Beginning in April 1915, Herbert ordered his subordinates cease calling him " Sir ", and to address him only by the pseudonym " Captain William McBride.

William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

Captain William Kidd was either one of the most notorious pirates in the history of the world or one of its most unjustly vilified and prosecuted privateers in an age typified by the rationalisation of empire.

Captain Kidd and the Blessed William became part of a small fleet assembled by Codrington to defend Nevis from the French, with whom the English were at war.

On 11 December 1695, Bellomont, who was now governing New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, asked the " trusty and well beloved Captain Kidd " to attack Thomas Tew, John Ireland, Thomas Wake, William Maze, and all others who associated themselves with pirates, along with any enemy French ships.

* The King's Commission to William Kidd for the Capture of Captain Thomas Tew and Others

* National Archives – Images of letters and other documents concerning Captain William Kidd

* 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.

Lieutenant Jocelyn Feltham, the assistant to the fort's commander, Captain William Delaplace, was awoken by the noise, and called to wake the captain.

— William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk

The Nonsuch was commanded by Captain Zachariah Gillam and accompanied by des Groseilliers, while the Eaglet was commanded by Captain William Stannard and accompanied by Radisson.

The island's first known sighting by Europeans was on 21 August 1821 by the British ship Eliza Francis ( or Eliza Frances ) owned by Edward, Thomas and William Jarvis and commanded by Captain Brown.

* 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly journey in an open boat.

* 1854 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.

In 1938, The Captain and the Kids became the subject of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first self-produced series of theatrical short subject cartoons, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen and Friz Freleng.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, and named U. S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader, who selected William Clark as his partner.

* 1701 – After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name " Moroni " through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain William Kidd.

The four panels depict: The Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas ( 1825 ) by Antonio Capellano, The Landing of the Pilgrims ( 1825 ) and The Conflict of Daniel Boone and the Indians ( 1826 – 27 ) by Enrico Causici, and William Penn ’ s Treaty with the Indians ( 1827 ) by Nicholas Gevelot.

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story Un Capitano Moro (" A Moorish Captain ") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

* William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk

" Exquisite chemistry " among Kelley, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively.

* Ben was the white male borzoi, beloved of Edward J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic.

* Flying Fat Albert, M3, Captain A. J. Harrell USMC

* 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing " J ' accuse ", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

The islands were not officially named until Captain Charles J. Johnston of the Royal Naval ship sighted them on December 14, 1807.

* March 4 – In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard J. Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps, when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

In 1854, he was asked to become managing editor of the Tribune by its part-owner, Captain J. D. Webster.

Sturdy, Captain and Mrs. Sevier — who played an important role in the founding of Advaita Ashrama — and J. J. Goodwin, who became his stenographer and recorded his teachings and lectures.

Vivekananda left for India on 16 December 1896 from England with his disciples, Captain and Mrs. Sevier, and J. J. Goodwin.

However, the pregnant wife of Captain J. M.

Captain J. C. Dunn, a medical officer attached to the regiment's 2nd Battalion during the First World War, compiled a chronicle of that unit's experiences during its more than four years of service in France and Belgium.

* 1841 Captain J. G.

In attendance were Captain Clarence Renshaw, one of Groves ' assistants ; Major Hugh J. Casey, the chief of the Construction Division's Design and Engineering Section ; and George Bergstrom, a former president of the American Institute of Architects.

US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara failed to inform US President Lyndon B. Johnson that the U. S. naval task group commander in the Tonkin Gulf, Captain John J. Herrick, had changed his mind about the alleged North Vietnamese torpedo attack on U. S. warships he had reported earlier that day.

Some of Barrymore's silent film roles included A. J. Raffles in Raffles the Amateur Cracksman ( 1917 ), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1920 ), Sherlock Holmes ( 1922 ), Beau Brummel ( 1924 ), Captain Ahab in The Sea Beast ( 1926 ), and Don Juan ( 1926 ).

Other popular characters included by Farmer as members of the Wold Newton family are: Solomon Kane ; Captain Blood ; The Scarlet Pimpernel ; Sherlock Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty ; Phileas Fogg ; The Time Traveller ( main character of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ); Allan Quatermain ; A. J.

Captain James Hook ( his name sometimes shortened to ' Jas ') is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan ; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations.

In Dylan Dog comic book, Captain Hook's biography is the same as in J. M. Barrie's story, but he left Neverland after his defeat on the hands of Peter Pan.

A character from the series, Captain Bruno J.

Michael Joseph " Mike " Farrell ( born February 6, 1939 ) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B. J.

No other major activity is recorded in the county until 1849, when Captain Randolph B. Marcy, commander of a U. S. military escort expedition led by Lieutenant J. E. Johnson, passed through the county.

In 1873 English brothers James Hamilton Cator and Arthur J. L. ( Bob ) Cator were sent by their father, British naval officer Captain John Bertie Cator, to Kansas in search of financial opportunity.

In 1835, Federal soldiers under Captain J. L. Dawson built the Dawson Road, following an old Osage hunting trail.

* In Kevin J. Anderson's Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius, the Nautilus appears as a real submarine, apparently cigar-shaped like the one from the novel, built by Nemo for the Ottoman Empire.