See also 1721 in piracy, 1723 in piracy and Timeline of piracy.
March - The Greyhound Galley seized and robbed by Spanish subjects.
March–April - Matthew Luke, Spanish guardacostas, plunders 4 British vessels, killing all aboard.
May - Luke captured by HMS Lanceston, and brought to Jamaica. He is later hanged there with all but 7 of his crew.
February 5 - Bartholomew Roberts' consort vessel, the Ranger, captured by Chaloner Ogle.
February 10 - Roberts' ship Royal Fortune overtaken and defeated by Ogle in the HMS Swallow. Roberts is killed and his crew captured.
March 28 - 54 of Roberts' pirates are sentenced to death at Cape Coast Castle.
February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, who reportedly robbed 470 vessels in his career, killed in action off Cape López.
