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1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80
1996 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 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 Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82 1993 Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral 1993 Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA 1993 Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA 1986 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA 1980 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89 1979 Louis Mountbatten, British Admiral of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA 1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy 1976 Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain 1971 Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies 1971 Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy 1969 Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 1969 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1966 Vice Admiral William F Raborn, Jr., USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA 1966 Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Admiral (WW II), dies at 80 1963 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80 1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral 1957 Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent 1920 - 1944, dies at 88 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA 1946 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 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA 1945 John S Mccain, U.S. admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies 1945 Lieutenant Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff 1945 British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz 1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government 1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier 1945 Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged 1945 Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1944 Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 Mineichi Koga, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1943 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies 1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) 1943 Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean 1943 I Yamamoto, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul 1942 Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24 1942 Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death 1942 Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists 1942 Norman Scott, U.S. Admiral (at Guadalcanal), dies 1942 Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map 1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet 1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered 1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon 1941 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 Admiral Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note 1941 Gunther Lutjens, German Admiral (Bismarck), dies 1941 Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler 1941 U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor 1940 Admiral Furstner departs to England 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1938 Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1938 Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1938 Jock Slater, born in the United Kingdom, admiral, Royal Navy, served 1958 - 1998, Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, 1968 1971 1937 Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 1937 Joop Admiral, Dutch actor and director, You Are My Mother 1937 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6 1937 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4 1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2 1936 Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support 1936 Michael Livesay, British admiral and president, RN College Greenwich 1934 Roberta Hazard, USN Admiral 1934 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies 1933 Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet 1932 Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo 1932 Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992 1929 Admiral Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight 1929 Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse 1928 Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral (WW I), dies at 65 1928 William Staveley, British admiral 1927 James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs 1925 Desmond Cassidi, British admiral 1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier 1924 William Pillar, British admiral 1923 James Stockdale, Admiral, Vietnam, Ross Perot's 1992 running mate 1923 Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 David Haslam, British rear Admiral, hydrographer 1921 Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], Admiral (WW I), dies at 67 1921 John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon 1920 John A "Jacky" Kilverston, Admiral/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 1920 Alexander Koltsjak, Admiral/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed 1919 Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Bela Kuns Soviet Republic 1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet 1917 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz) 1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war 1916 French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 1915 Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral 1915 F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor 1915 Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral 1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle 1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 1914 Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP 1913 Nigel Henderson, admiral 1913 Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral 1913 Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff 1912 Peter Gretton, British vice admiral 1912 Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral 1912 Henri Rousselot, admiral 1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral 1909 Word received, Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier 1909 Nigel Henderson, admiral 1909 Sinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian admiral, dies at 60 1908 Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral 1906 Roy L Johnson, U.S. Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean 1905 John S "Jimmy" Thach, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II 1905 John Lee-Barber, admiral 1903 Ronald Shiner, actor, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara 1903 James S. Russell, U.S. pilot/admiral, WW II Pacific Ocean 1902 Judson Laire, born in New York City, actor/singer, Papa-Mama, Admiral Broadway Revue 1901 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 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 1900 Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy 1899 George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy 1898 U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1894 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham 1891 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945 1891 David Dixon Porter, U.S. rear Admiral (Union), dies at 77 1889 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral 1887 Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1886 Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 1885 Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II 1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1883 Andrew Browne, Irish/British Admiral, WW II 1881 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1877 Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord, Jutland, WW II 1877 Thomas C Hart, U.S. Admiral, Asiatic fleet 1875 William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949 1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43 1870 David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies 1868 Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent, 1910-44 1866 David Faragut appointed as 1st Admiral of U.S. Navy 1866 Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1863 Reinhard Scheer, German Admiral, WW I 1863 Andrew Hull Foote, U.S. Union lt admiral, dies 1862 David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy 1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans 1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1854 Louis Mountbatten, Admiral, WW I 1853 Admiral Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan 1847 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war 1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet 1837 Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila 1832 Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church 1831 Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole 1827 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian Admiral, Helgoland/Lissa 1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39 1820 WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral 1816 Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies 1815 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle 1813 David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1809 Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral, Confederate Navy 1807 British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle 1807 Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1806 Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy 1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, Confederate Navy 1798 British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1797 Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1797 Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1797 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, 10 day campaign 1793 Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 1793 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies 1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1789 Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1782 Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1781 Willem Crul, Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59 1780 Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet 1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale 1757 John Byng, English Admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena 1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales 1727 Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70 1722 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 1721 Willem Crul, Admiral, West-Indies 1711 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence 1711 Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 1707 Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly 1703 Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58 1703 Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle 1701 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/French admiral, dies at 58 1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 1697 Niels Juel, Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht), dies at 67 1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1682 Rupert, prince of Palts/Admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62 1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1677 Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle 1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1675 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 1675 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships 1673 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 1673 Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York 1673 Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1672 Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37 1669 Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies 1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 1666 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch Admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies 1658 Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50 1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1657 Cornelis Cruys, Niels Olsen Creutz, Norwegian/Dutch admiral 1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1654 Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish 1653 Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 1653 Johan van Galen, Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp 1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48 1646 John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45 1644 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen 1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral, battle at Lowestoft 1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal 1642 Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt Admiral of Zeeland 1642 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral 1641 Cornelis C Jol, Houtebeen, Admiral (South-America), dies at about 41 1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1638 Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon 1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1637 Laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54 1631 Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates 1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian Admiral (Armada), dies 1629 Niels Juel, Danish Admiral, Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht 1628 Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand 1625 Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz 1624 Steven van der Haghen, admiral/Governor on Ambon 1617 - 1618, dies at about 61 1624 Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru 1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru 1622 Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship builder 1622 Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist 1619 Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician 1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle 1615 Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1609 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda 1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle 1607 Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle 1607 Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear Admiral, St. Vincent, Dune 1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen 1604 Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam 1603 Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies 1592 George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral 1590 English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag 1588 English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada 1588 Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada 1588 Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies 1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 1574 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet 1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered Admiral Coligny, dies 1572 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey 1572 Gaspard de Chatillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded 1572 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny 1568 Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded 1558 Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43 1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 1553 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded 1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded 1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1535 Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Admiral Barbarossa 1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin"Barbarossa" occupies Tunis 1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples 1524 Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan 1519 Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral 1517 Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41 1502 Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena 1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock 1466 Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral 1396 Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle 79 Gaius Plinius Secundus, Plinius Maior, Roman admiral/writer, dies |
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