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1765 CE - 1807 CE: Life of the Chinese pirate Zheng Yi (aka Cheng I).
1801 CE: The Chinese pirate Zheng Yi marries a former Cantonese prostitute, Zheng Yi Sao (aka Ching Shih).
1805 CE: Zheng Yi (aka Cheng I) becomes the head of a large confederation of Chinese pirates.
1805 CE: The Chinese authorities attack the pirate base of Zheng Yi at Kuang-chou Bay (near modern Guangzhou, China).
1807 CE: Death of the Chinese pirate Zheng Yi (aka Cheng I) either in a typhoon or in action.