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Events
Europe
Undated - Money seized from Captain Kidd, executed only four years before, is presented by Queen Anne to Greenwich Hospital totaling £6,472.Greenwich Hospital Royal Museums Greenwich https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/greenwich-hospital 2024-04-04 www.rmg.co.uk enA Painting Tells a Thousand Words History Today https://www.historytoday.com/reviews/painting-tells-thousand-words 2024-04-04 www.historytoday.com
March – April - Captain Thomas Green and his crew, consisting of 14 officers and crew members, are tried by the High Court of the Admiralty and found guilty of piracy, robbery, and murder. Green is later hanged at Leith alongside four of his crew on April 4, with the remaining crew being hanged on April 11 and 18.The tryal of Captain Thomas Green and his crew : pursued before the judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland, and the assessors appointed by the lords of Privy Council, at the instance of Mr. Alexander Higgins, advocat, procurator-fiscal to the said court : for piracy, robbery, & murder : faithfully extracted from the records of the said court, and other authentick documents https://www.loc.gov/item/2005577241/ 2024-04-04 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
North America
October - Boston colonial officials transport treasure formerly held by Captain John Quelch. The treasure consists of 788 oz. of gold bars and gold dust, which is packed into five sealed leather bags and carried by Guernsey 1696 6 to Great Britain that same year.Chase Robert September 2004 There's a Pirate in My Pedigree https://nebula.wsimg.com/23b556e018daab5c98230895a215cf5a?AccessKeyId=D108CF5D0C00A5ABB8A8&disposition=0& 2024-04-04 The Falmouth Genealogical Society 8 16 5
Deaths
Thomas Green's Crew
The members of Captain Thomas Green's crew executed between April 4 and April 18:The tryal of Captain Thomas Green and his crew: pg 14 https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscd.201000173320048/?sp=3&st=pdf&pdfPage=14 2024-04-04 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
April 4 - Thomas Green, captain (born c. 1679/1680)
April 4 - John Madder, chief mate
April 4 - James Simpson, gunner
April 4 - Henry Keigle, carpenter
April 4 - George Haines, ship steward
April 11 - George Glen, seaman
April 11 - Alexander Taylor, seaman
April 11 - Andrew Robertson, gunner's mate
April 11 - George Kitchen, seaman
April 18 - James Burn, boatswain
April 18 - John Bruckly, seaman
April 18 - Samuel Wilcocks, surgeon's mate
April 18 - John Bannantine, seaman
April 18 - Thomas Linsteed, cargo assistant
Other
Lionel Wafer, English buccaneerFounders Online: Report on Books for Congress, [23 January] 1783 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-06-02-0031#:~:text=Lionel%20Wafer%20(ca.%201660%E2%80%93ca.%201705) 2024-04-04 founders.archives.gov en
References
Piracy
Category:Piracy by year
Category:1705 in military history