1699 in piracy explained

See also 1698 in piracy, 1700 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.

Events

Indian Ocean

• April - John Bowen and George Booth capture the slave ship Speaker near Mahajanga.^[1]
• September - Robert Culliford, Dirk Chivers, and several others, after being trapped by British vessels at St. Mary's Island, accept pardons from Thomas Warren.^[2]

North America

• Late April - Dutch pirate Hendrick van Hoven captures the 22-gun vessel Providence near Barbados. John James, a Welsh sailor aboard Providence before it was captured, mutinies with other members of the crew and becomes captain of the ship after marooning van Hoven on islands near Nassau.^[3]
• July 6 - William Kidd is arrested for piracy in New York, on the orders of Lord Governor Bellomont.^[4]
• July 27 - John James ransacks the sloop Roanoke Merchant.
• September 26 - Thomas Paine is first interrogated by authorities about William Kidd's fortune, claiming that it is not in his house.^[5]

Births

• Thomas Sutton

Deaths

• William Burke
• Dirk Chivers

Notes and References

1. Book: Johnson, Charles . The history of the pyrates: containing the lives of Captain Mission. Captain Bowen. Captain Kidd ... and their several crews..
2. Book: Rogozinski, Jan . The Wordsworth Dictionary of Pirates.
3. Book: Marley, David . Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO . 2010 . 9781598842012 . 658 . English.
4. Book: Marley, David . Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO . 2010 . 9781598842012 . 308 . English.
5. Book: Marley, David . Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO . 2010 . 9781598842012 . 308–309 . English.