1717 (CofD)

1717
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Events

  • The Mother Grand Lodge of the Freemasons is opened in London.[1]

February

  • Black Sam Bellamy captures the Whydah, a well-armed merchant ship, and promptly loses it in a hurricane off Cape Cod.* [2]

September

  • King George I issues the Act of Grace. Any pirate who turns themself in will be forgiven for all acts of piracy committed through December 1717. A new governor, Woodes Rogers, is sent to Nassau.[3]

References

1716 18th century
1710s
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