### Death of Blackbeard **Date**: November 22, 1718 • **Location**: Cove Creek, United States The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina. Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. He remains one of history's most well-known pirates.

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