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Timeline of piracy in the Bay of Honduras

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Pirates, privateers, corsairs, and buccaneers were active in the Bay of Honduras, in the western Caribbean Sea, from the 1540s to the 1860s. Their actions in said bay (the Bay) were part of a broader phenomenon of piracy in the Caribbean, most especially during the Golden Age of Piracy (in the late 17th and early 18th centuries). This is an annotated, chronological list of their deeds, and related events, with a sortable table provided.

Prelude 30 July 1502–14 August 1502: Christopher Columbus reconnoitres the southern coast of the Bay during his fourth voyage, this being the first arrival of non-Amerindians to the region. July 1508–December 1508: Juan Díaz de Solís and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, with Pedro de Ledesma, reconnoitre the mouth of the Bay during the Pinzón–Solís voyage. 1510s: Cuban slaving expeditions to the Bay Islands. 13 November 1518: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar named adelantado of Yucatán, encompassing the northern half of the Bay. January 1524–June 1524: Gil González Dávila founds the first Hispanic settlement in the Bay, Porto Caballos, and further leads a campaign against Manche Chʼol settlements on the Dulce River, bringing the Spanish conquest of Honduras to the Bay. 3 May 1524: Cristóbal de Olid founds Triunfo de la Cruz. 18 May 1525: Francisco de las Casas relocates Triunfo de la Cruz and christens it Truxillo. 8 December 1526: Francisco de Montejo named adelantado of Yucatán. July 1528–December 1528: Francisco de Montejo, with Alonso González Dávila, leads a campaign against Chetumal, bringing the Spanish conquest of Yucatán to the Bay, and further (partially) reconnoitres the northern coast of the Bay. July 1532–June 1533: Alonso González Dávila (fully) reconnoitres the northern coast of the Bay. 8 December 1537: Alonso de Cáceres founds Comayagua. 1540s: Marcos de Ayala Trujeque pioneers the Spanish logwood trade, which possibly reaches Bacalar shortly thereafter. January 1544–June 1544: Pachecos entrada brings the northern half of the Bay under Spanish rule. 1546: Royal Navy established. October 1546–June 1547: Pedro de Ávila, under commission by Francisco de Montejo, surveys the Bay. 1550: Spanish begin construction of Fort Santa Barbara.

16th century November 1544–December 1544: Twenty-two French corsairs aboard a patax, Pedro Braques captain, cruise the Bay, but are apprehended. 1558–1560: French corsairs raid Truxillo thrice, Porto Caballos once, and a nearby settlement called Monguiche once. March 1558–June 1558: Two-hundred French corsairs, aboard two ships, raid Porto Caballos. 1561: French corsairs raid Porto Caballos and Truxillo. January 1571–mid-April 1571: Chuetot, with 50 men aboard a ship from Honfleut, cruises the Bay. 13 January 1572: Lutheran pirates or privateers, aboard three ships and a chalupa, raid Porto Caballos. 23 February 1573–22 March 1573: Francis Drake, with 17 men aboard the Minion, or John Oxenham aboard the Bear, cruise the Bay (and land at Bonacca) during their Caribbean expedition. 2 April 1575–April 1575: Gilbert Horseley, with 32 men on board the John, raids Truxillo and Porto Caballos, and thereafter cruises the Bay. 9 May 1575: French corsairs, aboard two zabras, raid Porto Caballos and Truxillo. July 1576–December 1576: Andrew Barker, with William Coxe, Philip Roche, and 70 men aboard the Ragged Staffe and Beare, raids Truxillo, but is eventually repulsed. October 1577–April 1578: An English pirate or privateer (called Francisco de Acles by the Spanish), with 60 men aboard two ships, cruise the Bay, further sacking Porto Caballos and Bacalar. mid-February 1578–mid-March 1578: William Coxe, with 35 men, cruises the Bay. May 1580: French corsairs or English pirates or privateers (possibly) cruise the northern half of the Bay (off the Yucatán Peninsula). 9 May 1592–June 1592: Christopher Newport, with 200 men aboard the Golden Dragon, Prudence, Margaret, and Virgin, raids Truxillo and Porto Caballos. March 1593–December 1593: The Count of Cumberland, with some 125 men aboard the Anthony and the Discovery, attempts to raid Porto Caballos, but is shortly repulsed. January 1594–June 1594: Christopher Newport and John Burgh attempt to raid Porto Caballos, but are shortly repulsed, whereupon Newport cruises the Bay with John Middleton. 15 May 1594: William Parker and Jérémie Raymond, with four ships, two frigates, and three pinnaces, raid Porto Caballos or Truxillo. 1595: English pirates or privateers, in consort with French corsairs, capture Truxillo. 1595: An English pirate or privateer, in consort with a French corsair (the former called Rocharte, the latter Jeremías, by the Spanish), attempt to raid Porto Caballos, but upon failing, raid settlements in the Golfo Dulce, and thereafter water in Utila, where they are repulsed. May 1595: William Parker, aboard one ship, three consorts, and two pinnaces, (again) raids Porto Caballos, further cruising the Golfo Dulce, and thereafter rendezvousing with Benjamin Wood and Wentworth [captains under Robert Dudley] at Bonacca, whereupon they all raid and occupy Truxillo. July 1595: Jérémie Raymond, with three ships, a pinnace, and a galliot, raids and burns Porto Caballos, further cruising the Golfo Dulce, and thereafter retiring to Utila, where the crew are surprised by a Spanish force out of Truxillo. 30 March 1597–15 April 1597: Anthony Sherley and William Parker raid Truxillo, Porto Caballos, and riverine settlements on the Dulce River.

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