1620s in piracy
# 1620s in piracy

This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1620s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1620 and 1629.

## Events

### 1620

* Unknown - Jans Janszoon, also known as Murat Reis the Younger, a Dutch Barbary Pirate, converts to Islam.

### 1621

* January 6 - Roger North is imprisoned in the Tower of London.
* July 18 - Roger North is released from the Tower of London.
* Late October - The 120-ton Jacob of Bristol was attacked and captured in the Strait of Gibraltar by Algerian corsairs.
* Mid-November - The Nicholas and the George Bonaventure, two small English merchantmen, were attacked and captured near the Strait of Gibraltar.

### 1622

* December 26 - The Jacob is, again, attacked near the Strait of Gibraltar and sunk.

### 1625

* Zheng Zhilong founds Shibazhi, an organization of Chinese pirates.

### 1626

* Unknown - Cornelius Jol joins the Dutch West India Company and becomes an admiral.

### 1627

* During the 14 days between the 4th and the 19th of July - Murat Reis the Younger raided both Eastern Region and Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland. The raid on Vestmannaeyjar is called The Turkish abductions.
* Unknown - Murat Reis the Younger captures the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel and holds it for five years.

### 1628

* Unknown - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, with the help of Moses Cohen Henriques, capture the Spanish treasure fleet during a battle in the Bay of Mantanzas in Cuba during the Eighty Years' War.
* Unknown - Zheng Zhilong defeats the Ming Dynasty's fleet then begins working for them and is appointed major general.

## Births

### 1620

* Unknown - John Murphy Fitzgerald, also known as Juan Morfa

### 1628

* Unknown - John Aylett

### 1629

* Unknown - Daniel Johnson

## Deaths

### 1620

* October 10 - Sulayman Reis

### 1622

* April 17 - Richard Hawkins
* Summer - Jack Ward
* Unknown - Jan Jacobsen

### 1627

* February 22 - Olivier van Noort
* Unknown - Hendrick Jacobszoon Lucifer

### 1628

* August 18 - Piers Griffith

### 1629

* June 18 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein
