Last Updated on 10 May 2026

  1. Johan Evertsen born in Vlissingen, Netherlands (1600)
  2. Alexander Selkirk marooned on Más a Tierra island (1709)
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  4. Samuel Pallache dies in The Hague (1616)
  5. Bartholomew Roberts‘s ship Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle (1722), Jean Lafitte dies in Honduras (1823)
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  10. Bartholomew Roberts killed in battle near Gabon, West Africa (1722)
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  17. John Coxon, Cornelius Essex, Bartholomew Sharp, Thomas Magott, and Robert Allison sack Portobelo, Panama (1680)
  18. Jean Charpin drafts a pirate code for the crew of the Sainte Rose (1688)
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  20. Peter Easton sails into Villefranche to accept an amnesty (1613)
  21. William Dampier‘s HMS Roebuck founders at Ascension Island (1701)
  22. Olivier van Noort dies in the Netherlands (1627), Michel de Grammont leads an inland incursion against Puerto Principe, Cuba (1679)
  23. Samuel Bellamy born in Devon, England (1689), Vincent Pearse arrives at Nassau (1718)
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  25. Claes Gerritszoon Compaen dies (1660), John Golden convicted of treason in London, England (1695)
  26. Petros Lantzas dies en route to Ragusa in the Adriatic Sea (1613), Bartholomew Roberts‘ ship Fortune loses battle near Barbados and flees to Dominica (1720)
  27. Roc Brasiliano born in Groningen, Netherlands (1630)
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  29. Jacob Collaert captured by Johan Evertsen  (1636)

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