1996 Jo Van Fleet, actress (Seize the Day, Cinderella), dies at 75
1996 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
1995 Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4
1992 James A Van Fleet, U.S. general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100
1992 James Van Fleet, American Soldier
1982 British fleet sails to Falkland Islands
1979 Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
1971 Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1971 Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1967 Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City
1956 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
1945 Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer, Easybeats
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk
1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa
1945 Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto
1944 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed
1944 Kurita's vice-admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo
1944 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima
1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea
1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot"
1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 Mineichi Koga, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1943 Italian fleet anchors at Malta
1943 U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia
1943 U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily
1943 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2
1943 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass"
1943 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04
1943 I Yamamoto, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1943 Vice-admiral Cunningham appointed British adm of fleet
1942 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk
1942 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1941 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan
1941 Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu
1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1941 Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet
1941 Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor
1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
1940 British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet
1940 French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees
1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1939 British fleet takes German U-27 boat
1939 British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet
1937 Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
1936 Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support
1934 Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930
1933 Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet
1931 British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
1928 KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
1928 Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support
1923 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)
1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law
1919 Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress, Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden
1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet
1917 Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol
1915 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast
1914 British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea
1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile
1914 Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts
1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
1914 German fleet bombs English coast
1914 German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast
1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa
1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover
1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow
1914 British Min of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain
1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia
1908 Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay
1908 Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington
1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco
1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1906 Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
1905 British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos
1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
1904 Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship
1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur
1904 Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur
1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up
1898 U.S. battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1898 U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
1895 French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar
1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
1892 James Van Fleet, American Soldier
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 French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar
1882 British fleet bombs Alexandria
1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II
1877 Thomas C Hart, U.S. Admiral, Asiatic fleet
1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
1863 Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1863 Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
1862 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston, Texas
1853 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan
1852 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London)
1846 US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California
1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet
1815 Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
1809 John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies
1804 British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao
1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish
1801 Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British
1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English
1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
1798 Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet
1798 Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
1797 Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse
1794 English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
1788 Russian fleet destroys Swedish
1782 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet
1782 Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
1782 French fleet occupies St. Christopher
1782 British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet
1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War
1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet
1781 French fleet occupies Tobago
1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
1780 Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels
1779 French fleet occupies Grenada
1779 French fleet occupies St. Vincent
1776 Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British
1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
1770 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish
1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1762 English fleet occupies Havana
1762 English fleet occupies Martinique
1761 British fleet occupies Belle Britain
1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
1758 British battle fleet under gen James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg
1756 French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca
1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
1744 Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1744 French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena
1738 England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies
1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
1715 Spanish gold and silver fleet disappears off St. Lucie, Florida
1714 Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet
1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
1711 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence
1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona
1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet
1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar
1702 Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet
1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron
1702 Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French
1696 Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1695 English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
1690 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet
1688 Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England
1678 French adm Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao
1678 French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die
1677 Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet
1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet
1675 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet
1673 Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City
1673 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1667 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
1667 Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
1666 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter
1666 Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet
1665 English fleet beat Dutch fleet
1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch
1665 Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish
1658 Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
1658 French fleet recaptures Duinkerk
1658 Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish
1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon
1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
1654 Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
1653 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch
1653 Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch
1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English
1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48
1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
1634 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao
1634 Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1629 Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
1628 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet
1628 Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1627 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe
1627 English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle
1627 English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle
1625 Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz
1624 Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru
1624 Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1624 Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die
1622 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian
1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)
1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1604 Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam
1603 Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies
1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat
1598 Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java
1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies
1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
1597 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java
1596 Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland
1596 Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
1596 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
1596 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
1596 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz
1596 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada
1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada
1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada
1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet
1585 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen
1574 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish
1574 Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1573 Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
1572 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey
1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet
1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
1560 Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden
1560 Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli
1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa
1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
1543 French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice
1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish
1535 Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis
1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
1521 Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu
1521 Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar)
1515 Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France
1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1492 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas
1492 Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock
1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico
1492 Columbus' fleet sets sail west
1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands
1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England
1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed
1340 In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys
1304 Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet
1281 Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan
1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1185 Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet
1156 Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet
610 Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople
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