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1610s in piracy

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This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1610s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1610 and 1619.

Events

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1610

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1611

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  • Late Spring - Easton arrives off the coast of Cork with a squadron of ships requesting to parley.[1]

1612

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  • February - A general pardon of all pirates who are subjects of James I is announced[1]
  • November - James I issues a pardon in Easton's name if he is to return the Concorde to its previous owners.[1]

1613

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  • Early in the year - The Duke of Savoy declares Nice and Villefranche to be free ports and offering asylum for pirates.[5]
  • February 20 - Easton sails into Villefranche and meets with the Duke of Savoy, investing 100,000 crowns in return for annual income.[5]

1614

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1615

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1616

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  • June 9 - Mainwaring is pardoned by James I.[1]

1617

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1618

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Births

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1615

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  • After February - Simon Danseker

1618

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Deaths

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1610

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1613

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1615

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  • September 6 - Francis Verney

1618

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Tinniswood, Adrian (2010). Pirates of Barbary: corsairs, conquests, and captivity in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 9781594487743.
  2. ^ "Pirates of the Hebrides and the execution of Captain Peter Love". The Scotsman. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "South Land to New Holland - The Seynbrief". 2011-03-21. Archived from the original on 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  4. ^ Butts, Edward (16 January 2008). "Sir Henry Mainwaring". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b Clive Malcolm Senior, An Investigation of the Activities and Importance of English Pirates, 1603-40 (University of Bristol, PhD thesis, 1973), p. 88-91
  6. ^ a b Burns, Alan. History of the British West Indies. Allen & Unwin. OCLC 557499386.
  7. ^ "Knights of England". Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 July 2022.