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Captain Morgan carries out his most successful attack on the city of Porto Bello.
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William Kidd is hanged for piracy, though he claimed to be a privateer. His body hanged at Tillbury Point for three years as a warning to other pirates.
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Samuel Bellamy becomes the richest pirate in history after his capture of over 50 vessels.
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The Queen Anne's Revenge was first built in England and was eventually captured by the French. Some years later, pirates Benjamin Hornigold and Blackbeard seized it as their own.
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Benjamin Hornigold retires from piracy and becomes a pirate hunter for the governor of the Bahamas.
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Anne Bonny joined Calico Jack Rackham on his ship
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Bartholomew Roberts dies at the hand of British Captain Chaloner Ogle, shocking everybody.
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Ching Shih retires from piracy after she accepts an offer from the Chinese government for universal pirate amnesty in exchange for peace.
