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Blackbeard

1680 - 1718

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Edward Teach (or Thatch; c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet, but Hornigold retired from piracy toward the end of 1717, taking two vessels with him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blackbeard is the 4th most popular pirate (down from 2nd in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 114th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Pirate.

Blackbeard was a notorious pirate who terrorized the Atlantic coast of North America and the Caribbean during the early 18th century. He captured more than 40 ships and became one of the wealthiest pirates in history.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Blackbeard ranks 4 out of 29. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Henry Morgan, and Eric of Pomerania. After him are Ching Shih, Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, and William Kidd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, Saliha Sultan, James Anderson, Charles Vane, Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Among people deceased in 1718, Blackbeard ranks 2. Before him is Charles XII of Sweden. After him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, William Penn, Mary of Modena, Stede Bonnet, Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, Devlet II Giray, and Jan Brokoff.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 198 out of 8,785. Before him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Maggie Smith (1934), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), John Napier (1550), Paul Dirac (1902), and Robert Robinson (1886). After him are Ian McKellen (1939), Eric Clapton (1945), Cat Stevens (1948), Saint Patrick (385), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), and Calico Jack (1682).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 2. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635). After him are Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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