Editing List of naval battles (section)

===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?