Atlantic Ocean

• November 15 - Philip Roche leads a bloody mutiny aboard an Irish ship and turns to piracy.

Caribbean Sea

• Undated (after April 18) - Thomas Anstis
  Thomas Anstis
  Thomas Anstis was an early 18th century pirate, who served under Captain Howell Davis and Captain Bartholomew Roberts, before setting up on his own account, raiding shipping on the eastern coast of the American colonies and in the Caribbean during what is often referred to as the "Golden Age of...
  
   plunders 5-6 ships in the Caribbean, his men raping and murdering one female captive.
• Undated (after June 13) - George Lowther
  George Lowther
  George Lowther may refer to:*George Lowther *George Lowther...
  
   plunders several ships in the vicinity of Hispaniola
  Hispaniola
  Hispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
  
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Indian Ocean

• April 8 - John Taylor
  John Taylor (pirate)
  John Taylor was a pirate who lived in the early 18th century.At Reunion Island in April 1721, he together with Olivier Levasseur captured the most valuable prize in pirate history, variously described as "Nostra Senora della Cabo", "Nostra Senhora do Cabo", or "Nossa Senhora do Cabo" .-Further...
  
   and Olivier Levasseur
  Olivier Levasseur
  Olivier Levasseur , was a pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche in his early days, called thus because of the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies.-History:...
  
   capture the Nossa Senhora do Cabo at Réunion
  Réunion
  Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
  
   island, robbing the returning 5th Count of Ericeira
  Count of Ericeira
  Count of Ericeira ' was a title created by King Philip III of Portugal, through a 1 March 1622 letter in favour of Diogo de Menezes .Titulars include:*Diogo de Menezes ; 1st Count of Ericeira...
  
  , Viceroy
  Viceroy
  A viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
  
   of Goa
  Goa
  Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
  
  , of diamonds and other treasures worth £800,000.

West Africa

• April 18 - Captain Thomas Anstis with 70 men and a brigantine deserts Bartholomew Roberts to start his own piratical career.
• June 13 - George Lowther
  George Lowther
  George Lowther may refer to:*George Lowther *George Lowther...
  
   leads a mutiny aboard the Gambia Castle, renames her the Happy Delivery, and draws up articles of piracy for his crew.
• August - Bartholomew Roberts
  Bartholomew Roberts
  Bartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
  
   captures the Onslow at Sestos, near Cape Coast Castle
  Cape Coast Castle
  Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana built by Swedish traders. The first timber construction on the site was erected in 1653 for the Swedish Africa Company and named Carolusborg after King Charles X of Sweden. It was later rebuilt in stone....
  
  . Roberts shifts his flag aboard the Onslow, renaming her the Royal Fortune.
• Undated (August or later) - Roberts' men attack and disperse 2,000 local tribesmen at Calabar
  Calabar
  Calabar is a city in Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. The original name for Calabar was Atakpa, from the Jukun language....
  
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Deaths

• March 29 - Charles Vane
  Charles Vane
  Charles Vane was an English pirate who preyed upon English and French shipping. His pirate career lasted from 1716 - 1719. His flagship was a brigantine named the Ranger....
  
   hanged for piracy at Gallows Point
  Gallows Point
  Gallows Point is the northernmost of two low, parallel points which mark the extremity of Gamma Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed the point in 1927. The point was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943...
  
  , Port Royal
  Port Royal
  Port Royal was a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1518, it was the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century...
  
  , Jamaica (born c. 1680.
• July 19 - Walter Kennedy
  Walter Kennedy (pirate)
  Walter Kennedy was an Irish pirate who served as a crew member under Howell Davis and Bartholomew Roberts.Kennedy served in the Royal Navy during the War of Spanish Succession, where he heard tales of pirates from Henry Morgan to Henry Every, and dreamed of becoming a pirate himself...
  
   hanged for piracy in London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
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