Pirates, privateers, corsairs, and buccaneers were active in the Bay of Honduras, in the western Caribbean Sea, from the 1540s to the 1860s. Their actions in said bay (the Bay) were part of a broader phenomenon of piracy in the Caribbean, most especially during the Golden Age of Piracy (in the late 17th and early 18th centuries). This is an annotated, chronological list of their deeds, and related events, with a sortable table provided.
Prelude
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Table
The following table lists 16th to 18th century events from above.
+ Place Event Party PartyNotes Bay Cruise Braques With 22 French corsairs in a patax Raid Various French corsairs Caballos Raid 200 French corsairs in two ships Raid Various French corsairs Bay Cruise Chuetot With 50 men in ship from Honfleut Caballos Raid Various Lutherans in three ships and a chalupa Bonacca Cruise Drake or Oxenham López Vaez In Minion or Bear Horseley Raid Various French corsairs in two zabras Truxillo Raid Barker With Coxe, Roche, and 70 men in Ragged Staffe and Beare Acles With 60 men in two ships Bay Cruise Coxe With 35 men Bay Cruise Various English or French men Raid Newport With 200 men in the Golden Dragon, Prudence, Margaret, and Virgin Caballos Raid Cumberland With some 125 men in the Anthony and Discovery Caballos Caballos or Truxillo Raid In nine vessels Truxillo Raid Various English and French men Various English and French men In six or seven vessels Raymond In five vessels Raid Bay Cruise Various men in four vessels Bluefields Cruise Blauvelt Caballos Raid Sto Tomas Charter Governor Various Spanish vecinos settle port Raid Six English men in a frigate Sto Tomas Raid Various Dutch men Raid Various Dutch men Caballos Raid Various Dutch men Truxillo Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Providence Camp Quinn Bacalar Raid Various English men Hague Charter Dutch WIC Various Dutch men Bay Smuggling By Spanish vecinos with Dutch and English ships Bay Slaving Of Amerindians by various English, Dutch, or French men Truxillo Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Tortuga Camp Hilton London Charter Providence Isl Co Various English men London Charter Providence Isl Co Charter territory expanded to the Bay Truxillo Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Tortuga Logging Of dye-woods Truxillo Raid With Mulatto and Jol, for the Dutch WIC Bay Cruise Various English or Dutch men London Charter Providence Isl Co Granted letters of reprisal against Spanish Madrid Charter Armada de Barlovento Various Spanish men Providence Charter Providence Isl Co Various men commissioned as privateers Truxillo Nacre or Nackere With (initially) 60 English and 100 Miskitu men, and (later) 25 to 30 men in a frigate Mérida Logging Governor Forbids laying logwood in open beaches Bay Cruise Newman In three vessels Tipu Revolt Including possible piratical aid Barcadares Camp Wallace Bennett's Lagn Raid Of Maya hamlets by various English or Dutch men Bay Cruise Mulatto Bay Cruise Various English or Dutch men in seven vessels Providence Charter Providence Isl Co Grant settlement charter for Rattan to Claiborne Bonacca Raid Mulatto In two ships Truxillo Raid With 200 English and various Miskitu men, for Providence Isl Co Rattan Raid Various English or Dutch men, with Gaitan and various Amerindian residents of Bonacca Bay Cruise Various English or Dutch men in four ships Rattan Camp Various English men or Baymen Raid Various English or Dutch men in eight vessels Belize or Sittee Riv Raid Fuensalida Various Dutch men with Canche Truxillo Raid Mulatto Raid Mulatto Raid Mulatto With 70 men Raid Jackson With Rous, Axe, Cromwell, and 1,200 men in six vessels Raid Various English or Dutch men Lake Izabal Charter Governor Spanish fort built Truxillo Raid 1,600 English or Dutch men in sixteen ships Bonacca Raid Various English or Dutch men Truxillo Raid Various English or Dutch men Bacalar Raid Abraham Barcadares Logging Of logwood by various Baymen Bay Slaving Of Amerindians and Spaniards by Miskitu men with Baymen and Shoremen Rattan Raid Various Spanish men against English men, Baymen, or Shoremen Bacalar Raid Abraham New Riv Raid Of Maya hamlets by English or Dutch men Belize Riv Cruise Pérez Various English or Dutch men Hondo Riv Raid Of Maya hamlets by English or Dutch men Pacha Raid Various Englishmen or Baymen Truxillo Raid Olonnais Spanish Town Smuggling Council of Jamaica Resolve to force trade with Spaniards Madrid Charter Armada de Barlovento Reformed Where other means various Spanish or Amerindian coastal settlements in the Bay of Honduras Olonnais With Klijn Raid Various English, French, or Dutch men Madrid Charter Crown real cédula deems logging by non-Spaniards piracy Truxillo Raid Various French men Belize Riv Sharpe Delgado Raid Various English, French, or Dutch men Bay Cruise Coxon Captures indigo-laden Spanish merchant vessel Bay Cruise Castro With Corso and Nicolo, against English shipping Bay Cruise Hamlin Against English shipping Bay Cruise Lake Izabal Raid Various Dutch men Lake Izabal Raid Various Dutch men Bay Cruise With Willems, Andrieszoon, Bannister, and Bot Lake Izabal Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Ascension Bay Graaf Of Maya hamlets Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Bay Cruise Against Spanish shipping Amatique Bay Raid Various English, Dutch, or French men Belize Riv Raid Various Spanish men against English shipping Chetumal Bay Cruise With 30 men in two goletas Tipu Raid Various Baymen Rattan Cruise Blackbeard Wade With some 180 English and 70 Afro-Caribbean men in three vessels Turneffe Atoll Cruise Blackbeard With Bonnet, Richards, and Hands in two vessels Bay Cruise Vane With Deal, against English shipping Bay Cruise Vernon Vane Including arrest of Vane for piracy Belize Riv Cruise Lowther With Walkers and 80 to 90 men in two vessels, against English shipping Belize Riv Cruise Anstis Dursey With Fenn in the Morning Star Belize Riv Cruise Barca With 50 men in two periaguas Belize Riv With Lewis and some 50 men, against 50 to 60 Spanish privateers in one vessel Bonacca Cruise Spriggs With some 40 men in the Bachelor's Delight Bay Cruise Various Spanish privateers Bay Cruise Windham With 85 men, against HMS Diamond Bay Cruise With Simmons, Barlow, 10 English and three or four Afro-Caribbean men in a periagua Bay Cruise Spriggs Against English shipping Belize Riv Cruise Díaz de la Rabia Bridge With 90 Spanish privateers in a frigate, against HMS Diamond Ascension Bay Raid Various Baymen with some 100 Miskitu men in several small craft Bacalar Charter Governor Various Spanish vecinos re-settle as military post Bay Cruise Rickets Various Spanish privateers in two periaguas Bay Cruise Various Spanish privateers Bacalar Charter Governor Spanish fort built Caballos Raid Various English, French, or Dutch men Bay Cruise Various Spanish privateers
See also Timeline of piracy
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