The First Barbary War lasted until June 1805, but continuing tensions led to the Second Barbary War in 1815.
1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation
1st February 2021
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
Sir Francis Drake entered the Bay of Cádiz and attacked the Spanish naval fleet in an event known as ‘Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard’.
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.
Nuclear propulsion enabled Nautilus to smash numerous records including those for both submerged speed and distance, and became the first submarine to transit the North Pole in August 1958.
Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
USS Constitution earned the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ after defeating HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.
On the 7th August 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the United States Congress.
British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.
The German gunboat SMS Panther was sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Second Moroccan Crisis.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019