jan 1, 1699 - 1699 Captain William Kidd Arrested for Piracy

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1699
Captain William Kidd, after spending several years hunting pirates, is arrested in Boston for piracy and sent to London for questioning, where he is tried without representation, convicted, and hanged in 1701.

Local legend places Captain Kidd's ghost in King's Chapel Burying Ground . . . but that's only a ghost story. Any disquiet in this graveyard is probably due to the Puritan founders rolling over in their graves at the thought of the Anglican King's Chapel next door.