Editing List of naval battles (section)

==17th century==
===Early 17th century===

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* 1601 December 27 [[Battle of Bantam|Bantam]] – Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
* 1602 October 3 [[Battle of Sluis (1602)|Sluis]] – Dutch under [[Jacob van Duivenvoorde]] defeat Spanish under [[Frederik Spinola]]
* 1603 May 26 [[Battle of Sluis (1603)|Sluis]] – Dutch under [[Joos de Moor]] beat back Spanish under [[Frederik Spinola]]
* ?? 1603 October – Tuscan galleys defeat Tunisians
* 1604 October – Tuscans defeat Tunisians ([[Action of October 1604|details]])
* 1605 – Dutch fleet under [[Willem de Zoete|Willem Haultain]] attacks and partly destroys a Spanish fleet of transport ships near Dover
* 1605 November [[Attack on Salinas de Araya]] – Spanish under [[Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer)|Luis Fajardo]] defeat a fleet of Dutch smugglers and privateers
* 1606 June or October [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1606)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] – Spanish under Luis Fajardo defeat Dutch under Willem Haultain
* 1606 August 17 [[Battle of Cape Rachado|Cape Rachado]] – Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under [[Cornelis Matelief de Jonge]] and a Portuguese fleet near [[Malacca]]
** 21 September [[Cornelis Matelief de Jonge#Second battle of Malacca (Sept. 1606)|Second battle of Cape Rachado]] – Dutch under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge destroy Portuguese ships
* 1607 April 25 [[Battle of Gibraltar (1607)|Gibraltar]] – Dutch under [[Jacob van Heemskerk]] destroy a Spanish fleet
** 20 October – Tuscans under Beauregard defeat Turkish trade fleet ([[Action of 20 October 1607|details]])
* 1609 about May – French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians ([[Action of 1609a|details]])
** 29 June – Spanish-French raid on La Goulette, Tunisia ([[Action of 29 June 1609|details]])
** – Venetians defeat Turks near Paxos ([[Action of 1609b|details]])
** (late)? – Turks under Khalil defeat French under Fressinet near Cyprus ([[Action of 1609c|details]])
** (late)? – Turks vs French under Beaulieu
* 1610 3–6 January – [[Nossa Senhora da Graça incident]] – battle between Japan and Portugal, Portuguese inflict heavy losses on Japan
* 1610 August 21 – Tuscans vs Turks ([[Action of 21 August 1610|details]])
** 10 October – Tuscans vs Turks ([[Action of 10 October 1610|details]])
* 1611 August (end)? – Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
* 1612 May 23 or 25 – Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet defeats Tunisians at La Goulette ([[Raid on La Goulette (1612)|details]])
** 29–30 November [[Battle of Swally|Swally]] – [[British East India Company]] fleet defeats Portuguese fleet near Surat, India
* 1613 August 29 – Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet under de Aragon defeat Turkish trade fleet ([[Action of 29 August 1613|details]])
* 1615 January 20–? (Old Style) – English defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
** 17 and 18 July – Spanish vs Dutch (same as next?)
** – Dutch under Spilbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru ([[Action of 17 July 1615|details]])
* 1615 December – Sicilian-Spanish galley fleet under Francisco de Rivera defeats Tunisans at La Goulette ([[Raid on La Goulette (1615)|details]])
* 1616 January – Spanish vs ? ([[Action of January 1616|details]])
** 29 April – Tuscans under [[Jacopo Inghirami|Inghirami]] defeat Turks near Euboea ([[Action of 29 April 1616|details]])
** 14–16 July – Spanish-Neapolitan fleet under Rivera defeat Turk fleet in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships in the Mediterranean ([[Battle of Cape Celidonia|details]])
** July – Spanish versus Dutch ([[Action of July 1616|details]])
** about October (possible engagement) – Neapolitans/Sicilian galleys defeat larger Turkish galley fleet
* 1617 April 13 – Spanish under Rivera defeat Venetians ([[Battle of Ragusa|details]])
** 12 June – Minor skirmish between Neapolitans/Sicilians and Venetians
** [[Battle of Playa Honda|Playa Honda]] – Spanish defeat Dutch
** October – Spanish under d'Aragona defeat Tunisians at La Goulette ([[Raid on La Goulette (1617)|details]])
** 19 and 20 November – Inconclusive battle between Sicilians and Venetians ([[Action of 19 November 1617|details]])
* 1618 June 24 – Venice hires Dutch ships and fights Spanish ([[Action of 24 June 1618|details]])
