drake attacks Puerto Rico but is repulsed | | 1595 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures Nombre de Dios again | | 1595 | Caribbean | Francis Drake captures small towns in Venezuela | | d.1595 | | Barker, Andrew | | d.1595 | | Cotton, Randolph | ![]() | 1596 | Caribbean | Francis Drake dies of fever | | c.1596 | | Hippon, Anthoney | | d.1599 | | Cordes, Baltasar de | | c.1600 | | Aragona, Ferdinando D' | | c.1600 | | Dirksen, Adriaan | | c.1600 | | Janssen [Jansz], Jan | | c.1600 | | Joliffe, Edward | ![]() | c.1600 | Caribbean | Rum invented by the Spanish in Barbados | | c.1600-1666 | | Evertsen, Johan | | c.1602 | | Dirksen, Andries | | c.1602 | | Grand of Dieppe, Pierre le | | c.1602-1604 | | Cambiano, Brother Ascanio | | c.1603 | | Alvel, Nicholas | | d.1603 | | Granuaile | | c.1606 | | Germain, Jacques | | c.1606 | | Glanville, Toby | | c.1607 | | Faenzo, Agostino | | c.1608 | | Easton [Eston], Peter | | c.1608 | | Harris, James | | d.1608 | | Carsten, Jan | | c.1608-1615 | | Francke, Thomas | | c.1609 | | Baughe, William | | c.1609 | | Boniton, Peter | | c.1610 - 1666 | | Evertsen, Cornelis Sr. | | c.1611 | | Hughs, William | | d.1611 | | Hussey, Thomas | | c.1613 | | Duppa, Michael | | c.1614 | | Clark, William | | c.1614 | | Elfrith, Daniel | | c.1614 | | Gentleman, James | | c.1616 | | Bardi, Gualterotti | | c.1616 | | Dortolo, Giovon Pietro | | d.1617 | | Parker, William | | c.1618 | | Ferletich, Andreas | | c.1619 | | Daniëlsen, Cornelis, Brackman | | d.1619 | | Barbolani Dei Conti De Montauto, Giulio | | c.1619-1639 | | Butler, Nathaniel | | c.1620 | Caribbean | French outlaws on Hispanola begin attacking Spanish shipping, the birth of buccaneers | | 1623-1638 | Caribbean | Dutch capture about 500 Spanish and Portuguese ships | | c.1624 | | Denball, Sampson | ![]() | 1625 | | Christopher Myngs is born | | c.1625-1627 | | Carafa, Brother Francesco | | c.1625-1635 | | Camock, Sussex | | 1625-1666 | | Myngs, Christopher | | 1627 | Atlantic | Jan Janssen captures Reykjavik, Iceland and enslaves 400 or more Icelanders | | c.1627 | | Uytgeest, Dirck Simonszoon van | | c.1628 | | Ita, Pieter | | c.1629 | | Hoorn, Jan Janszoon van | | c.1629-1645 | | Axe, Samuel | | c.1630 | | Booneter, Jan Gijsbertszoon | ![]() | c.1630 | Caribbean | Spanish fail to drive buccaneers off Tortuga Island | | c.1631 | | Downes, John | | c.1631-1663 | | Blauvelt, Abraham | | c.1632 | | Bull, Dixey | | b.1632, d.1715 | | Paine, Thomas | | c.1634 | | Boisbaudrant, Gabrielle Chambres de | | c.1634 | | Jones, David | | c.1635-1637 | | Cobb, William | | c.1635-1688 | | Morgan, Henry | | b.1636 | | Berry, Charlotte de | | c.1638 | | Dorne, Michiel | | c.1639 | | El Mulato, Diego | | c.1640 | | Assia, Frederico Langravio D' | | c.1640 | | Jackson, William | ![]() | 1641 | Asia | Chih Lung accepts emporer's appointment as admiral and ends pirate career | | d.1641 | | Jol, Cornelis | | 1642 | Caribbean | William Jackson leads fleet that captures Maracaibo in December | | 1643 | Caribbean | William Jackson captures Santiago de la Vega, Spanish capital of Jamaica, in April | | 1643 | Caribbean | William Jackson captures Trujillo, Honduras | | c.1643-1645 | | Cromwell, Thomas | | c.1645-1700 | | Esquemeling, John | | 1645-1701 | | Kidd, William | | 1645-1707 | | Exquemelin, Alexander Oliver | ![]() | c.1650 | Mediterranean | Barbary pirates begin to decline | | c.1650 | | Portuguez, Bartholomeo | | c.1650-1670 | | Braziliano, Roche [Rock, Roque] | | 1651-1702 | | Bart, Jean | | 1652-1715 | | Dampier, William | | c.1653 | Caribbean | French Jean [L'Olonnais] Nau begins to attack Spanish ships | | c.1653-1686 | | Ringnose, Basil | | c.1653-1696 | | Every, Henry | ![]() | 1654 | Caribbean | Dutch Rock Braziliano arrives at Port Royal, Jamaica | ![]() | c.1655 | Caribbean | Port Royal, Jamaica becomes a haven for buccaneers | ![]() | c.1655 | Caribbean | Portuguese Bartolomeo arrives at Port Royal, Jamaica | | d.1657 | | Alessandri, Vincenzo | | c.1658 | Caribbean | Christopher Myngs burns Tolu, Columbia | | c.1658 | Caribbean | Christopher Myngs captures Cumano, Puerto Caballos and Coro in Venezuela | | c.1660 | | De L'isle, Captain | | c.1660 | | François, Pierre [Peter Francis] | | c.1660 | | Gamarra, Aloisio | | b.1661 | | Mullins, Darby | | c.1661 | | Juvara, Carlo | | 1662 | Caribbean | Christopher Myngs captures Santiago, Cuba | ![]() | 1662 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan receives privateering commission | | 1662-1708 | | Halsey, John | | 1663 | Caribbean | Christopher Myngs captures San Francisco in the Bay of Campeche | | c.1663 | | Barre, Chevalier de la | | c.1663 | | Marteen, David | | c.1663-1666 | | Mansvelt, Edward | | c.1663-1672 | | Morris, John | | c.1664 | | Escrainville, Jacques de Joinville | | c.1664 | | Freeman | | c.1664 | | Jackman | | c.1665 | | Bamfield, John | | c.1665 | | Hatsell | | c.1665 | | Morgan, Edward | ![]() | 1666 | Atlantic | Christopher Myngs killed by Dutch cannonball during the Four Days' Battle | | 1667 | Caribbean | Jean David Nau captures Maracaibo and Gibralter, Venezuela | | c.1667 | | Nau, Jean-David [Francois L'Olonnais] | | c.1667 | | D'Estampes, Teodosio | | 1668 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan captures Porto Bello | | c.1668 | | Bran (Brand), Captain | | c.1668 | | Brewster, Adam | | c.1668 | | Dempster, Edward | | c.1668 | | Dogler, Jean | | c.1668-1672 | | Collier, Edward | | 1669 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan captures Maracaibo and Gibralter, Venezuela | | d.1669 | | Aylett, Captain | | c.1669-1672 | | Carafa, Brother Francesco Maria | ![]() | 1670 | Caribbean | Spain and England sign Treaty of Madrid and buccaneering raids decline | | c.1670 | | Pardal, Manoel Rivero | | c.1670 | | Deane, John | | c.1670 | | Delander, Robert | | c.1670 | | Dobson, Richard | | c.1670 | Caribbean | Jean David Nau captures Puerto Caballos | | c.1670 | Caribbean | Jean David Nau captures San Pedro | | 1671 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan captures Panama | | d.1671 | | Bradley, Joseph | | c.1672-1698 | | Ben Aissa, Sidi Abdulla | | 1672-1701 | | Bradish, Samuel [Joseph] | | c.1673 | | Grillo, Diego [El Mulato] | | 1673-1736 | | Duguay-Truoin, Rene | | 1674 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan is knighted | | c.1675 | | Ciriffo, Moro | | c.1675 | | Rodrigo, Peter | | c.1676-1684 | | Coxon, John | | 1676-1721 | | Selkirk, Alexander | | c.1677 | | Barnes, Captain | | c.1677 | | Browne, James | | 1678 | Caribbean | Michel de Grammont captures Trujillo | | c.1678 | | Grammont, Michel De | | c.1678 | | Bournano, Captain | | c.1678 | | Willems, Jan [Yankey] | | c.1679 | | Allison, Robert | | c.1679 | | Auger, M.A. | | c.1679 | | Essex, Cornelius | | c.1679-1688 | | Cloise, Peter | | b.1679?