Algerian Corsair Raids (1630s)

Name: Algerian Corsair Raids (1630s)
Start: 1630
End: 1640

Type Event Region North Africa Time 1630–1640

In the 1630s, Barbary corsair activity based in Algiers reached one of its peaks, raiding Mediterranean coasts and even Atlantic settlements in Irela…

Timeline

1631Baltimore, Ireland · IrelandMurat Reis led some 200 corsairs in a night raid on Baltimore in southwestern Ireland, carrying off 107 inhabitants as slaves—the largest Barbary landing in the history of the British Isles.
1631–1640Western Mediterranean · MediterraneanThroughout the 1630s, corsair fleets from Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli repeatedly preyed on the western Mediterranean, capturing merchant ships, demanding ransoms, and raiding coastal ports of Spain, France, and Italy, forcing many states to pay annual tribute for safe passage.

Sources

The Stolen Village: Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates — Des Ekin (2006)
Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500–1800 — Robert C. Davis (2003)