Timeline of The Pirates of the Caribbean

*"Yo ho, Yo ho, a pirates life for me!"*

This universe tells the tale of the famous pirate Jack Sparrow as he navigates the perilous oceans of the world, using his beloved *Black Pearl* in his pursuit of true freedom. Jack's story is one that revolves almost entirely around his freedom. Free from conflict, relationships, success or validation to others, and chasing the feeling that comes from not having the burden of trying to achieve these unimportant ideas. As such Jack is an anti-hero within his own story, often times skipping past the hero's journey, however is not immune to heroism and doing the right thing from time to time. The idea being that once one abandons such trivial pursuits, they become inspired to look for what the truly desire. What their heart wants most. Letting go and finding true freedom is not supposed to lead to nihilism and not doing anything adventurous or exciting. Although on the surface it may be hard to find redeeming qualities in Jack Sparrow, we can learn from his moment to moment style of living, and his choice to reject the heavy responsibilities that the world thrusts upon us, instead choosing to see life as a joyful uncertain adventure where we are free to pursue what we aspire to do. Where every day brings new opportunities and new challenges. One day we are winning. The next day we are losing. Those experiences ultimately make life worth living and we can strive to become a more playful adventurer... like *Captain* Jack Sparrow.

This timeline follows the chronology of the events within The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The dating system is identical to the real world dating system. The media contained on this list are the 5 Pirates of the Caribbean films;

* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

## Timeline of The Pirates of the Caribbean

### 1474

* Juan Ponce de León born in Santervás de Campos, Spain.

### 1485

* Hernán Cortés is born in Medellín, Extremadura, in Castile.

### 1497

* Silver Pieces of Eight are created in Spain.

### 1513

* Juan Ponce de León discovers Florida while discovering the marvels of the New World in his search for the Fountain of Youth.

### c. 1519

* Spanish conquistadors and their native allies who ruled under Hernán Cortés lead an offensive through the Valley of Mexico in an expedition of 11 ships and 500 men, designed to claim gold from the Aztecs.
* The Legend of Cortés occurs.

### 1521

* The efforts of the Spanish expedition lead by Hernán Cortés are successful, defeating the Aztec Empire.

### 1523

* Around this time, the Mao Kun Map is created, showing Ponce de León's journey to find the Fountain of Youth.
* Juan Ponce de León sails the *Santiago* to an island where he discovers the Fountain of Youth. The *Santiago* gets stranded inland by a storm, sitting atop of rocks on the edge of a cliff.

### 1600

* At an unknown date, a sailor named Davy Jones and the sea goddess Calypso fall in love with each other. Calypso rewarded that love by making Jones captain aboard the *Flying Dutchman* and gave him the sacred task of ferrying souls who died at sea to the afterlife. Because of his love, Davy Jones agreed to only set foot on dry land once every ten years at which time he would be reunited with Calypso for a single day, before returning to his task.
* The East India Trading Company is founded in England by London merchants on the 31st of December.

### c. 1610

* Davy Jones is able to return to shore for the first time since making his deal with Calypso, hoping to find and cherish her for one more day. However, whenever he came to ground, Calypso was nowhere to be found.
* The 1st Meeting of The Brethren Court occurs, binding Calypso with the Nine Pieces of Eight.
* Refusing to continue his duty, Jones returned to the seven seas; only now sailors everywhere would fear him to the death. Because of this, Jones became cursed, in which he and his crew slowly transform into sea creatures the longer they serve aboard the *Flying Dutchman.* Davy Jones' grief and guilt at what he had done became so great, he literally carved out his heart and locked it in the Dead Man's Chest, which he buried on Isla Cruces.

### 1668

* Hector Barbossa is born in West Country, England.
* Edward Teague is born.

### c. 1670

* The 2nd meeting of the Brethren Court occurs, during which the Pirate Lords Henry Morgan and Bartholomew set down the Pirate's Code and recorded it in the *Pirata Codex*. New roles within the Court were appointed, including Keeper and Carriers of the Code, as well as deciding on how to elect the Pirate King. The method of summoning the Court was also decided by the form of a song: *Hoist the Colours*.