-d.1732 | | Rogers, Woodes | | 1680 | Caribbean | Michel de Grammont captures La Guaira, Venezuela | | 1680 | Caribbean | Thomas Paine and Jan Willems sack Rio de la Hacha | | c.1680 | | Davis, Edward | | c.1680 | | Everson, Jacob | | c.1680 | | Gopson, Richard | | c.1680 | | Hamlin, Jean | | c.1680 | | Hingson [Hinset], John | | c.1680, d.1700 | | Kelly, James | | c.1680-1696 | | Gilliam, James [John] | | c.1681 | | Archembeau | | c.1681 | | Rose, Jean | | c.1681 | | Sharp, Bartholomew | | c.1681 | | Tristian | | c.1681 | | Tucker | | c.1681 | | Wright | | d.1681 | | Cooke [Cook], Edmund | | d.1681 | | Harris, Peter | | c.1682 | | Graff, Laurens De | | 1682-1722 | | Roberts, Bartholomew [John] [Black Bart] | | 1683 | Caribbean | Michel de Grammont and Dutch Laurens de Graff attack Vera Cruz | | c.1683 | | Andrieszoon, Michiel [Bréha] | | c.1683 | | Corneliszoon, Jan | | c.1683 | | Duchesne, Captain | | c.1683 | | Eaton, John | | c.1683 | | Lussan, Raveneau de | | c.1683 | | Markham, John | | c.1683 | | Spurre, George | | c.1683 | | Woollerley, Conway | | d.1683 | | Bernard, Antoine | | d.1683 | | Orange, Pierre d' | | c.1683-1686 | | Cowley, William | | c.1684 | | Harris, Peter | | 1685 | Caribbean | Michel de Grammont and Dutch Laurens de Graff capture and burn Campeche, Mexico | | c.1685 | | Arnold, Richard | | c.1685 | | Desmarais, Captain | | c.1685 | | Hout, George | | c.1685-1721 | | Read, Mary | | d.1687 | | Grogniet, Francois | | c.1687-1756 | | Chambray, Jean Francois | ![]() | 1688 | Caribbean | Henry Morgan dies | | 1689 | Caribbean | Jean Du Casse and Baron Jean de Pointis capture Cartagena | ![]() | 1689 | Caribbean | William Kidd first noticed as member of buccaneer crew | | c.1689 | | Ansell, John | | c.1689 | | Clarke, Thomas | | c.1689-1699 | | May, William | | c.1690-1698 | | Culliford, Robert | ![]() | c.1690-1730 | | The Golden Age of Piracy | | c.1692 | | Coates, Edward | | c.1692-1695 | | Avery, John; [Long Ben Avery] | | 1693-1695 | | Want, William | | 1693-1703 | | Howard, Thomas | | 1694 | Atlantic | Henry Every leads mutiny aboard privateer and begins pirate career | | c.1694 | | Dann, John | | c.1694 | | Farrell [Faro, Ferro], Joseph | | c.1694 | | Glover, Robert | | d.1694 | | Cook, John | | c.1694-1699 | | Chivers, Dirk | ![]() | 1695 | Indian Ocean | Thomas Tew killed in battle with Arab ship | | c.1695 | | Drew, George | | c.1695 | | Maze, William | | d.1695 | | Tew, Thomas | | c.1696 | | Barlycorne, Richard | | c.1696 | | Bollen, George | | c.1696 | | Bradinham, Robert | | c.1696 | | Bradley, Samuel | | c.1696 | | Buckmaster, Edward | | c.1696 | | Burton, John | | c.1696 | | Cordyne, Frans | | c.1696 | | Deenes, Isaac | | c.1696 | | Douglas, Saunders | | c.1696 | | Dremer, Patrick | | c.1696 | | Evans, Micijah | | c.1696 | | Franks, Benjamin | | c.1696 | | Grayham, Edward | | c.1696 | | Green, Tom | | c.1696 | | Jenkins, William | | c.1696 | | Jones, Joseph | | c.1696 | | Kennels, Samuel | | c.1696 | | Lamley, Robert | | c.1696 | | Mead, Henry | | c.1696 | | Moore, William | | c.1696 | | Owen, Abeel | | c.1696 | | Wake, Thomas | | c.1696 | | Wakeman, William | | c.1696 | | Walker, John | | c.1696-1700 | | Booth, George | | c.1696-1707 | | North, Nathaniel | | c.1697 | | Blanc, Captain | | c.1697 | | Blout, Captain | | c.1697 | | Cottuy, Captain | | c.1697 | | Galer | | c.1697 | | Samuel, Abraham | | c.1697 | | Shivers, Richard | | d.1697 | | Hoar, John | | d.1697 | | Stout, Ralph | | c.1699 | | Banks, Hugh | | c.1699 | | Jones, Evan | | c.1699 | | Loffe, Gabriel | | c.1699 | | Roper, Richard | | c.1699 | | Skines, Martin | | c.1699 | | Smith, John | | c.1699 | | Smith, Stephen | | c.1699 | | Swann, John | | c.1699 | | Viele, Humphrey | | c.1700 | | Burgess, Daniel | | c.1700 | | Daniel, Captain | | c.1700 | | Horn, Richard | | c.1700 | | Read, William | ![]() | c.1700 | | Widespread usage of 'Jolly Roger' flags | | c.1700 | | Wilday, Richard | | c.1700 | | Wynne, Emanuel | ![]() | 1701 | | William Kidd executed | | c.1702 | | Quelch, John | | c.1703 | | Funnell, William | | c.1703 | | Stradling, Thomas | | c.1704 | | Borg, Eugenio | | c.1704 | | Corbelli, Vittorio | | d.1704 | | Bowen, John | | c.1707 | | Ballatt, John | | c.1707 | | Courtney, Stephan | | c.1707 | | Vanbrugh, Carleton | | c.1708 | | Hatley, Simon | | d.1708 | | White, Thomas | | c.1708-1711 | | Cooke, Edward | | d.1709 | | Williams, David | | c.1709-1742 | | Balestrier, Captain | ![]() | 1714 | Europe | End of the War of the Spanish Succession, privateers switch over to piracy | ![]() | c.1714 | Caribbean | New Providence in the Bahamas becomes a base for pirates | | c.1715-1717 | | Jennings, Henry | ![]() | 1716 | Caribbean | Edward Teach arrives in New Providence and joins the crew of Benjamin Hornigold | | c.1716 | | Hornigold, Benjamin | | c.1716 | | Winter, Christopher | | d.1716 | | Burgess, Samuel | | c.1716-1717 | | Williams, Paul | | c.1716-1721 | | La Bouche [La Buze], Olivier | ![]() | 1717 | New England | Samuel Bellamy and crew drown after running ship aground | ![]() | 1717 | Caribbean | Stede Bonnet turns to piracy | ![]() | 1717 | Caribbean | Woodes Rogers, ex-privateer made governor of New Providence | | c.1717 | | Bellamy, Charles | | c.1717 | | Cocklyn, Thomas | | c.1717 | | Pell, Ignatius | | d.1717 | | Bellamy, Samuel | | 1718 | New England | Blackbeard blockades Charleston, South Carolina | ![]() | 1718 | Atlantic | Blackbeard dies in battle with lieutenant Maynard near Ocracoke | ![]() | 1718 | Caribbean | Charles Vane escapes New Providence on arrival of Woodes Rogers | ![]() | 1718 | New England | Stede Bonnet tried for piracy and hanged | | c.1718 | | Bunce, Phineas | | c.1718 | | Hands, Israel | | c.1718 | | Yeats, Captain | | d.1718 | | Bonnet, Stede (Major) | | d.1718 | | Auger, John | | d.1718 | | Cunningham, William | | d.1718 | | Herriot, David | | d.1718 | | Teach, Edward [Blackbeard] | ![]() | 1719 | | Howell Davis dies in ambush on Principe | | c.1719 | | Condent, Christopher [Edmund] | | d.1719 | | Vane, Charles | | d.1719 | | Worley, Richard | | d.1719 | | Davis, Howell | | c.1719-1721 | | Taylor, John | ![]() | 1720 | Caribbean | Charles Vane tried for piracy and hanged | | 1720 | Indian Ocean | Edward England captures English East Indiaman | ![]() | 1720 | Caribbean | Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read tried for piracy, Rackham is hanged | | c.1720 | | Bonny, Anne | | d.1720 | | Rackham, John [Calico Jack] | | d.1720 | | England, Edward [Seegar] | | c.1721 | | Lowther, George | | c.1721 | | Condon, William [Billy One-Hand] | | c.1721 | | Fenn, John | | d.1721 | | Kennedy, Walter | ![]() | 1722 | Atlantic | Bartholomew Roberts killed in battle with English warship | | c.1722 | | Evans, John | | d.1722 | | Clipperton, John | | d.1722 | | Skyrme, James | | c.1723 | | Low, Edward | | d.1723 | | Anstis, Thomas | | d.1723 | | Harris, Charles | | c.1724 | | Spriggs, Captain | | c.1724 | | Corp, Robert | | c.1724 | | Fillmore, John | | c.1724 | | Shipton, Captian | | c.1724 | | Wynn, Henry | | d.1724 | | Phillips, John | | d.1724 | | Archer, John Rose | | d.1725 | | Smith, John | | c.1726 | | Hill, Henry | | c.1726 | | Mitchel, Alexander | | c.1726 | | Winthorp, Thomas | | d.1726 | | Fly, William | | d.1726 | | Cole, Samuel | | d.1726 | | Condick, George | | d.1726 | | Greenville, Henry | ![]() | 1729 | Indian Ocean | African Kanhoji Angria dies and is succeeded by his sons Sumbhaji and Mannaji | | d.1729 | | Angria, Conajee | | c.1732 | | Borras, Chevalier de | | d.1743 | | Angria, Sumbhajee | | 1745-1803 | | Haraden, Jonathan | ![]() | 1747 | Europe | John Paul Jones is born | | 1747-1792 | | Jones, John Paul | | c.1750 | | Angria, Toolajee | | 1759-1818 | | Barney, Joshua | | b.1773 | | Surcouf, Robert | | 1773-1827 | | Surcouf, Richard | ![]() | 1775 | Atlantic | Beginning of American Revolution, privateering flourishes | | c.1776 | | Decatur, Stephen Sr. | | c.1780 | | Lafitte, Pierre | | c.1780 - c.1826 | | Lafitte, Jean | | c.1797 | | Fiamengo, Giorgio | | c.1797 | | Inglis, Peter | ![]() | c.1800 | Mediterranean | Barbary pirates still operating, but only in small groups | | c.1800 | | Bavastro | | c.1800 | | Blanckmann | | c.1800 | | Lemême | | c.1800 | | Leroi | | c.1800 | | Leveille | | c.1801 | | Perraud, Jacques | ![]() | 1803 | | Napoleonic Wars begin, privateering flourishes | | d.1804 | | Cheng I [Ching Yih] | ![]() | c.1807 | Asia | Ching Yih forms pirate confederation numbering over 600 ships and 150,000 men | | c.1807 | | Jeffrey, Robert | | c.1808 | | Badger, Charlotte | | c.1808 | | Hagerty, Catherine | | c.1810 | | Chang Poa | ![]() | 1812 | Atlantic | Beginning of the War of 1812, privateering flourishes | | c.1812 | | Gaspard | ![]() | c.1812 | Caribbean | Jean and Pierre Laffite begin operations near New Orleans | ![]() | 1820 | Caribbean | U.S. navy clears pirates from Galviston Bay, they move to Cuba | | c.1820 | | Biciaki, Captain | ![]() | c.1820 | Caribbean | U.S. and British navies all but eliminate piracy in the Caribbean | ![]() | 1821 | Caribbean | David Porter forms anti-pirate squadron | | c.1821 | | Gasparilla | | c.1824 | | Diabolito | | 1827 | Atlantic | Portuguese Benito de Soto takes over slave ship and turns to piracy | | d.1830 | | Soto, Benito de | | d.1830 | | You, Dominique [Youx, Frederic] | | d.1831 | | Gibbs, Charles | ![]() | 1833 | Caribbean | Don Pedro Gibert captured by the British and tried in the U.S. | | d.1835 | | Gibert [Gilbert], Don Pedro | | c.1840 | | Abbas, Tuanku | | c.1840 | | Shap'n'gtzai | | d.1844 | | Cheng I Soa [Ching Yih Saou] | ![]() | 1849 | Asia | British navy eliminates Shap-'ng Tsai's pirate fleet in Hongha river delta | | c.1850 | | Boggs, Eli | ![]() | c.1850 | Asia | European navies eliminate organized piracy in Far East and China | | d.1851 | | Apoo, Chui |
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