Capt. William Kidd is arrested for piracy.

Kidd is arrested at a house at the corner of today’s Washington Street and Milk Street near today’s 314 Washington Street. He, his wife, and a maid had recently arrived in Boston on board the Antonia under a grant of safe conduct issued by Gov. Lord Bellomont, who had invested in hiring Kidd to hunt pirates in Africa. Kidd is subsequently accused of turning pirate himself, however. Brought before the governor and Council at the State House, Kidd is tried, convicted, and imprisoned on Court Street for the remainder of the year. Kidd and his treasure are shipped to London aboard the Advice in February 1700. He is hanged in London and his body is placed on a gibbet and left to rot on May 25, 1701.