### 1673

* The *Faithful Bride* tavern is opened in Tortuga.

### 1680

* Blackbeard is born in Bristol, England.

### 1683

* George Augustus is born in Hanover, Germany.

### 1687

* Cutler Beckett is born to Jonathan Beckett Sr.

### 1688

* Henry Morgan was believed to have died because of liver failure in Port Royal. However, Morgan actually retreats to a remote island where he begins to study alchemy.

### 1690

* Jack Sparrow is born to Edward Teague and an unknown female aboard a pirate ship in the middle of a hurricane.

### 1698

* The *Swift and Sons Chart House* is established in the town of Saint Martin on the island of the same name.

### c. 1700

* The Golden Age of Piracy begins, almost exactly where the Renaissance ended.
* James Norrington is born to Lawrence Norrington.
* Angelica Teach is born to Blackbeard, placed in a Spanish convent.

### 1705

* Cutler Beckett gets captured by the pirate crew of Christophe-Julien de Rapièr. The pirates torture the young man for days which leaves him with eternal hatred for all maritime outlaws. Lord Reginald Marmaduke Bracegirdle-Penwallow eventually ransoms Beckett.

### 1707

* The British Royal Navy and the East India Trading Company forces led by Admiral Lawrence Norrington attempt to capture the infamous pirate Captain Edward Teague.
* The unification of England and Scotland creates the Kingdom of Great Britain.

### 1708

* The Battle of the Devil's Triangle occurs.
* Will Turner is born to William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner in Glasgow, Scotland.
* Elizabeth Swann is born to Weatherby Swann in London, England.

### 1710

* Jack Sparrow abandons the pirate life and joins the East India Trading Company.

### 1711

* Cutler Beckett is assigned by the East India Trading Company to the port of Edo in Nippon.

### c. 1714

* Cutler Beckett is reassigned from Nippon to Calabar.
* The Royal Navy enters the Caribbean Sea as part of its expansion.

### 1715

* By this time, Hector Barbossa became Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea. His piece of eight was a wooden eyeball given to Ragetti for safe-keeping.
* East India Trading Company employee Jack Sparrow saves the ship he's serving on from falling into the hands of pirates. His superior Cutler Beckett promotes him to captain and gives him command of his own merchant ship; *Wicked Wench*.

### 1716

* East India Trading Company employee Jack Sparrow refuses to transport a cargo of slaves for Cutler Beckett, so he sets them all free. In response, Beckett had Jack branded as a pirate and Jack's ship, the *Wicked Wench*, burned and sunk.
* Jack makes a deal with Davy Jones to raise the ship from the depths, allowing him 13 years to sail it before he must serve for a century aboard the *Flying Dutchman*. Jack renames his ship the *Black Pearl.*
* Jack Sparrow becomes Captain of the *Black Pearl*.
* Captain Teague gives his Piece of Eight to his son Jack Sparrow. Sparrow becomes Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea.
* Around this time, Jack Sparrow sacks Nassau Port without firing a single shot.

### 1718

* By this time, Jocard killed his master and went from being a slave to a pirate.
* Jack Sparrow, captain of the *Black Pearl*, goes to Tortuga to recruit a crew to go after the Treasure of Cortés.
* The Mutiny on the *Black Pearl* occurs.
* Captain Barbossa and the crew sail the *Black Pearl* to Isla de Muerta, where they find the treasure. After spending all the treasure, Barbossa's crew became cursed and set about returning all 882 pieces of the treasure.
* Three days after his arrival, Jack barters passage off the island with a group of rumrunners. They take him to Port Royal where he starts anew.
* Bootstrap Bill Turner speaks out against the decision to mutiny against Jack and sent off his gold coin to his son, saying the crew deserved to remain cursed. Upon learning of Bootstrap Bill's actions, Barbossa has Turner strapped to a cannon, and sent to the bottom of the ocean. It is only after this point the crew learn they needed Turner's blood to lift the curse. Bootstrap Bill began living out a tortured existence on the seabed, unable to die; until he eventually makes a bargain with Davy Jones, at an unknown time, agreeing to serve one hundred years aboard the *Flying Dutchman*
* The Battle of Ocracoke Inlet occurs.

