1705 in piracy
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See also:
1704 in piracy
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other events of 1705,
1706 in piracy
and the
list of 'years of Piracy'
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1704 in piracy
1704 in piracy
See 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...
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other events of 1705,
1706 in piracy
1706 in piracy
See 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...
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
- Undated - The money seized from Captain Kidd, executed only four years before, is presented by Queen AnneAnne of Great BritainAnne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
to Greenwich Hospital totaling £6,472. - March - Captain Thomas Green and his crew, consisting of 14 officers and crew members, are tried by the High Court of the Admiralty and found guilty of piracy. Green is later hanged at LeithLeith-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
with James Simpson, Henry Keigle and George Haines on April 4 and the remaining crew on April 11 and 18. - October - Boston colonial officials transport the treasure formerly held by Captain John QuelchJohn Quelch (pirate)John Quelch had a lucrative but very brief career of about one year. His chief claim to historical significance is that he was the first person to be tried for piracy outside of England under Admiralty Law and thus without a jury...
, 788 oz. of gold bars and gold dust, which is packed into five sealed leather bags and carried by to Great Britain that same year.
Deaths
- Lionel WaferLionel WaferLionel Wafer was a Welsh explorer, buccaneer and privateer.A ship's surgeon, Wafer made several voyages to the South Seas and visited the Malay archipelago in 1676. The following year he settled in Jamaica to practise his profession...
, English buccaneer - April 4 - Thomas Green
- April 4 - James Simpson
- April 4 - Henry Keigle
- April 4 - George Haines