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See also
1698 in piracy ,
1700 in piracy , and
Timeline of piracy .
Events
Indian Ocean
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
Deaths
References
^ Johnson, Charles. The history of the pyrates: containing the lives of Captain Mission. Captain Bowen. Captain Kidd ... and their several crews .
^ Rogozinski, Jan. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Pirates .
^ Marley, David (2010). Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO. p. 658.
ISBN
9781598842012 .
^ Marley, David (2010). Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO. p. 308.
ISBN
9781598842012 .
^ Marley, David (2010). Pirates of the Americas . ABC-CLIO. pp. 308–309.
ISBN
9781598842012 .