1620s in piracy

none 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.Tinniswood Adrian Pirates of Barbary: corsairs, conquests, and captivity in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean Riverhead Books 2010 978-1-59448-774-3 New York en 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.Andrade, Tonio (2011). Lost colony : the untold story of China's first great victory over the West. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-14455-9. 1626 Unknown - Cornelius Jol joins the Dutch West India Company and becomes an admiral.Lane, Kris (2003). "Punishing the Sea Wolf: Corsairs and Cannibals in the Early Modern Caribbean". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. 77 (3): 202. 10.1163/13822373-90002522. 41850261. 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.Konstam, Angus (2008). Piracy: The Complete History. Osprey Publishing. pp. 90–91. 978-1-84603-240-0. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 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 MorfaMarley David Pirates and privateers of the Americas ABC-CLIO 1994 2nd Santa Barbara, California 275 en 1628 Unknown - John AylettMarley David Pirates of the Americas ABC-CLIO 2010 978-1-59884-201-2 1 19 en 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 Category:Piracy by year Piracy