Edward Teach By JonMcWilliams 1680 Born, probably Period: 1701 to 1713 Career as Privateer for British Empire 1716 Given captaincy as pirate by Benjamin Hornigold 1717 Claims frigate, Queen Anne's Revenge, his flagship 1717 Meets Stede Bonnet 1718 Scuttles Queen Anne's Revenge 1718 Establishes base on Ocracoke Island 1718 Blockades the port of Charles Town 1718 Meets Charles Vane 1718 Killed in battle