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May 20 - On this day in 1501, Joao da Nova Castell became the first European to reach the Ascension Islands.
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May 19 - On this day in 1588, Spain's Invincible Armada set sail. And on this day in 1643, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor formed the United Colonies of New England. Also on this day in 1837, James Morgan was hanged for murdering Captain Smith of the schooner William Wirt at sea. It was the last public execution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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May 18 - On this day in 1698, Lord Belmont stood before the New Assembly for the Province of New York and gave an angry, fiery speech about the conduct of the assembly and the Province, calling New York a 'noted receptacle of pirates'. And on this day in 1704, the Queen of England called for a 'General Fast' relative to mariners, seamen and others 'entertaining the queen's service'.
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We shared them around at the time. They're great pictures and you executed the look of the grinder perfectly, right down to the wooden shoe. Fantastic kit.
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May 17 - On this day in 1662, Bartholomew Roberts was born in Casnewydd-Bach, or Little Newcastle, between Fishguard and Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. His name was originally John Roberts, and his father was most likely George Roberts. It's not clear why Roberts changed his name from John to Bartholomew, but pirates often adopted aliases, and he may have chosen that name after the well-known buccaneer Bartholomew Sharp. He is thought to have gone to sea when he was 13 in 1695 but there is no further record of him until 1718, when he was mate of a Barbados sloop. Also, pirates arrived off Veracruz on this day in 1683, leading with van Hoorn's two captured Spanish ships to mislead the town. Meanwhile, Laurens de Graaf and Yankey Willems slipped ashore with a small force of men. They proceeded to remove town's fortifications and incapacitate the town's defensive militia. Van Hoorn, marching overland, joined with de Graaf and attacked the town.
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May 16 - A piratical vessel, and her crew of thirty-eight men were captured off Matanzas on the 16th May, 1825, by a British cutter and a steamboat fitted out at that place. Several of the pirates were killed, and the rest sent to Havana for trial. It was ascertained that some of them had assisted in capturing more than twenty American vessels, whose crews were murdered.
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May 15 - On this day in 1602, English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold became the first European to reach Cape Cod.
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May 14 - On this day in 1607, the 1st permanent English settlement in New World was started at Jamestown, Virginia. And in 1747, the British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeated the French at the first battle of Cape Finisterre.
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A hearty congratulations to you and the family!
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May 13 - On this day in 1607, English colonists, led by John Smith, landed near the James River in Virginia. And on this day in 1624, Admiral Hermites' fleet blockaded Lima, Peru. Also on this day in 1654, the Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beat Turkish forces.
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May 12 - On this day in 1701, William Kidd sent a pleading letter from prison to Robert Harley, the Tory speaker of the House of Commons, trying once again to exchange his treasure of one hundred thousand pounds for his freedom.
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May 11 - On this day in 1678, French admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet ran aground on Aves-islands, Curacao. And in 1690, English troops of W. Phips conquered Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
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May 10 - On this day in 1497, Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci left on his first voyage to the New World. Also on this day in 1503, Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. And in 1534, French navigator Jacques Cartier reacheed Newfoundland. And also on this day in 1624, Dutch admirals Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquered Salvador da Bahia (Brazil). And finally in 1655, Jamaica was captured by the English.
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May 9 - On this day in 1502, Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World. And on this day in 1738, England routed the fleet in the Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies.
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It was early.
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It's an excellent opportunity to take a this next year and a half to raise funds, fine tune scripts, upgrade costumes, build props, reorganize infrastructure, make new financial allies and come back even stronger.
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May 8 - On this day in 1541, Hernando de Soto, became the first European to discover the Mississippi River.
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May 7 - On this day in 1624, Admiral Hermites' conquering fleet reached Callao at Lima, Peru. Also on this day in 1638, Cornelis S. Goyer took possession of the uninhabited Mauritius. And on this day in 1718, the city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
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Thank you. May 6 - On this day in 1626, Dutch colonist Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from local the indigenous people for 60 guilders worth of trinkets.
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Port Washington Pirate Festival - 2013 - Cancelled
William Brand replied to Cheeky Actress's topic in June
Members of the Mercury crew have attended that event. The fort is a wonderful location. -
May 5 - On this day in 1494, on his 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica, which would one day be home to many a pirate.
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May 4 - On this day in 1634, Johan van Walbeeck's fleet departed to the West Indies. And on this day in 1686, the Municipality of Ilagan was founded in the Philippines.
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May 3 - Peter Harris (the elder) died on this day in 1680. He was a British buccaneer, one of the captains (along with Bartholomew Sharp and Edmund Cook) in the Pacific Adventure, a privateering expedition headed by Richard Sawkins and John Coxon. After plundering the mining town of Santa Maria (east of Panama City) on April 25, 1680, the buccaneers set fire to the town and using canoes rowed downstream to the Pacific. On May 3, the "expedition" reached the port at Perico island off the coast of Panama City, finding there a Spanish fighting force of several barques and other ships. Although eventually victorious, the buccaneers lost twenty men, among them Captain Harris. Another Buccaneer called Peter Harris, apparently a nephew of the one mentioned above, was active in the same area during 1684–1685.
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May 2 - On this day in 1670, King Charles II of England granted a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company, made up of the group of French explorers who opened the lucrative North American fur trade to London merchants. The charter conferred on them not only a trading monopoly but also effective control over the vast region surrounding North America's Hudson Bay. Although contested by other English traders and the French in the region, the Hudson's Bay Company was highly successful in exploiting what would become eastern Canada. During the 18th century, the company gained an advantage over the French in the area but was also strongly criticized in Britain for its repeated failures to find a northwest passage out of Hudson Bay. After France's loss of Canada at the end of the French and Indian Wars, new competition developed with the establishment of the North West Company by Montreal merchants and Scottish traders. As both companies attempted to dominate fur potentials in central and western Canada, violence sometimes erupted, and in 1821 the two companies were amalgamated under the name of the Hudson's Bay Company. The united company ruled a vast territory extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and under the governorship of Sir George Simpson from 1821 to 1856, reached the peak of its fortunes. After Canada was granted dominion status in 1867, the company lost its monopoly on the fur trade, but it had diversified its business ventures and remained Canada's largest corporation through the 1920s. Also on this day in 1724, the Post-Boy newspaper suggested that George Lowthers did not die in 1723. The newspaper, the only known original still in existence, was owned by Eric Bjotvedt and reported: "The last Letters from S. Christopher bring Advice, that on the 20th of February, the Eagle Sloop, h ted out from that Island, had brought in thither the Pyrate Sloop she had taken from Lowther, with twenty of the Men that were on board, (Lowther himself and many of the Crew having made their Escape) and it was believed that twelve or thirteen of them would be convicted of Pyracy, and that the others would be clear’d, as being forced into the said Pyrates Service."
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May 1 - On this day in 1596, Jacob van Neck's merchant fleet departed for Java. And on this day in 1625, a Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptured Salvador (Bahia).