When Kidd found out what had happened, he was outraged and forced his men to return most of the stolen property.

Kidd was declared a pirate very early in his voyage by a Royal Navy officer to whom he had promised " thirty men or so ".

The " Left Column " of 675 men was composed of the 6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment under Colonel James H. Kidd, recently transferred from the Civil War battlefields of Virginia.

Representative Kidd also led the campaign for Kentucky to ratify the United States Constitution's 13th Amendment ( abolishing slavery ), 14th Amendment ( defining citizenship ) and 15th Amendment ( granting all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ).

According to Edward Barlow, a captain employed by the English East India Company, Kidd attacked a Mughal convoy here under escort by Barlow's East Indiaman, and was repelled.

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.

Thus short-handed, Kidd sailed for New York City, capturing a French vessel en route ( which was legal under the terms of his commission ).

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

Kidd kept the French passes of the Quedagh Merchant, as well as the vessel itself.

* The Whigs sponsor Captain Kidd of New York as a privateer against French shipping.

Culliford and Kidd first met as shipmates aboard the French privateer Sainte Rose in 1689 ; there were only six other Britons aboard.

After the War of the Grand Alliance broke out, Kidd, Culliford, and their British comrades mutinied against a French prize crew, taking the ship and renaming it the Blessed William, with Kidd put in command.

Kidd became captain, either the result of an election of the ship's crew or because of appointment by Christopher Codrington, governor of the island of Nevis.

On Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy, as early as 1875, reference was made to searches on the West side of the island for treasure allegedly buried by Kidd during his time as a privateer.

Pirate luminaries such as William Kidd, Henry Every, John Bowen, and Thomas Tew made Antongil Bay and Nosy Boraha ( St. Mary ’ s Island ) ( a small island 12 miles off the north-east coast of Madagascar ) their bases of operations.

The privateer William Kidd buried treasure on the island in June, 1699, having stopped there while sailing to Boston to answer charges of piracy.

In June 1699 Kidd was stopped on the island while sailing to Boston to try to clear his name.

On 2 February 2008, ROC president Chen Shui-bian personally visited the island accompanied by a significant naval force including two fleets with Kidd class destroyer flagships and two submarines.

The Spanish made a few attempts to settle the area, but pirates such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd were the first permanent inhabitants of the island.

Some modern historians deem his piratical reputation unjust, as there is evidence that Kidd acted only as a privateer.

Kidd took pride in personally selecting the crew, choosing only those he deemed to be the best and most loyal officers.

Moore urged Kidd to attack the Dutchman, an act not only piratical but also certain to anger the Dutch-born King William.

According to Zacks, Kidd was unaware that Culliford had only about 20 crew with him, and felt ill manned and ill equipped to take the Mocha Frigate until his two prize ships and crews arrived, so he decided not to molest Culliford until these reinforcements came.

The mid-90s were considered the only positive period for the Mavs, led by The 3 J's: Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn.

Jennie Kidd Trout ( April 21, 1841-November 10, 1921 ) was the first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor, and was the only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880, when Emily Stowe completed the official qualifications.

Prior to the 2001 arrival of Jason Kidd, the Nets had made the playoffs in only 10 of their first 25 seasons in the NBA.

The party contested only one parliamentary seat, Glasgow Central at the 1989 by-election, when its candidate Bill Kidd received 137 votes ( 0. 5 %).

* November 10-Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 ( b. 1841 )

Alex Kidd is the only playable character in the game.

Haven served only briefly, leaving in 1911 to join the federal cabinet of Robert Borden, and was replaced by the charismatic and popular James Kidd Flemming.

* April 21-Jennie Kidd Trout, physician, first woman in Canada legally to become a medical doctor and only woman in Canada licensed to practice medicine until 1880 ( died 1921 )

On February 19, 2008 Van Horn signed a three-year deal ( only the first year guaranteed ) with the Mavericks in order to help complete a blockbuster trade that sent Jason Kidd from the New Jersey Nets to the Mavericks and Devin Harris to the Nets.

Both had previously used Kidd Field, the school's current track and field stadium, which only seats 15, 000.

It is the only 16-bit platform game starring Alex Kidd, and the fifth game in the Alex Kidd series of video games.

In reality, pirates burying treasure was rare: the only pirate known to have buried treasure was William Kidd, who is believed to have buried at least some of his wealth on Long Island before sailing into New York.

In his junior year, Jackson's second and final career triple-doubles against Florida A & M made him only the third Pac-10 player in history to achieve multiple career triple-doubles ( joining Jason Kidd and Loren Woods ).

She tries to clear Mrs. Kidd out of her office, but Mrs. Kidd only becomes more insistent until Marlene finally screams at her to " piss off ".

In the sketch itself Brian Kidd says they paid a lot of money to Umbro for the shirts, and suggests that at half time Southampton should wear different shirts ( instead of Man Utd changing to blue and white like in the real game ), only for Brian Kidd to hold up a shirt displaying a crowd scene.

Kidd is the only one who survives.

In 1946, after playing roles that had him wandering in and out of the saddle for many years, including a role alongside Charles Laughton in the cheaply made production Captain Kidd ( 1945 ), Scott appeared in Abilene Town, a UA release which cast him in what would become one of his classic images, the fearless lawman cleaning up a lawless town.

There are also two Roman Catholic Parishes in the town, St Matthew ’ s parish was founded in 1946 and the C-listed church building was designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, opening in 1950, featuring sculputre panels by Benno Schotz depicting the life of St. Matthew.

Kidd Creek flows west to east before joining Austin Creek about 3 miles south of town.

Kidd spent her early years in Millersburg, a town in Bourbon County.

Millersburg's blacks lived in a section of the town called Shippsville, and Kidd went to school there until the eighth grade.