### 1720

* The Attack on the *Princess* occurs.
* Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth make a new home at Port Royal, a harbor town on the western coast of Jamaica.
* William Turner is apprenticed to John Brown, a local blacksmith at Port Royal. He becomes proficient in swordsmanship and grows a hatred for pirates.

### c. 1721

* Jack Sparrow mistakes Angelica's convent for a brothel. They have relations, causing Angelica to no longer be able to take her vows, becoming a pirate like Jack. Jack left her life during their romantic escapades.

### 1727

* George Augustus was crowned as King of England at Westminster Abbey.

### 1728

* By this time, Joshamee Gibbs has left the Royal Navy and gone to Tortuga.
* James Norrington's Promotion Ceremony occurs.
* The Attack on Port Royal occurs.
* Jack Sparrow and Will Turner steal the HMS *Interceptor*, taking it to rescue Elizabeth Swann.
* Jack Sparrow and Will Turner go to Tortuga to find a crew with which to pursue the *Black Pearl*.
* The Destruction of the *Interceptor* occurs.
* The Battle of Isla de Muerta occurs.
* Jack Sparrow regains his title as Captain of the *Black Pearl.*
* Captain Barbossa is resurrected by Tia Dalma, needing his status as a pirate lord to summon the Brethren Court and free her from her human form.
* Isla de Muerta is claimed by the sea before Jack's crew can claim its treasure. Jack the monkey stows aboard the *Black Pearl.*
* Will and Elizabeth are set to be married.

### 1729

* While pursuing Jack Sparrow, Norrington's ship, the *Dauntless*, was destroyed by a hurricane off Tripoli. Disgraced and embarrassed, Norrington resigns his post and disappears.
* Hoping to save himself from servitude aboard the *Flying Dutchman,* Jack Sparrow begins his search for the Dead Man's Chest and its key.
* Lord Cutler Beckett takes control of Port Royal, arresting Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann on their wedding day for the aiding of Jack Sparrow the year prior. Beckett was unable to also arrest James Norrington as a result of his disappearance months prior.
* Pintel and Ragetti escape from Port Royal prison.
* The Infiltration of the Turkish Prison occurs.
* Wishing to use the heart of Davy Jones to take command of the sea, Cutler Beckett sends Will Turner after Jack Sparrow with the goal of retrieving his magical compass that Beckett planned to use to locate the Dead Man's Chest.
* Will Turner begins scouring for news of Captain Jack Sparrow, a search that leads him to Isla de Pelegostos.
* The Escape from Isla de Pelegostos occurs.
* Elizabeth Swann escapes Port Royal to Tortuga as a stowaway aboard the *Edinburgh Trader* with the help of Weatherby Swann. Mr Mercer is sent to capture her.
* The Theft of Davy Jones' Key occurs.
* The Destruction of the *Edinburgh Trader* occurs.
* The Battle of Isla Cruces occurs.
* Needing Jack to bring her back to human form, Tia Dalma sends Hector Barbossa as captain of Jack's old crew to Davy Jones' Locker to rescue him.
* **THE WAR AGAINST PIRACY BEGINS**
	+ In order to end piracy, King George II of England declared martial law in the Caribbean. Beckett, in obedience of the King, ordered that all men, women, or children, convicted of piracy, or associating with a person convicted of piracy, shall hang by the neck until dead.
	+ With Jones' heart in his possession, Lord Beckett brings Davy Jones under his heel, pushing him to destroy and and all pirates across the ocean. He also orders the Kraken to be killed, considering it too large a threat. Jones' obliges.
	+ Lord Cutler Beckett is provided with a fleet of war ships with which to fight piracy.
	+ *Hoist the Colours* spreads through the pirate community, calling for the 4th meeting of the Brethren Court to fight the EITC.
	+ The Battle of Singapore occurs.
	+ Weatherby Swann is killed by Lord Beckett and Mr Mercer after he learns the secret of the heart of Davy Jones.
	+ Jack Sparrow returns to the Land of the Living.
	+ The Skirmish off of the Black Sand Beach occurs.
	+ The Attack on the *Empress* occurs.
	+ The 4th Meeting of the Brethren Court occurs.
	+ The Battle of Calypso's Maelstrom occurs.
* Pirates begin a new age of peace without the war against the East India Trading Company.
* Jack Sparrow sets out on a quest, racing against Hector Barbossa to find the Fountain of Youth.

