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2011 Event - After airstrikes destroy 30 - 40 per cent of Libya's ground forces, U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen states the war is moving toward a stalemate

2010 Event - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens sensitive marshes and wildlife along the Gulf Coast; Admiral Thad Allan is appointed to lead the Federal response to the spill

1996 Death - Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80

1996 Death - Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C.

1996 Death - Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94

1994 Death - Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82

1993 Event - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral

1993 Event - Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA

1993 Event - Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA

1986 Event - Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die

1985 Event - President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser

1981 Event - Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA

1981 Event - Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA

1980 Death - Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89

1979 Death - Louis Mountbatten, British Admiral of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA

1978 Event - CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy

1976 Death - Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88

1973 Event - Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain

1971 Death - Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies

1971 Death - Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94

1971 Event - Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy

1969 Death - Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83

1969 Event - Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA

1966 Event - Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA

1966 Event - Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA

1966 Death - Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Admiral (WW II), dies at 80

1963 Death - Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80

1960 Event - Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral

1957 Death - Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent 1920 - 1944, dies at 88

1956 Event - 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek

1956 Death - Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77

1947 Event - Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA

1946 Event - Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA

1946 Event - Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA

1945 Death - John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies

1945 Event - Lieutenant Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff

1945 Event - British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz

1945 Event - Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government

1945 Death - Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged

1945 Death - Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61

1944 Event - Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die

1944 Death - Mineichi Koga, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies

1943 Death - Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies

1943 Event - Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island)

1943 Event - Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean

1943 Death - I Yamamoto, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies

1943 Event - Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul

1942 Death - Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24

1942 Event - Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death

1942 Death - Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists

1942 Death - Norman Scott, U.S. Admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies

1942 Event - Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map

1942 Event - Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet

1942 Event - Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered

1942 Event - Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan

1942 Event - Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon

1941 Event - 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan

1941 Event - Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon

1941 Event - Admiral Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note

1941 Death - Gunther Lutjens, German Admiral (Bismarck), dies

1941 Event - Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler

1941 Event - U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor

1940 Event - Admiral Furstner departs to England

1940 Event - Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable

1938 Birthday - Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations

1938 Event - Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico

1938 Birthday - Jock Slater, born in the United Kingdom, admiral, Royal Navy, served 1958 - 1998, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, 1968 1971

