July 18 - In the
Cape Verde islands,
Emanuel Wynn's pirate ship engages and escapes HMS Poole under Capt. John Cranby; this is the first recorded piratical use of the
skull and crossbones flag.
Indian Ocean
Undated -
John Bowen's pirates cruise off
Malabar and capture several ships including an
East Indiaman.
William Beavis in the East Indiaman Albemarle repulses a subsequent attack by Bowen's men. Bowen's ship, the Speaker, is wrecked later in the year.