Bartholomew Roberts | Timeline

Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722) was born John Roberts, a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy as measured by vessels captured, taking over 470 prizes in his career. He is also known as Black Bart (Welsh: Barti Ddu), but this name was never used in his lifetime, and also risks confusion with Black Bart of the American West. (Wikipedia)

May 17, 1682 - Casnewydd Bach, Pembrokeshire, Wales - Bartholomew Roberts is born
June 1(?), 1719 - Anomabu (Annamaboa), Ghana - third mate John Roberts was serving aboard the "Princess of London" that was negotiating the purchase of slaves off the coast of Ghana. The ship was attacked and captured by the pirate Howell Davis, and many of its crew were forced into joining Davis' crew. Among these new recruits was John Roberts, who proceeded to adopt the new name Bartholomew Roberts =(START)
June 19, 1719 - Principe Island - Howell Davies is killed and Roberts elected to succeed him
August(?) 20(?), 1719 - Bight of Africa - Roberts decides to cross the Atlantic to Brazil
September(?) 10(?), 1719 - Fernando de Noronha Island - Roberts reaches Fernando de Noronha after less than a month crossing the Atlantic
September(?) 15(?), 1719 - Brazilian Coast - Roberts spends 9 weeks in the Brazilian coast without capturing any ships
October(?) 15(?), 1719 - Salvador, Brazil - Roberts sneaks into the anchorage at night and overpowers the crew of the richest ship in a fleet of 42, the "Sagrada Familia" galleon
November 1(?), 1719 - Île du Diable, French Guyana - Anchored at Devil's Island with 3 vessels including a portuguese treasure galleon. When a sail appears, Roberts gives chase. His deputy Walter Kennedy grabs the opportunity to sail away with the treasure
December(?) 1(?), 1719 - Off Tobago - Roberts sails to Tobago, where he captures a sloop
February(?) 1(?), 1720 - Off Barbados - Captures 3 more vessels off Barbados
February 26, 1720 - Off Barbados(?) - Attacked by Barbados warships. Combat. Heads to Dominica to repair the ship - Flag change
March 1(?), 1720 - Dominica - Roberts careens his sloop in Dominica and evades Martiniquan pirate hunters
May 1(?), 1720 - North Atlantic - Heading north to Newfoundland
June 21, 1720 - Trepassey, Newfoundland - Roberts attacks the harbour of Trepassey - 22 merchants captured
July 1(?), 1720 - Grand Banks - After being rejoined by La Palisse, Roberts cruises the Grand Banks, capturing several more prizes before sailing southward again
July 13, 1720 - Newfoundland Banks - Roberts takes the merchant "Samuel". After plundering it, forces almost all crew to join the pirates at gunpoint. Let's the captain go when another sail is spotted
August 25(?), 1720 - Off South Carolina - Captures a sloop off South Carolina
September 5(?), 1720 - La Désirade (Carriacou) - Returns to the West Indies. Careening the ship at Carriacou
September 30(?), 1720 - Basse Terre - Roberts is joined by La Palisse and together they attack Basseterre, destroying the town and capturing 2 ships
October(?) 4(?), 1720 - St.Barthelemy Island - Roberts and La Palisse raid the Island of St.Barthelemy. Starts operating from the Virgin Islands, where he captures a brig, his new "Royal Fortune"
October 25, 1720 - Off St.Lucia - Roberts captures 15 french and english ships in the next 3 days, including his third "Royal Fortune"
November 1(?), 1720 - Off St.Lucia(?) - Departs towards Bermuda, in the north
November(?), 20(?) - Bermuda - Roberts reach Bermuda
January 18, 1721 - Bermuda(?) - Brutal fight with a 300-ton dutch slaver with 24 guns. The pirates prevail
March(?) 25(?), 1721 - Bermuda - Roberts decides to cross the Atlantic to Cape Verde
April 18, 1721 - Atlantic Ocean - While sailing to West Africa, Thomas Anstis leaves Roberts in the night for the Caribbean
May 30(?), 1721 - Cape Verde Islands - Roberts arrives to Cape Verde, where he takes on water and provisions
June 5(?), 1721 - Senegal River - Makes african landfall in the Senegal River, where 2 sloops are captured, one of them renamed "Ranger"
June 12, 1721 - Sierra Leone - Roberts arrives to Sierra Leone. Spends 6 weeks careening the ships and carousing on shore
August 8, 1721 - River Cess (Point Cestos), Liberia - Captures 2 large ships, one of them the frigate Onslow. Some soldiers join the pirates. The Onslow becomes the fourth and last "Royal Fortune"
October 1(?), 1721 - Calabar - Reaches Calabar and takes 3 slaveships. Local hostility forces the pirates to head West
January 2(?), 1722 - Off Cape Appolonia, Ivory Coast - Roberts captures 2 slaveships

