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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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