** 2 and 3 July – Dutch under [[Moy Lambert]] and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
** 23–28 December – English vs Dutch near Jakarta ([[Action of 23 December 1618|details]])
* 1619 January 18 and 19 – Maltese vs Algerians near Malta ([[Action of 18 January 1619|details]])
** 1 March – English vs Dutch near Jakarta ([[Action of 1 March 1619|details]])
** 31 May – Dutch defeat French at the mouth of the Vilaine River
** – English defeat Portuguese
* 1620 May 11 – Venetians under Nani defeat Spanish under Silva ([[Action of 11 May 1620|details]])
** 26 June – Tuscans defeat Bizertans ([[Action of 26 June 1620|details]])
** 28 December – English (East India Company) defeat Portuguese at Cape [[Jask]]
* 1622 July 13–14 – English and Dutch defeat Portuguese near Mozambique
** October – French vs Rochellais ([[Huguenot]]) rebels near La Rochelle ([[Action of 1622|details]])
** Dutch ships under [[Joachim Swartenhondt]] escorting a [[convoy]] repel a Spanish squadron near [[Gibraltar]]
* 1622 – English naval bombardment of [[Algiers]]
* 1624 October 3 – A combined squadron of fifteen [[Naples|Neapolitan]] (Spain), Tuscan, and Papal [[galley]]s defeat a squadron of six Algerian ships on the [[San Pietro Island|island of San Pietro]], near [[Sardinia]] ([[Action of 3 October 1624|details]])
* 1625 January – French Rochellais rebels capture French fleet at [[Battle of Blavet|Blavet]]
** 1 and 3 February –  Portuguese defeat English and Dutch ([[Action of 1 February 1625|details]])
** 26 June – Bizertans defeat Maltese near Syracuse, Sicily ([[Action of 26 June 1625|details]])
** 15 September – French under Soubise defeat hired Dutch ships near [[La Rochelle|Rochelle]]
* 1626? – French with hired English and Dutch ships defeat Huguenot fleet near [[La Rochelle|Rochelle]]
* 1626 late – Danes defeat [[Dunkirkers]] ([[Action of 1626|details]])
* 1627 November 28 [[Battle of Oliwa|Oliwa]] – Poles defeat Swedes
* 1628 July 31 – Dutch ships under [[Pieter Ita]] attack and [[Pieter Ita#Capture of the Honduran treasure fleet|capture]] 2 Spanish treasure ships
** 21 June – English defeat Venetians/French at Scanderoon ([[Action of 21 June 1628|details]])
** 9 September Dutch squadron under [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein|Piet Hein]] attacks and captures [[Spanish treasure fleet]]
** 29 September – French defeat English near La Rochelle
* 1629 August 20 – Dutch under Piet Heyn defeat Dunkirkers off Scotland; Heyn is killed
** 16 September – Swedes defeat Holy Roman Empire near Wismar ([[Action of 16 September 1629|details]])
* 1630 September 4–8 – Danes force a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River ([[Action of 4 September 1630|details]])
* 1631 September 12 – Undecided encounter between a Dutch and a Spanish/Portuguese fleet off [[Pernambuco]] ([[Action of 12 September 1631|details]])
** 12–13 September [[Battle of the Slaak|The Slaak]] – Dutch [[Zeeland]] fleet under [[Marinus Hollare]] defeats Spanish invasion fleet
* 1633 July 7 to 22 October [[Battle of Liaoluo Bay]] – [[Ming China]] defeats an allied fleet of [[Dutch East India Company]] and Chinese pirates, one company's vessel burnt and one captured by the Chinese, most of pirates' vessels sunk or captured
* 1634 about early May – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
** 19 July – Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
** – Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
** – Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
* 1635 August 21 – Dunkirk squadron under [[Jacob Collaart]] (see [[Dunkirkers]]) defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
** 25 August – Dunkirk frigates under Jacob Collaart defeats Dutch escort capturing 24 fishing trawlers
** about 25 September – Spanish defeat Dutch West India Company convoy
* 1636 early – Dutch Zeeland squadron under [[Johan Evertsen]] defeats Dunkirk fleet under [[Jacob Collaart]]
* 1637 February – 8 Spanish under [[Miguel de Horna]] defeat Dutch convoy and escort near Cape Lizard and capture 17 merchant ships
** Spanish convoy commanded by [[Lope de Hoces]] captures 32 enemy ships in the English Channel on its return voyage to Spain. 
