• 1400 to 1200 BC - piracy increases by "Sea People" in the Mediterranean
• 475 BC - General Cimon drives the Dolopian pirates out of Scyros
• 231 BC - 227 BC - Illyrian Pirates menace trade amid the reign of Queen Teuta
• 71 BC - Rome declares war on Cretan pirates
• 69 BC - 67 BC - Rome declares another war targeting the Cretan pirates
• 67 BC - Pompey the Great wins against Cilician Pirates in the Battle of Coracesium
• 67 BC - Gabinian Law established to permit Pompey authority to deal with pirates
• 1 BC - Pirates from Cicilia capture young Julius Cesar
• 258-264 BC - Coast of Black Sea, Cyprus and Crete became targets by pirate fleets
• 67 - Ostia now headquarters against the Cilician pirates
• 286 - Carausius was appointed to protect the English Chanel against pirates
• 2nd century - Piracy increased after the Chinese Han Dynasty started to decline
• 4th century - Saint Patrick was captured by pirates
• 13th century - The height of piracy in the European waters
• 1241 - Piracy near the Germany and Baltic coastline prompted Hanseatic League alliance
• 1300 - English Chanel defended by the organized fleets of Cinque Ports
• 1390 - French and English combined to ward off against African based pirates
• 13th century - Wokou pirates from japan attacked the coasts of China and Korea
• 15th century - Ming dynasty began to repel pirates
• 16th century - New sea routes to India and New World encouraged pirates to attack ships
• 1527 - Jean Fleury was executed when he raided English ships
• 1550 - Spanish treasure ships now targets for pirates
• 1554-1565 - Traders near Cuba and Florida constantly attacked by pirates
• 1557 - Queen Elizabeth recruted privateers to fight against the Spain
• 1579-1596 - The career began for Sir Francis Drake as privateer
• 1623-1638 - Caribbean main target for piracy, with over 500 ships being captured
• 1642-1643 - Privateer William Jackson captured several Spanish ships and towns
• 1650 to 1680 - Beginning of the "Golden Age of Piracy"
• 1690s - The second stage of "Golden Age of Piracy", pirates plundered the Indian and Red sea
• 1695 - Captain Henry Every captures a treasure ship of the Mughal emperor
• 1701 - The trial and execution of William Kidd
• 1718 - Blackbeard was active in the Caribbean and later died the same year
• 1720 - Crew of Captain Jack Rackham captured and among them were Anne Bonny and Mary Read
• 1722 - Death of Bartholomew Roberts caused piracy to decline
• 1724 - Book named "A General History of the Pyrates" provided facts on pirate captains
• 1716 - 1730 - The last stage of "Golden Age of Piracy"
• 1765 - 1807 - Chinese pirate Zheng Yi (aka Cheng I) rose to fame
• 1775 - American Revolution prompted piracy between America and Europe
• 1780 - 1821 - Jean Lafitte plundered ships in the Gulf of Mexico
• 1803 - Piracy thrived again in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars
• 1805 - Zheng Yi (aka Cheng I) becomes the leader of an alliance of Chinese pirates
• 1807 - 1810 - Zheng Yi Sao with the alliance began a reign of terror in the South China Sea
• 1808 - The fleet of Zheng Yi Sao defeats a Chinese naval fleet near Canton
• 1809 - The fleet of Zheng Yi Sao wins another battle against the Chinese naval fleet
• 1810 - 1820 - Mexican Gulf now attacked by Jean Lafitte privateers and pirates
• 1820 - British and American combined fleets purged piracy Central America
• 1850 - Asian piracy ceased in the aftermath from defeat by English fleets
• 2005 - Somali Civil War prompted pirates to raid ships from the Suez Canal to India