Introduction:
Seriously under construction and in need of additions.
My goal is to provide a quick glance of what was happening in The Golden Era of Piracy in any given year. As events are added, they will be sorted first by year, then by month and date (if I have it).
Events in the Carribbean from the Arrival of Columbus to the American Independence War
1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the New World
1506 French Ships operating in the Caribbean
1542 The Dutch trade in the Caribbean
1562-68 John Hawkins' four trading voyages
1573/1585 Francis Drake's exploits in the Caribbean
1615 Court of Vice-Admirality set up in Newfoundland
1624 St. Kitts settled by the English
1627 Barbados settled by the English
1628 Nevis settled by the English
1630 Buccaneers move from their original base in Hispaniola to Tortuga
1632 Antigua and Montserrat settled by the English
1651 Navigation Act passed
1652-54 First Dutch War
1655 Jamaica captured from Spain by the English
1660 Second Navigation Act passed
1665-67 Second Dutch War
1667 Edward Mansfield, buccaneer leader dies; Henry Morgan succeeds
1668-69 Henry Morgan sacks Puerto Principe, Porto Bello, and Maracaibo
1668-71 2,600 men from Jamaica join the Buccaneers
1670 Henry Morgan sacks Panama
Treaty of Madrid signed, peace b/t England and Spain
1672 Henry Morgan sent to England to answer for sacking of Panama, knighted and sent back to Jamaica.
1672-74 Third Dutch War
1674-82 Sir Henry Morgan is lieutenant-governor of Jamaica
1680 A group of Buccaneers, including Richard Hawkins, launch the Pacific Adventure
1681-82 Rev. Lancelot Blackburne, later Archbishop of York, sails with Buccaneers
1688 Sir Henry Morgan Dies
1694 French forces attack Jamaica; defeated at Carlisle Bay
1696 Third Navigation Act passed
1702-13 War of Spanish succession, ended by Treaty of Utrecht
1716 Edward Teach (Blackbeard) takes to piracy
1719 Bartholomew Roberts takes to piracy
1720 Charles Vane and Jack Rackham hanged, Mary Read dies in prison in Jamaica
1721 George Lowther takes to piracy
1722 Bart. Roberts killed, he had caputured 400 ships in 3 years
John Evans takes to piracy; 41 pirates hanged in Jamaica
1723 Finn and five pirates hanged in Antigua; 11 others hanged later
1726 Nicholas Brown dies
1776 War for American Independence
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Created 11/11/01, Updated 2/20/05
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