Roberts and the "Royal Fortune" at Ouidah

January 11, 1722 - Ouidah / Whydah (Banjul) - Roberts enters the Ouidah Harbour and captures 11 slaveships, burns the "Porcupine" with the cargo of slaves aboard
February 5, 1722 - Cape Lopez, Gabon - Chaloner Ogle's HMS Swallow detects the pirates and captures the "ranger"
February 10, 1722 - Off Cape Lopez, Gabon - Death of Bartholomew Roberts in combat against the returning HMS Swallow =(END)

Blackbeard | Timeline

Edward Teach (also Edward Thatch, c.1680—22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies. Although little is known about his early life, he was probably born in Bristol, England. He may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before settling on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined sometime around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet, but toward the end of 1717 Hornigold retired from piracy, taking two vessels with him.
Teach captured a French merchant vessel, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, and equipped her with 40 guns. He became a renowned pirate, his cognomen derived from his thick black beard and fearsome appearance; he was reported to have tied lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies. He formed an alliance of pirates and blockaded the port of Charleston, South Carolina. After successfully ransoming its inhabitants, he ran Queen Anne's Revenge aground on a sandbar near Beaufort, North Carolina. He parted company with Bonnet and settled in Bath Town, where he accepted a royal pardon. But he was soon back at sea, where he attracted the attention of Alexander Spotswood, the Governor of Virginia. Spotswood arranged for a party of soldiers and sailors to try to capture the pirate, which they did on 22 November 1718. During a ferocious battle, Teach and several of his crew were killed by a small force of sailors led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. (Intro from Wikipedia)

January(?) 1(?), 1680 - Bristol - Edward Teach, future Blackbeard, is born
January(?) 1(?), 1693 - Bristol - Edward's father dies. Shortly after, his mother remarries
January(?) 1(?), 1697 - Bristol - Story says Edward's stepfather disliked him and beated him regularly, until one day when the 16-year old turns on him and beats him half to death. His only alternative was to sign as a cabin boy to the first ship out of Bristol. That was a merchantman bound for Port Royal.
June(?) 1(?), 1697 - Port Royal, Jamaica - Arrival in Jamaica
January(?) 1(?), 1699 - Port Royal - After two years, Teach becomes a highly skilled sailor, serving on merchant ships
January(?) 1(?), 1708 - Port Royal - Teach likely becomes a privateer in 1708, during the War of the Spanish Succession
January(?) 1(?), 1713 - Port Royal | Bay of Campeche - With the end of the war, Teach, like most of the other privateers, turns to commerce with logwood cutter communities in the Bay of Campeche
January(?) 1(?), 1715 - Nassau, New Providence - Bahamas - Harassed like the others by the spanish, Teach is forced to look for living in New Providence
December 1(?), 1716 - Nassau, New Providence - Bahamas - After meeting the pirate captain Benjamin Hornigold, Teach is reported to as a pirate crewmember by that time =(START)
March 1(?), 1717 - Nassau - By this time, Blackbeard already commanded a sloop with 6 guns and 70 men
April (?) 1(?), 1717 - Nassau - Hornigold and Teach depart for the main of América
May(?) 1(?), 1717 - Between Florida and Grand Bahama? - Hornigold and Teach capture a billop from Havana, a sloop from Bermuda and a ship from Madeira
July(?) 1(?), 1717 - Coast of Virginia / Carolinas - Cruising the Coasts of the Carolinas and Virginia, searching for prey
September 15, 1717 - Off Cape Fear - heading to the Virginia Capes (Hornigold, Blackbeard and Bonnet)
September 20(?), 1717 - Coast of Virginia - Careening the "Revenge" in a protected cove
September 29, 1717 - near Cape Charles (Cheasapeake Bay) - Teach, takes the sloop "Betty", carrying Madeira wine
October 4, 1717 - Delaware Bay - Teach reaches Delaware Bay. Bonnet probably resigns the command of the "Revenge" by this time
October 12, 1717 - Delaware Bay - Takes the snows "Spofford" and "Sea Nymph", aswell as a ship from Liverpool
October 18, 1717 - Capes of Virginia - Takes another 2 ships. Described as being with "Hornigold"
October 22, 1717 - Delaware Bay - The sloops "Robert" and "Good Intent" were stopped and their cargo holds emptied
October 31, 1717 - ? - Blackbeard sails south-Southeast to less stormy seas
November 8, 1717 - Anguilla or Barbuda, N Leeward Islands - After a fast time with northeasterly wind, Blackbeard makes landfall in Anguilla or Barbuda
November 12(?), 1717 - Coast of the Bahamas - Hornigold faces a mutiny and Blackbeard part ways with him
November 17, 1717 - 60 miles W of Martinique - Laying West of Martinique, Blackbeard spots a sail and gives chase