1937 Birthday - Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8

1937 Birthday - Joop Admiral, Dutch actor and director, You Are My Mother

1937 Event - 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6

1937 Event - 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4

1937 Event - 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2

1936 Birthday - Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support

1936 Birthday - Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich

1934 Birthday - Roberta Hazard, USN Admiral

1934 Death - Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies

1933 Birthday - Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet

1932 Event - Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo

1932 Birthday - Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992

1929 Event - Admiral Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight

1929 Birthday - Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse

1928 Death - Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral (WW I), dies at 65

1928 Birthday - William Staveley, British admiral

1927 Birthday - James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs

1925 Birthday - Desmond Cassidi, British admiral

1924 Event - Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece

1924 Event - Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier

1924 Birthday - William Pillar, British admiral

1923 Birthday - James Stockdale, Admiral, Vietnam, Ross Perot's 1992 running mate

1923 Birthday - Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14

1923 Birthday - David Haslam, British rear Admiral, hydrographer

1921 Death - Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], Admiral (WW I), dies at 67

1921 Birthday - John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon

1920 Death - John A "Jacky" Kilverston, Admiral/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79

1920 Death - Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed

1919 Event - Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Bela Kuns Soviet Republic

1919 Event - German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet

1917 Event - Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz)

1917 Event - Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war

1916 Event - French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374

1915 Birthday - Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral

1915 Event - F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor

1915 Birthday - Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral

1914 Death - Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle

1914 Event - German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast

1914 Birthday - Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP

1913 Birthday - Nigel Henderson, admiral

1913 Birthday - Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral

1913 Birthday - Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff

1912 Birthday - Peter Gretton, British vice admiral

1912 Birthday - Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral

1912 Birthday - Henri Rousselot, admiral

1910 Birthday - Desmond Dreyer, British admiral

1909 Event - Word received, Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier

1909 Birthday - Nigel Henderson, admiral

1909 Death - Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60

1908 Birthday - Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral

1906 Birthday - Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean

1905 Birthday - John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II

1905 Birthday - John Lee-Barber, admiral

1903 Birthday - Ronald Shiner, actor, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara

1903 Birthday - James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean

1902 Birthday - Judson Laire, born in New York City, actor/singer, Papa-Mama, Admiral Broadway Revue

1901 Birthday - Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War

1900 Birthday - Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral

1900 Birthday - Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy

1899 Event - George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy

1898 Event - U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila

1894 Event - U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham

1891 Birthday - Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945

1891 Death - David Dixon Porter, U.S. rear Admiral (Union), dies at 77

1889 Birthday - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral

1887 Birthday - Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea

1887 Birthday - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence

1886 Birthday - Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador

1885 Birthday - Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II

1884 Birthday - Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet

1883 Birthday - Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces

1883 Birthday - Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II

1881 Death - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84

1878 Birthday - Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II

1877 Birthday - Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II

1877 Birthday - Thomas C Hart, U.S. Admiral, Asiatic fleet

1875 Birthday - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949

1871 Death - Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43

1870 Death - David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies

1868 Birthday - Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent, 1910-44

1866 Event - David Faragut appointed as 1st Admiral of U.S. Navy

1866 Event - Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa

1863 Birthday - Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I

1863 Death - Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies

1862 Event - David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy

1862 Event - Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans

1861 Event - English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships

1854 Birthday - Louis Mountbatten, Admiral, WW I

1853 Event - Admiral Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan

1847 Birthday - Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war

1841 Birthday - John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet

1837 Birthday - Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila

1832 Death - Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church

1831 Event - Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole

1827 Birthday - Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa

1821 Death - Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39

1820 Birthday - WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral

1816 Death - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies

1815 Death - Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle

1813 Birthday - David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1811 Death - Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58

1809 Birthday - Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral, Confederate Navy

1807 Event - British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle

1807 Birthday - Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1806 Birthday - Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1805 Event - Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies

1805 Birthday - Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1803 Birthday - Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1801 Birthday - David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy

1800 Birthday - Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, Confederate Navy

1798 Event - British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile

1797 Birthday - Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1797 Birthday - Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1797 Birthday - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, 10 day campaign

1793 Death - Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75

1793 Death - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68

1792 Death - George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies

1790 Birthday - Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1789 Birthday - Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1782 Death - Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns

1781 Event - French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War

1781 Death - Willem Crul, Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59

1780 Event - Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet

1778 Birthday - Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy

1774 Birthday - Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale

1757 Death - John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52

1752 Birthday - Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin

1744 Event - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)

1741 Event - English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena

1741 Event - English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena

1738 Birthday - Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales

1727 Death - Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70

1722 Death - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80

1721 Birthday - Willem Crul, Admiral, West-Indies

1711 Event - Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence

1711 Death - Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66

1707 Death - Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly

1703 Death - Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58

1703 Death - Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle

1701 Death - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/French admiral, dies at 58

1697 Birthday - George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer

1697 Death - Niels Juel, Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht), dies at 67

1690 Death - Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48

1682 Death - Rupert, prince of Palts/Admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62

1678 Event - French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao

1677 Death - Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle

1676 Death - Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle

1676 Death - Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle

1675 Death - Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52

1675 Event - Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships

1673 Death - Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51

1673 Event - Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York

1673 Event - Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral

1673 Death - Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72

1672 Event - Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet

1672 Death - Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37

1669 Death - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies

1667 Event - Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England

1666 Death - Pieter de Bitter, Dutch Admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies

1658 Death - Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50

1658 Death - Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70

1657 Death - Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57

1657 Birthday - Cornelis Cruys, Niels Olsen Creutz, Norwegian/Dutch admiral

1655 Event - English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet

1654 Event - Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish

1653 Death - Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48

1653 Death - Johan van Galen, Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48

1653 Event - Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth

1652 Event - English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp

1649 Death - Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78

1647 Death - Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48

1646 Death - John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45

1644 Event - Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen

1644 Birthday - Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral, battle at Lowestoft

1642 Birthday - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal

1642 Birthday - Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt Admiral of Zeeland

1642 Birthday - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral

1641 Death - Cornelis C Jol, Houtebeen, Admiral (South-America), dies at about 41

1639 Event - Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada

1638 Event - Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon

1638 Death - Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73

1637 Death - Laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54

1631 Event - Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates

1631 Death - Justinus van Nassau, ltalian Admiral (Armada), dies

1629 Birthday - Niels Juel, Danish Admiral, Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht

1628 Birthday - Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand

1625 Event - Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz

1624 Death - Steven van der Haghen, admiral/Governor on Ambon 1617 - 1618, dies at about 61

1624 Event - Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru

1624 Event - Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru

1622 Birthday - Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder

1622 Birthday - Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist

1619 Birthday - Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician

1617 Death - Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle

1615 Death - Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns

1609 Event - Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda

1607 Death - Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle

1607 Death - Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle

1607 Birthday - Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear Admiral, St. Vincent, Dune

1605 Event - Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen

1604 Event - Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam

1603 Event - Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies

1592 Birthday - George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral

1590 Event - English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag

1588 Event - English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada

1588 Event - Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada

1588 Death - Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies

1576 Death - Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44

1574 Event - Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish

1574 Event - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet

1573 Death - Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies

1572 Event - Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey

1572 Death - Gaspard de Chatillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded

1572 Event - Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny

1568 Death - Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded

1558 Death - Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43

1554 Death - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies

1553 Death - John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded

1549 Death - Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded

1545 Death - George Carew, English admiral, drowns

1535 Event - Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Admiral Barbarossa

1534 Event - Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis

1534 Event - Turkish Admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples

1524 Event - Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan

1519 Birthday - Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral

1517 Death - Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41

1502 Event - Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena

1492 Event - English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock

1466 Birthday - Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral

1396 Death - Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle

79 Death - Gaius Plinius Secundus, Plinius Maior, Roman admiral/writer, dies













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