* 1638 about 26 March – Spanish under [[Lope de Hoces]] defeat and captures Dutch convoy
** June – Maltese galleys defeat Tripolitan sailing ships near Calabria
** 1 September – French defeat Spanish in galley fight at the battle of Vado near Genoa
** 7 August – Venetians under Capello defeat Algerians at Corfu
** 22 August – French under de Sourdis destroy Spanish galleons under Lope de Hoces at Guetaría ([[Battle of Getaria|details]])
* 1639 February 19 – Dutch under [[Maarten Tromp]] defeat a [[Dunkirk]] fleet under [[Miguel de Horna]] ([[Action of 19 February 1639|details]])
** 17–19 September [[Action of 18 September 1639|Calais]] – Running fight between Dutch under [[Maarten Tromp]] and Spanish under [[Antonio de Oquendo]] who seeks shelter at [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]]
** 30 September [[Action of 30 September 1639|Mormugão]] – Dutch defeat Portuguese near Goa
** 31 October [[Battle of the Downs]] – Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under [[Antonio de Oquendo]] in the English Channel
** end December – Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat stronger French force
* 1640 January 12–17 [[Pernambuco]] – Dutch fleet under [[Willem Loos]] defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet under [[Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas]] ([[Action of 12–17 January 1640|details]])
** 15 June – Dunkerquers defeat Dutch in the Shetland Isles ([[Action of 15 June 1640|details]])
** July? – French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Don Gomez de Sandoval
* 1641 – French under de Sourdis defeat Spanish
** – Several French vs Spanish
** 17 and 18 May – Spanish defeat French near Pensacola
** 1 and 2 September ? – Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
** 4 November – Dutch under Gijssels defeated by Spanish at Cape St. Vincent ([[Action of 4 November 1641|details]])
* 1642 end of June, 2-day battle – French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Ciudad Real near Barcelona
** October – Portuguese defeat Spanish?
* 1643 August – French defeat Spanish?

===Danish–Swedish War (1643–1645)===

* 1644 May 16 – Danes defeat Dutch ships which have been hired to support Sweden ([[Action of 16 May 1644|details]])
** 25 May – Danes get slightly the better of 33 hired Dutch ships
** 1 July [[Battle of Colberger Heide|Colberger Heide (Colberg Heath)]] – Danish and Swedish fleets fight an inconclusive battle off NE Germany
** 7 July – Danes defeat Swedes in small battle ([[Action of 7 July 1644|details]])
** 10 August – Dutch fleet under Thijsen brushes past Danish fleet under King Christian IV in Kjoge Bay, Denmark ([[Action of 10 August 1644|details]])
** 13 October – [[Battle of Fehmarn (1644)|Femern, Germany]] – Combined Swedish/Dutch fleet badly defeats Danish fleet

===Cretan War (1645–1669)===

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* 1644 September 28 – Maltese galleys defeat Turkish sailing ships near Rhodes; their subsequent stay in Venetian-held Crete provoked the [[Cretan War (1645–1669)|outbreak of war]] ([[Action of 28 September 1644|details]])
* 1645 September 28 or 29 – Combined Christian fleet tries and fails to retake Canea ([[Chania]]) in Crete, from the Ottomans
** 1 October – Christians vs Turks near Canea, Crete
* 1646 May 26 – Venetians defeat Turkish attempt to break their blockade of the [[Dardanelles]]. ([[Action of 26 May 1646|details]])
** 14 August – Inconclusive fight between Christians and the Ottoman fleet anchored at Chania Bay, Crete
* 1647 January 27 – The Ottoman fleet of 45 galleys attacks the ship of the Venetian admiral Tommaso Morosini. Both Morosini and the Ottoman admiral, [[Kara Musa Pasha]], are killed. After suffering significant casualties, the Turks are driven off by the arrival of the remaining Venetian fleet.