A french slaveship similar
to the La Concorde, 1716

November 28, 1717 - Off the Coast of Saint Vincent - Blackbeard attacks and takes the slaveship "La Concorde"
November 30, 1717 - ? - Blackbeard overtakes the sloop "New Division" and interrogates the captain for shipping information
November 31, 1717 - St.Lucia | St.Vincent - Blackbeard takes and destroys the "Great Allen", a big ship from Boston
December 1(?), 1717 - Bequia - Teach sails along Saint Vincent and Grenadines, disembark the cargo and converts the ship as "Queen Anne's Revenge"
December 5, 1717 - Off Crab Island, near Anguilla - Blackbeard stops the merchant sloop "Margaret" and ransack her
December 14(?), 1717 - Off Sint Eustacius - Two sloops captured plus a ship from Guadaloupe taken
December 18(?), 1717 - Samana Bay, Hispaniola - Blackbeard spends 3 quiet months in Hispaniola. Careens the ships
March 30(?), 1718 - Turneffe Island, E of Belize - Takes fresh water. Takes the Sloop "Adventure". Crew and captain join the pirates
April 9, 1718 - Bay of Honduras - Blackbeard loots and burns the "Protestant Caesar"
April 14, 1718 - Bay of Honduras - Blackbeard and Bonnet separate
April(?), 16(?), 1718 - Trujillo, Honduras - Passing through Trujillo in route to the Caymans
April(?), 22(?), 1718 - Grand Cayman - Captures a small turtler
May 9(?), 1718 - Off Havana, Cuba - Captures a small spanish vessel leaving the port
May 12(?), 1718 - off eastern Florida (Bahamas Channel) - Blackbeard sails to the wrecks of the 1715 spanish fleet
May 22, 1718 - Charleston, South Carolina - Blackbeard blockades the port of Charleston. Up to 9 ships are taken in the next 5 days. Blackbeard demands a chest of medical supplies and no money - it is believed that some of the crew had contracted syphilis the previous year
May 27, 1718 - Charleston - With the chest of medical supplies, Blackbeard releases 80 captives, strips them of their best clothes and sails north to hide for a while and careen the ships
June 3, 1718 - Topsail Inlet, North Carolina - Blackbeard arrives to Topsail Inlet
June 10(?), 1718 - Ocracoke - Blackbeard intensionally runs the "Queen Anne's Revenge" aground

There isn't a clear picture of what
the famous english pirate looked like.
Perhaps the closest combination
would be the first picture used in
this post, with the fur hat of this
last picture, which Blackbeard
used even in the hot days
of the Caribbean

