Captain Kidd
c. 1655–1701
Scottish sailor hanged for piracy.
Captain Kidd (c. 1655–1701) was a pirate, born in Dundee and died in Wapping.
- Known as
- Pirate
- Category
- Historical Figures
- Born
- c. 1655, Dundee
- Died
- 1701, Wapping
Golden Age of Piracy
- Henry Morgan c. 1635–1688, pirate
- Calico Jack 1682–1720, pirate
- Mary Read c. 1685–1721, pirate
- Anne Bonny c. 1697–c. 1782, pirate
- Blackbeard c. 1680–1718, pirate
Alive at the same time as Captain Kidd
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632–1723, microscopist
- Christopher Wren 1632–1723, architect
- John Locke 1632–1704, philosopher
- Henry Morgan c. 1635–1688, pirate
- Robert Hooke 1635–1703, scientist
- Louis XIV 1638–1715, king
- Isaac Newton 1643–1727, scientist
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646–1716, philosopher and mathematician
- Blackbeard c. 1680–1718, pirate
- Calico Jack 1682–1720, pirate
- Mary Read c. 1685–1721, pirate
- Anne Bonny c. 1697–c. 1782, pirate
Portrait: James Thornhill, Public domain.
