1717

1717 is the year that Edward Thatch or Teech (Blackbeard) stole a ship called the Concord from the French Navy. He renamed the Ship Queen Anne's Revenge and used it as his pirating vessel from then on. In the fourth fil, On Stranger Tides, the captain (Blackbeard and later Barbossa) ownes a magic sword controlling the ship, giving him or her an almost 100% chance of capturing or killing the whole crew (Barbossa escaped however by sacrificing his leg when the Queen Anne's Revenge attacked the Black Pearl.