1711 in piracy
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Events
= Americas =
- 21 September – Battle of Rio de Janeiro: French Privateer René Duguay-Trouin captures Rio de Janeiro, and takes the Portuguese governor for ransom.{{Cite web |title=of the Corsairs of Saint Malo {{!}} Saint-Malo – Mont-Saint-Michel Bay – Tourism |url=https://www.saint-malo-tourisme.co.uk/explore-our-destination/on-the-tracks/of-the-corsairs-of-saint-malo/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Saint-Malo - Mont-Saint-Michel Bay - Tourism |language=en-GB}}{{Cite book |last=Love |first=Joseph |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Revolt_of_the_Whip/nmitHUj4EB4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ren%C3%A9%20Duguay-Trouin%20captures%20Rio%20de%20Janeiro&pg=PA28&printsec=frontcover |title=The Revolt of the Whip |date=2012-05-16 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8369-9 |pages=27–30 |language=en}}
=Europe=
- October 14 - Woodes Rogers returns to England after a successful round-the-world privateering cruise against Spain, carrying loot worth £150,000. Broils with the Admiralty courts delay distribution of the treasure.
Deaths
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