See also 1697 in piracy, 1699 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy.
Events December 8 – William III of England issues his 1698 Act of Grace.
Indian Ocean January 30 – Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedagh Merchant, an Armenian merchant vessel sailing under French passes, near the Malabar Coast. April – Kidd encounters Robert Culliford's pirate vessel Mocha Frigate at Île Sainte-Marie. Most of Kidd's crew desert to Culliford. Kidd burns the Adventure Galley and takes his remaining crew aboard the Adventure Prize (ex-Quedagh Merchant). September – Culliford and Dirk Chivers plunder the Great Muhammed.
North America
Undated – Canoot attacks and steals John Redwood's ship then raids the town of Lewes the next day. Undated – William Cotter and his former shipmate John Blackmore are convicted of piracy but receive no punishment.
South America
Undated – Anne Dieu-le-Veut is released from Colombia after being captured by Spain.
Births
Charles Harris
Deaths
Robert Colley Richard Glover Robert Glover
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