Events
Edward Teach's assumed
birthdate (real age unknown)Started piracy being on Benjamin Hornigold's crew.Edward Teach is stabbed and shot to death in the
guerilla assault by navy officer Robert Maynard.First reports of Blackbeard as a pirate.Blackbeard is gifted a ship and
becomes an independent pirate.Time as a privateer ends. Starts
looking towards piracy.Blackbeard forms alliance and blockades Charleston, SC
(held civilians for ransom) and disrupted colonial trade.Blackbeard's ships attack a French trade ship,
killing most of the crew and forcing the captain
to surrender. Names it Queen Anne's Revenge.Begins work as a privateer for the War of Spanish
Succession under British Government.Sint Eustatius attack. It only exists as rumors
that Blackbeard was a culprit of the incident.Robert Maynard and his crew discover Blackbeard hiding
at Ocracoke Island and quickly prepare to attack.Blackbeard accepts the royal pardon and runs off
to Bath Creek, NC.Governor Alexander Sportswod, afraid of Blackbeard's presence, hired Robert Maynard to hunt down and kill Teach.Periods
Early life generally unknown. Believed to have grown up in Bristol, England.Spent time running between Ocracoke Island (where his sloop was)
and Bath Creek. Said to have even married a plantation owner's daughter.
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