### 1730

* Henry Turner is born on Port Royal to Elizabeth Swann and William Turner.
* Around this time, Blackbeard and his daughter Angelica Teach begin a search for the Fountain of Youth, hoping to save Blackbeard from "death at the hands of a one-legged man."

### 1732

* Carina Smyth is born to Hector Barbossa and Margaret Smyth.
* Margaret dies and Barbossa leaves his daughter Carina in an English orphanage with nothing but her name and the Diary of Galileo Galilei.

### 1739

* Will Turner steps foot at Port Royal for the first time in 10 years, meeting his son Henry and reuniting with his wife Elizabeth.

### 1740

* Around this time, Jack Sparrow finds the island that houses the Fountain of Youth but is unable to find the Fountain itself. He is forced to retreat, however still earns renown as the pirate who found the Fountain of Youth.

### 1742

* Henry Turner finds his father Will, informing him of the power of the Trident of Poseidon, capable of breaking Will's curse.

### 1746

* Ferdinand VI is crowned King of Spain.
* The Capture of the *Black Pearl* occurs.
* Hector Barbossa becomes a privateer, taking a Royal Pardon and captaincy of the HMS *Providence*, using the Royal Navy to aid his vengeful search for Blackbeard.

### c. 1747

* Privateer Barbossa saves the witch Shansa from the gallows. She turns her prison cell on Saint Martin into a sanctum for witchcraft, that Barbossa visits for information and aid.

### 1750

* Ferdinand VI sends his trusted agent known only as "The Spaniard", to find and destroy the Fountain of Youth, believing it capable of damaging the Catholic Church. The search began after an old sailor who claimed to have sailed with Juan Ponce de León was discovered with a diary that detailed the journey.
* The Escape in London occurs.
* Privateer Barbossa and Navigator Joshamee Gibbs set sail aboard the HMS *Providence* in a race against the Spanish to find the Fountain.
* The Mutiny on the *Queen Anne's Revenge* occurs.
* The Battle at Whitecap Bay occurs.
* The Skirmish at Palm Tree Grove occurs.
* The Battle for the Fountain of Youth occurs.
* Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs gain a new boat, *Dying Gull,* returning to a simple life of piracy.
* Captain Barbossa becomes a successful pirate, gaining a fleet of 10 ships.
* Carina Smyth decides to leave Hanover Hall and travel to Saint Martin to find the Map No Man Can Read and the Trident of Poseidon, determined to prove herself as an astrologist.

### 1751

* The price on Jack Sparrow's head decreases from £100 to just £1, and his name falls into legend. Some believe him to be dead and buried in an unmarked grave on Saint Martin.
* Around this time, Henry Turner joins the British Royal Navy, thinking it offered him the best chance of finding Jack Sparrow.
* Carina Smyth is arrested on Saint Martin for witchcraft.
* The Attack in the Devil's Triangle occurs.
* The Trials on Saint Martin occur.
* Shansa confirms to Captain Barbossa that Salazar has returned, and begun sinking ships within Barbossa's fleet. She gives him Jack's compass.
* Captain Barbossa locates Salazar, making a deal with him to deliver Jack in return for his own life.
* The Race to the Black Rock Island occurs.
* The Battle of Poseidon's Tomb occurs.
* Now free of his curse, Will Turner returns home where he reunites with his family.
* Jack Sparrow regains captaincy aboard the *Black Pearl,* having finally won his freedom to sail the seas.