** 25 August – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
** 9 September – Inconclusive skirmish between Christians and Turks
* 1649 May 6 – Minor battle between Venetians and Turks
** 12 May [[Battle of Focchies|Focchies]] – Venetians defeat large Turkish fleet near western Turkey
** 15 July – Venetians vs Turks near Candia, Crete ([[Action of 15 July 1649|details]])
** 18 July – Venetians defeat Turks near Candia ([[Action of 18 July 1649|details]])
* 1651 July 8 and 10 – Venetians under Mocenigo defeat Turks ([[Action of 10 July 1651|details]])
* 1654 April – Maltese privateers defeat Turks near Rhodes
** 16 May – Turks under Murad defeat Venetians under [[Giuseppe Delfino]] in Dardanelles ([[Action of 16 May 1654|details]])
** 21 June – Turks retreat after skirmish with Venetians west of Milos
* 1655 June 21 – Venetians under [[Lazaro Mocenigo]] defeat Turks under Mustapha in Dardanelles ([[Action of 21 June 1655|details]])
* 1656 June 26 and 27 – Venetians and Maltese under Lorenzo Marcello defeat Turks under Chinam Pasha in Dardanelles ([[Action of 26 June 1656|details]])
* 1657 May 3 – Venetians defeat Algerines ([[Action of 3 May 1657|details]])
** 18 May – Venetians under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks and Algerines at Suazich ([[Action of 18 May 1657|details]])
** 17–19 July – Venetians, Maltese and Papal forces under Lazaro Mocenigo defeat Turks in Dardanelles ([[Action of 17 July 1657|details]])
* 1658 May 19 – Venetians under [[Contarini]] defeat Turks between Imbros and the Dardanelles
* 1659 August 26 (or 27?) – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks ([[Action of August 1659|details]])
* 1660 between 26 May and 12 June – Slight skirmish between Venetians and Turks
* 1661 March (end) – Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
** 18 May – Venetians defeat Turks in minor skirmish
** 27 August – Venetians and Maltese defeat Turks near Milos, Greece ([[Action of 27 August 1661|details]])
* 1662 September 29 – Venetians defeat Turkish "Alexandria Caravan" between Kos and Kalymnos, Greece ([[Action of 29 September 1662|details]])
* 1665 March – French under the [[François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort|Duc de Beaufort]] defeat Algerines near La Goulette, Tunisia ([[Action of March 1665|details]])
** August – French under the Duc de Beaufort defeat Algerines at Cherchell, Algeria
** 27 November – French under d'Escrainville defeat Turks
* 1667 February 25 and 26 – Venetians under [[Molin (disambiguation)|Molin]] defeat Turks and Tunisians north of Crete ([[Action of 25 February 1667|details]])
* 1668 March 8 and 9 – Venetians defeat Turks near Pelagia, Greece ([[Action of 8 February 1668|details]])
** 2 May – French defeat Turks ([[Action of 2 May 1668|details]])
** about September – Barbary "Turks" defeat Venetians south of Crete ([[Action of 1668|details]])
* 1669 June – Privateers defeat "Alexandria Caravan" escort near Rhodes ([[Action of June 1669|details]])

===Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674)===

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* 1652 May 29 [[Battle of Dover (1652)|Dover]] – Clash between English under [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]] and Dutch under [[Maarten Tromp]]'s off Dover initiates the [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]
** 26 August [[Battle of Plymouth|Plymouth]] – [[Michiel de Ruyter]]'s 36 men-of-war hold off [[George Ayscue|Ayscue]]'s 45 men-of-war, driving them away
** 7 September [[Battle of Elba|Elba (Monte Cristo)]] – Dutch under [[Jan van Galen]] beat back English under [[Richard Badiley]]
** 8 October [[Battle of the Kentish Knock|Kentish Knock (Zeeland Approaches)]] – English under Blake beat back Dutch under [[Witte Corneliszoon de With|de With]]
** 10 December [[Battle of Dungeness|Dungeness]] – Dutch under Tromp defeat English under Blake
* 1653 February 28 – March 2 [[Battle of Portland|Portland (3 Days Battle)]] – Tromp loses nine men-of-war and about 25 merchantmen to an English fleet under Blake
** 13 March [[Battle of Leghorn|Leghorn]] – Dutch under [[Johan van Galen]] defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
** 12–13 June [[Battle of the Gabbard|Gabbard (North Foreland)]] – English defeat Dutch
** 8–10 August [[Battle of Scheveningen|Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel)]] – Dutch under [[Maarten Tromp]] repulse English blockading fleet under [[George Monck]] with both sides retreating. Tromp is killed
* 1664 December 29 – English squadron under [[Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet|Thomas Allin]] attacks Dutch merchant fleet ([[Action of 29 December 1664|details]])
