Last Updated on 12 May 2026

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  5. Spanish/Dutch alliance engages Roberto Cofresí‘s Anne in battle (1825)
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  8. Anne Bonny likely born (1698)
  9. Olivier Levasseur‘s ship La Louise sinks in a storm off Cotinga Island, Brazil (1718)
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  12. Miguel Enríquez knighted as a Caballero of Spain (1712)
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  15. Francis Drake accepts privateering commission (1587)
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  18. The original Pirates of the Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland (1967)
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  20. Henry Mainwaring knighted at Woking (1618)
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  22. Charles Vane tried and sentenced to death in Spanish Town, Jamaica (1721)
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  25. Stede Bonnet leaves his “gentleman” life to become a pirate (1718)
  26. The Parliament of England passes an act for the redemption of captives taken by Turkish, Moorish, and other pirates (1650), John Julian executed in Boston (1733)
  27. William Kidd appears before House of Commons (1701)
  28. Stede Bonnet encounters the Protestant Caesar but loses it (1718), 52 of Bartholomew Roberts‘ crew sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle (1722)
  29. Charles Vane hanged in Port Royal, Jamaica (1721), Roberto Cofresí and crew executed by firing squad (1825)
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  31. William Dampier and Charles Swan sail on the Cygnet to the East Indies (1686)

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