Editing List of naval battles (section)

===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]])