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January
January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance
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February
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March
March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that God favors churches with no government.
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April
April 26 — The Whydah Gally, flagship of "Black Sam" Bellamy, is wrecked in a storm off Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The Whydah sinks with a reputed four and a half tons of treasure on board, and all but two of her crew are lost, including Bellamy.
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June
June 24 — The Grand Lodge of England, the first Freemasonic Grand Lodge (now the United Grand Lodge of England, UGLE) is founded in London, England.
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September
September: The first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, what is later to become the Ancient Order of Druids (AOD).
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November
November - Crews on two ships commanded by Benjamin Hornigold and Edward Teach attack and capture the British built French guineyman "Concorde" in the eastern Caribbean. Hornigold soon accepts a British amnesty for all pirates, but Teach rejects it and subsequently becomes known as Blackbeard.
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December
December - Blackbeard teams up with Stede Bonnet but later takes his ship and demotes Bonnet to guest. The "Queen Anne's Revenge" and "Revenge" take several ships as prizes in the Caribbean. Blackbeard eventually adds two more ships to his party and sails north to the North American coast.
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