- Source: 1620s in piracy
This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1620s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1620 and 1629.
Events
= 1620
=Unknown - Jans Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis the Younger, a Dutch Barbary Pirate, converts to Islam.
= 1621
=January 6 - Roger North is imprisoned in the Tower of London.
July 18 - Roger North is released from the Tower of London.
Late October - The 120-ton Jacob of Bristol was attacked and captured in the Strait of Gibraltar by Algerian corsairs.
Mid-November - The Nicholas and the George Bonaventure, two small English merchantmen, were attacked and captured near the Strait of Gibraltar.
= 1622
=December 26 - The Jacob is, again, attacked near the Strait of Gibraltar and sunk.
= 1625
=Zheng Zhilong founds Shibazhi, an organization of Chinese pirates.
= 1626
=Unknown - Cornelius Jol joins the Dutch West India Company and becomes an admiral.
= 1627
=During the 14 days between the 4th and the 19th of July - Murat Reis the Younger raided both Eastern Region and Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland. The raid on Vestmannaeyjar is called The Turkish abductions.
Unknown - Murat Reis the Younger captures the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel and holds it for five years.
= 1628
=Unknown - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, with the help of Moses Cohen Henriques, capture the Spanish treasure fleet during a battle in the Bay of Mantanzas in Cuba during the Eighty Years' War.
Unknown - Zheng Zhilong defeats the Ming Dynasty's fleet then begins working for them and is appointed major general.
Births
= 1620
=Unknown - John Murphy Fitzgerald, also known as Juan Morfa
= 1628
=Unknown - John Aylett
= 1629
=Unknown - Daniel Johnson
Deaths
= 1620
=October 10 - Sulayman Reis
= 1622
=April 17 - Richard Hawkins
Summer - Jack Ward
Unknown - Jan Jacobsen
= 1627
=February 22 - Olivier van Noort
Unknown - Hendrick Jacobszoon Lucifer
= 1628
=August 18 - Piers Griffith
= 1629
=June 18 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 1620s in piracy
- Timeline of piracy
- 1620s in England
- Piracy in the Caribbean
- List of pirates
- Barbary Coast
- Sardam (1628)
- Sino-Dutch conflicts
- Pirates! Gold
- Batavia (1628 ship)
