Last Updated on 12 May 2026

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  2. Henry Morgan calls a council war (1669)
  3. Baltazar de Cordes stabbed to death by Portuguese soldiers (1601)
  4. Captain Robert Maynard dies (1750)
  5. King George I offers royal pardon to any pirates who surrender by 5 September (1718)
  6. Roger North imprisoned in the Tower of London (1621), John Watling leads mutiny against Bartholomew Sharp (1681), Woodes Rogers appointed governor of Nassau (1718)
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  11. Anne Dieu-le-Veut dies in Louisiana (1710)
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  13. Thomas Pound tried in Boston and found guilty of piracy (1690)
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  18. George Cusack executed for piracy in London (1675)
  19. Jan Janszoon marries Soutgen Gave (1603)
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  23. Spanish forces capture Tortuga (1635), Henry Morgan made deputy-governor of Jamaica (1674)
  24. Michael Geare and Christopher Newport direct eight ships of privateers landing near Santiago de Cuba (1603)
  25. Amaro Pargo declared caballero hijodalgo (1725)
  26. William Kidd issued letter of marque by King William III of England (1696)
  27. William Coward hanged for acts of piracy (1690)
  28. Francis Drake dies of dysentery off the coast of Portobelo, Panama (1596), Jack Ward captures the Carminati (1607), Henry Morgan and Robert Searle attack Old Panama City (1671)
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  30. William Kidd captures the Quedagh Merchant (1698)
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