See also 1697 in piracy, 1699 in piracy, and Timeline of piracy. Events December 8 - William III of England issues his 1698 Act of Grace. Indian Ocean January 30 - Captain William Kidd plunders the Quedagh Merchant, an Armenian merchant vessel sailing under French passes, near the Malabar Coast. April - Kidd encounters Robert Culliford's pirate vessel Mocha Frigate at Île Sainte-Marie. Most of Kidd's crew desert to Culliford. Kidd burns the Adventure Galley and takes his remaining crew aboard the Adventure Prize (ex-Quedagh Merchant). September - Culliford and Dirk Chivers plunder the Great Muhammed. North America Undated - Canoot attacks and steals John Redwood's ship then raids the town of Lewes the next day. Undated - William Cotter and his former shipmate John Blackmore are convicted of piracy but receive no punishment. South America Undated - Anne Dieu-le-Veut is released from Colombia after being captured by Spain. Births Charles Harris Deaths Robert Colley Richard Glover Robert Glover References Piracy Piracy by year