1691 in piracy
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1690 in piracy
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other events of 1691,
1693 in piracy
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1690 in piracy
1690 in piracy
See 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....
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other events of 1691,
1693 in piracy
1693 in piracy
See 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....
and the
list of 'years of Piracy'
Timeline of piracy
This is a timeline of the history of piracy.*1600s: 1600 - 1601 - 1602 - 1603 - 1604 - 1605 - 1606 - 1607 - 1608 - 1609*1610s: 1610 - 1611 - 1612 - 1613 - 1614 - 1615 - 1616 - 1617 - 1618 - 1619...
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Events
- William Bishop, a member of Captain Henry Avery's crew, is hanged at London's Execution DockExecution DockExecution Dock was used for more than 400 years in London to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers that had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts. The "dock", which consisted of a scaffold for hanging, was located near the shoreline of the River Thames at Wapping...
. - August - Christopher Goffe, a former crew member under Rhode Island pirate Captain Woolery before receiving a pardon in 1687, is commissioned as a pirate hunter and is ordered to protect the coastlal shipping between Cape Cod and Cape Ann.
- September - After twelve years away from his native England, William DampierWilliam DampierWilliam Dampier was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer...
arrives at Thames. Nearly destitute aver eight years of adventuring, he is forced to sell his friend and manservant Prince Jeoly.