* 1665 June 13 [[Battle of Lowestoft|Lowestoft]] – English fleet under [[James II of England|James Stuart, Duke of York]] badly defeat Dutch fleet under [[Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam]]
** 2 August [[Battle of Vågen|Vågen]] – English squadron repelled attempting to capture richly laden Dutch merchant fleet in the bay of [[Bergen, Norway]]
* 1666 May 20 – Undecided encounter between an English and a combined Dutch\French squadron at the isle of [[Nevis]]
** 15 June [[James River (Virginia)]]-Dutch under [[Abraham Crijnssen]] attacks Virginia tobacco fleet ([[Action of 15 June 1666|Details]])
** 11–14 June [[Four Days Battle|Four Days]] – Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|Albemarle]] and [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]]
** 4–5 August [[St James's Day Battle|St James's Day (North Foreland/Orfordness)]] – English under [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|Albemarle]] and [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] defeat a Dutch fleet under de Ruyter
* 1667 – English fleet under Admiral Sir [[John Harman (Royal Navy officer)|John Harman]] destroys part of French fleet at [[Martinique]]
** 9–14 June [[Raid on the Medway]] – Dutch raid Medway river near London. The English flagship, {{HMS|Royal Charles|1660|6}}, is captured and the English sue for peace
* 1672 March 12 – English squadron under Sir [[Robert Holmes (admiral)|Robert Holmes]] attacks Dutch merchant fleet ([[Action of 12 March 1672|Details]])
** 7 June – [[Battle of Solebay|Solebay (Southwold)]] Dutch fleet under de Ruyter vs combined English/French under [[James II of England|York]]
* 1673 June 7 and 14 [[Battle of Schooneveld|First and Second battles of Schooneveld]]
** 21 August [[Battle of Texel|Texel (Kijkduin)]]
** 1 September [[Battle of Masulipatnam]]
* 1674 March 14 – [[Battle of Ronas Voe]] – English Navy defeat and capture [[Dutch East India Company]] ship [[Wapen van Rotterdam]]

===Later 17th century===
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* 1645 September 9 [[Battle of Tamandare bay|Tamandare]] – Dutch squadron under [[Jan Lichthart]] destroys a Portuguese squadron under [[Jerônimo Serrão de Paiva]] at [[Tamandaré]] Brazil
* 1645 – Algerian [[Barbary pirates]] attempted an attack on [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
* 1646 [[Battles of La Naval de Manila|La Naval de Manila]] – Two Spanish galleons with Spanish and Filipino crew repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate actions over several months around the Philippines
* 1646? – French under [[du Mé]] defeat Spanish
* 1646 14–16 June, [[Battle of Orbetello]], Spanish defeat French invasion fleet commanded by Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
* 1647 June 10 [[Battle of Puerto de Cavite|Puerto de Cavite]] – Spanish defeat Dutch attack near Manila
** 1647 [[Neapolitan Republic (1647)]] – Spanish defeat French at [[Ischia]], [[Pozzuoli]], and [[Salerno]] and force French out of southern Italy. 
* 1650 July 26 – Minor battle between Parliamentarians and Royalists/Portuguese near Lisbon
** 20 October – Parliamentarians capture French frigate
* 1654 March 23 [[Action of 23 March 1654|Colombo]] – Skirmish between Dutch and Portuguese
** 2 May – Dutch defeat Portuguese near Colombo ([[Action of 2 May 1654|details]])
* 1655 – English naval bombardment of [[Algiers]]
* 1655 April 14 – English under Robert Blake destroy Barbary ships at Porto Farina, northern Tunisia ([[Action of 14 April 1655|details]])
** – French under Vendôme defeat Spanish near Barcelona
* 1657 April 20 – Santa Cruz de Teneriffe – English under Blake defeat Spanish
** 12 and 13 September – Danes and Swedes fight inconclusively near Moen, Denmark ([[Action of 12 September 1657|details]])
* 1658 November 8 [[Battle of the Sound|The Sound]] – Dutch get the better of a Swedish fleet in a large battle near Copenhagen, in support of Denmark. Danish ships watch but are unable to participate
* 1659 March 30 – Minor battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes
** 30 April – Small running battle between Dutch and Danes against Swedes ([[Action of 30 April 1659|details]])
** – Dutch/Danes under de Ruyter defeat Swedes and liberate [[Nyborg]]
* 1661 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1669 December – [[Battle of Cádiz (1669)|Battle of Cádiz]], English ''Mary Rose'' vs 7 Algerines
* 1670 August – English/Dutch ships defeat Algerine force near Gibraltar
* 1671 May – Privateers beat off a force of Turkish galleys near Egina, Greece
