1694 in piracy
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The following lists piracy related events that happened during 1694.
Europe
- May 7 â Henry Every leads a mutiny aboard the privateer ship Charles II at A Coruña and turns the crew to piracy.[1]
North America
- April â Thomas Tew offloads his stolen treasure at Newport, Rhode Island.[2]
- November â Tew purchases new letter of marque from New York governor Benjamin Fletcher and sails on a new pirate cruise for the Indian Ocean.[3]