June 12(?), 1718 - Ocracoke - As Bonnet goes seek a pardon at Bath, Blackbeard leaves up to 250 pirates behing and 17 marooned (for 2 days until a revengeful Bonnet appears to save them)
June 18(?), 1718 - Ocracoke Inlet | Pamlico Sound - Crosses Ocracocke Inlet and Pamlico Sound to reach Bath City
June 25(?), 1718 - Bath - Blackbeard meets Governor Eden and obtains a pardon. Starts building an house in Plum Point, with a view to Bath Harbour
July 1(?), 1718 - Bath | Ocracoke - Blackbeard spends July and August shuttling between his base in Bath Town and his sloop and crew off Ocracoke
August 30(?) - On the way to Bermuda - As the "Adventure" is ready to put to sea, Blackbeard returns to Piracy
September 15(?), 1718 - On the way to Bermuda - Blackbeard takes three british merchants and two french, bound for the Caribbean
September 24, 1718 - Ocracoke | Bath - Blackbeard takes one of the french prizes to Ocracoke. Audience with Governor Eden in Bath
September 26(?), 1718 - Ocracoke Inlet - Charles Vane's "Ranger" enters in Ocracoke Inlet. Both crews party for a week
November 21, 1718 - Ocracoke Island - Blackbeard's pirates are spotted by Lt.Robert Maynard of "HMS Pearl"
November 22, 1718 - Ocracoke Island - Death of Edward Teach, in combat against Maynard's british expedition =(END)

Bibliography
KONSTAM, Angus - "Blackbeard: America's most notorious pirate"

29.Golden Age of Piracy (1718-1723)

29.Golden Age of Piracy (1718-1723)

1718 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Double Concerto in D minor for 2 violins BWV 1043
1718 - Giovanni Zamboni - Sonata in C minor for Archlute
1718 - Giovanni Zamboni - Sonata X
1718 - Antonio Lotti - Gli Odi Delusi Dal Sangue
1719 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No1 in G major BWV 1007
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Tombeau sur la mort de Mr. Cajetan, Baron d'Hartig
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No15 in B flat Major
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No19 in F Major
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No21 in F minor
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No28 in F "Fameux Corsaire"
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No96 in G major
1719 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata D Major K.5
1719 - Louis Caix D'Hervelois - Plainte
1719 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto pour trompete en lá bemol
1719 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D minor RV 106
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Fantasia in G BWV 571
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Preambulum in G minor BWV 930
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in G minor BWV 1000
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata No1 in G minor BWV 10011720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No2 in D minor BWV 1004
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite in E Major BWV 1006a
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No2 in D minor BWV 1008
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No3 in C major BWV 1009
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No4 in E flat Major BWV 1010
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No5 in C minor BWV 1011
1720 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042
1720 - Georg Friedrich Händel - Harpsichord Suites I-VIII
1720 - Georg Friedrich Händel - The harmonious Blacksmith
1720 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and strings in E Op.8 No1 RV269 "La primavera"
1720 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and strings in F minor Op.8 No4 RV297 "L'Inverno"
1720 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and strings in G minor Op.8 No2 RV315 "L'Estate"
1720 - Antonio Vivaldi - Tito Manlio RV778
1720 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata no23 in B flat Major
1721 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051
1721 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Minuet and Badinerie - Orchestral Suite No2 in B Minor)
1721 - Jean-Baptiste Senaillé - Allegro spirituoso
1721 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No27 in C minor
1721 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No36 in D minor
1721 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Tombeau sur la Mort de Comte de Logy
1721 - Georg Philipp Telemann - Wassermusik
1722 - Jan Dismas Zelenka - Lamentations
1722 - Tommaso Albinoni - Concerto in C Major Op.9.2
1722 - Tommaso Albinoni - Concerto in G Major Op.9.6
1722 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Fuga in C BWV 546
1722 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesus, meine Zuversicht BWV 728
1722 - Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-tempered Clavier Book 1
1722 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Two Part Inventions, Three Part Inventions
1722 - François Couperin - Les petits Moulins a Vent
1723 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Choral Dein blut, der edle saft BWV 136
1723 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Ertot uns durch dein' Gute aus cantata BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwolfe
1723 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Praeludium et Fuga in C BWV 547
1723 - Johann Sebastian Bach - O Lamm Gottes unschuldig BWV 656
1723 - Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suites
1723 - Georg Friedrich Händel - Flavio, Re di Longobardi HWV 16
1723 - Marin Marais - Le Tourbillon
1723 - Marin Marais - Rondeau le bijou
1723 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No32 in F Major
1723 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No37 in C Major
1723 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Sonata No46 in A Major