PIRATE

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blackbeard has received more than 14,026,033 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Blackbeard is the 2nd most popular pirate, the 114th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 124th in 2019) and the 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 2 out of 29. Before him are Hayreddin Barbarossa. After him are Eric of Pomerania, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, Mary Read, Bartholomew Roberts, D. B. Cooper, François l'Olonnais, William Kidd, and Henry Every.

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Contemporaries

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

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 114 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Bacon (1220), Terry Pratchett (1948), Ian McKellen (1939), H. G. Wells (1866), Maggie Smith (1934), and Ada Lovelace (1815). After him are Neville Chamberlain (1869), Edward VIII (1894), Ringo Starr (1940), Edward II of England (1284), J. J. Thomson (1856), and Bon Scott (1946).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Blackbeard ranks 1. After him are Calico Jack (1682), Henry Morgan (1635), 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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