* 1675 February 11 – French under [[Comte de Vivonne]] defeat Spanish under [[de la Cueva]] near Lipari Islands, Italy
** July (possible engagement) – English defeat Tripolitans
* 1676 January 8 [[Battle of Stromboli|Stromboli (Alicuri)]] – Inconclusive fight between French under [[Abraham Duquesne]] vs Dutch and Spanish under [[Michiel de Ruyter]]
** January – English defeat Tripolitans
** 22 April [[Battle of Agosta|Agosta (Etna)]] – French fleet under Duquesne and Dutch/Spanish fleet under de Ruyter fight to a draw. De Ruyter is mortally wounded
** 2 June [[Battle of Palermo|Palermo]] – French under Comte de Vivonne defeat Dutch/Spanish under De la Cerda and Den Haen
** 25 and 26 May/3 June and 4 – Dutch/Danish fleet under [[Niels Iuel]] defeat Swedes under [[Baron Creutz]] between Bornholm and Rugen in the [[Baltic Sea]]
** 1/11 June [[Battle of Öland|Öland]] – Dutch/Danish fleet defeats Swedish fleet south of Öland in the Baltic Sea
* 1677 March 3 Tobago – French under [[Jean II d'Estrées]] are repelled by Dutch under [[Jacob Binckes]] ([[Action of March 1677|details]])
** 31 May and 1/11 June – Danes defeat Swedes between Femern and Warnemunde, Baltic Sea ([[Action of 31 May 1677|details]])
** 1/11 July and 2 [[Battle of Køge Bay (1677)|Køge Bay]] – Danes and Dutch defeat Swedish fleet
** December Tobago – French under [[Jean II d'Estrées]] defeat Dutch under [[Jacob Binckes]]
* 1678 – Undecided action of the isle of [[Ouessant]] between a Dutch squadron under [[Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest|Evertsen]] and a French squadron under [[François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault|Château-Renault]]
* 1679 May 3 – Danes vs Swedes
** 26 June 28 June, 2 and 20 July – Series of skirmishes culminating in a Danish victory over Sweden
* 1681 July 23 – French defeats Tripolitans
** 30 September – Spanish defeat Brandenburgers near Cape St. Vincent ([[Action of 30 September 1681|details]])
* 1683 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1686 July 12 – Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Tripolitan escort between Naxos and Nicaria
** 4 October – Venetians vs Turks near Mitylene, Greece
* c. 1687/88? – Turks and Algerines, under [[Mezzo Morto]], defeat Venetians
* 1687–1688 – French naval bombardment of Algiers
* 1688 June 15 – Venetians attacks "Alexandria Caravan" with its Turkish and Algerian escort east of Naxos, Greece
* 1689 May 1/11 [[Battle of Bantry Bay]] – French defeat English off SW Ireland
** French vs English near Casquets
* 1690 March 26 – Turks and Algerines under Mezzo Morto defeat Venetians under Valier ([[Action of 26 March 1690|details]])
** 10 July [[Battle of Beachy Head (1690)|Beachy Head (Beveziers)]] – French defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet
** – French vs English and Dutch near Madras
** 8 September – Venetians fight the combined fleet of Turkey, Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis near Mitylene, Greece ([[Action of 8 September 1690|details]])
* 1692 May 27 – 3 June [[Battle of La Hougue|Barfleur and La Hougue]] – Decisive defeat of French by English and Dutch in the [[War of the Grand Alliance]]
** – French defeat Spanish near Cape Finisterre
** – French defeat Tripolitans near Malta
* 1693 June [[Battle of Lagos (1693)|Lagos Bay]] – French under [[Anne Hilarion de Tourville|Tourville]] capture 50 out of 140 merchantmen
* 1694 June 29 – French under [[Jean Bart]] defeat Dutch under [[Hidde de Vries]] and others ([[Action of 29 June 1694|details]])
* 1695 February 9 and 19 – Turkish fleet defeats and then fights Venetians under Zeno ([[Action of 9 February 1695|details]])
** 16 April – French defeat English ([[Action of 16 April 1695|details]])
** 15 and 18 September – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks under Mezzo Morto
* 1696 (mid) – Russians vs Turks near Ochakov, Black Sea
** 17 June [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1696)|Dogger Bank]] – French defeat Dutch
** – French and English fight in Newfoundland
** – Fight near San Domingo
** 14 July [[Action of 14 July 1696|Bay of Fundy]] – French under [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] defeat English
** 22 August – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks and their allies under Mezzo Morto near Andros ([[Action of 22 August 1696|details]])
* 1697 July 6, 1 and 20 September – Venetians under Contarini vs Turks in a series of battles in the Aegean Sea ([[Action of 6 July 1697|details]])
* 1698 September 20 – Venetians vs Turks, Tripolitans and Tunisians near Samothrace, Greece ([[Action of 20 September 1698|details]])