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Charles Vane

1680 - 1721

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Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the leadership of Henry Jennings, during Jennings' attack on the salvage camp for the wrecked Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet off the coast of Florida. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Vane is the 19th most popular pirate (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 720th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Pirate.

Charles Vane is most famous for being a pirate. He was one of the most feared pirates of the late 1700s and early 1800s.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Charles Vane ranks 19 out of 29. Before him are Henry Every, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, Jan Janszoon, and Stede Bonnet. After him are Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, Edward England, Thomas Tew, Jean Lafitte, and Roche Braziliano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Charles Vane ranks 8. Before him are Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, Saliha Sultan, and James Anderson. After him are Richard Cantillon, Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Emanuele d'Astorga, and John Machin. Among people deceased in 1721, Charles Vane ranks 8. Before him are Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, Mary Read, Johann Christoph Bach, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. After him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Edward Colston, Pierre Daniel Huet, Elihu Yale, and Zinat-un-Nissa Begum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Vane ranks 1,344 out of 8,785. Before him are J. B. S. Haldane (1892), George Atwood (1745), Frederick Browning (1896), Tony Atkinson (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), and Alistair MacLean (1922). After him are James Faulkner (1948), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Mungo Park (1771), Winifred Wagner (1897), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), and Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Charles Vane ranks 9. Before him are Calico Jack (1682), Mary Read (1695), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), and Benjamin Hornigold (1680). After him are Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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