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===Mid 19th century=== ====[[Liberal Wars]] (1828β1834)==== * 1831 July 11 [[Battle of the Tagus]] β French defeat Portuguese [[Miguelist]] fleet * 1833 July 5 [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833)|Cape St. Vincent]] β Portuguese fleet under British officer Sir [[Charles Napier (naval officer)|Charles Napier]] defeats and captures fleet of Portuguese usurper king [[Dom Miguel]] ====[[Uruguayan Civil War]] (1839β1851)==== * 1842 β Argentinians under William Brown defeat Uruguayans ====[[Texas-Mexican Wars]]==== * 1843 April 30 β [[Second Texas Navy|Texans]] under [[Edwin Ward Moore|Commodore Edwin Ward Moore]] draws with Mexicans under Thomas Marin near [[Naval Battle of Campeche|Campeche]] ====[[Anglo-French blockade of the RΓo de la Plata]] (1845β1850)==== * 1845 November 20 [[Battle of Obligado|Obligado]] β British/French ships force passage of Parana River as part of the larger [[Anglo-French blockade of the RΓo de la Plata]] on the [[Argentine Confederation]]. ====[[First Schleswig War]] (1848β1851)==== * 1849 May 3 β Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Kiel * 1849 May 11 β Schleswig-Holstein vs Denmark near Bulk * 1849 June 4 β [[Battle of Heligoland (1849)|Battle of Heligoland]] β [[German Confederation]] engages Denmark, ends in stalemate ====[[Crimean War]] (1853β1856)==== * 1853 October 30 [[Battle of Sinop|Sinop]] β Russian battleships defeat Turkish frigates at Sinope, Turkey * 1854 August 3β16 [[Battle of Bomarsund]] β British and French fleet destroy Russian coastal defenses ** August and September β British-French attack on [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky|Petropavlovsk]] ([[Action of 1854|details]]) ** October Allied (British, French and Turkish) fleet Bombardment of Sebastopol as part of [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854β1855)]] during the [[Crimean War]] * 1855 October 17 [[Battle of Kinburn (1855)|Battle of Kinburn]] β British and French fleet destroy Russian coastal defenses ====[[Ningpo massacre]] (1857)==== * 1857 26 June β battle between Chinese pirates and Portugal during the Qing dynasty, Chinese victory ====[[American Civil War]] (1861β1865)==== * 1861 **April 12β13 [[Battle of Fort Sumter]] β First battle of the war **May 7 [[Battle of Gloucester Point (1861)|Battle of Gloucester Point]] **May 18β19 [[Battle of Sewell's Point]] **May 29-June 1 [[Battle of Aquia Creek]] β First use of naval mines by Confederacy **June 5 [[Battle of Pig Point]] **June 27 [[Battle of Mathias Point]] **July 28 [[Sinking of the Petrel|Sinking of the ''Petrel'']] β Last naval battle involving a privateer ship **August 28β29 [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] **October 5 [[Battle of Cockle Creek]] **October 12 [[Battle of the Head of Passes]] β First deployment of an ironclad warship into battle **November 7 [[Battle of Port Royal]] β First major clash between Union and Confederate fleets * 1862 **January 3 [[Battle of Cockpit Point]] **January 11 [[Battle of Lucas Bend]] β First deployment of Union ironclads **February 6 [[Battle of Fort Henry]] **February 10 [[Battle of Elizabeth City]] **February 28-April 8 [[Battle of Island Number Ten]] β First Confederate defeat on the Mississippi River **March 8 and 9 [[Battle of Hampton Roads|Hampton Roads]] β First battle between ironclad warships **March 14 [[Battle of New Bern (1862)|New Bern]] **April 16β28 [[Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip]] β Leads to Union capture of New Orleans **May 15 [[Battle of Drewry's Bluff|Drewry's Bluff]] **June 6 [[First Battle of Memphis]] β Destruction of Confederate river fleet by Union gunboats **June 17 [[Battle of St. Charles]] <nowiki>**</nowiki>April 10β11, 1862, Union forces on Tybee Island and naval operations conducted a 112-day siege, then captured the Confederate-held Fort Pulaski in Georgia **June 30-July 1 [[Battle of Tampa]] **August 12β18 [[Battle of Corpus Christi]] **September 24β25 [[First Battle of Sabine Pass]] **October 3 [[Battle of Crumpler's Bluff]] **October 4 [[Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862)|Galveston Harbor]] * 1863 **January 9β11 [[Battle of Fort Hindman]] β Largest surrender of Confederate troops West of the Mississippi **January 11 [[Action off Galveston Light]] **March 3 [[Battle of Fort McAllister (1863)|Battle of Fort McAllister]] **March 11 [[Yazoo Pass expedition]] **April 7 [[First Battle of Charleston Harbor]] **April 29 [[Battle of Grand Gulf]] **June 17 [[Battle of Wassaw Sound]] **June 27 [[Battle of Portland Harbor]] **July 10β11 [[First Battle of Fort Wagner]] **July 18 [[Second Battle of Fort Wagner]] **August 17-September 8 [[Second Battle of Charleston Harbor]] **September 8 [[Second Battle of Sabine Pass]] β Most one-sided Confederate victory of the war **September 9 [[Second Battle of Fort Sumter]] **October 5 [[Attack on USS New Ironsides|Attack on USS ''New Ironsides'']] β [[CSS David|CSS ''David'']] becomes first torpedo boat to make a successful attack on an enemy warship **October 16β18 [[Battle of Fort Brooke]] *1864 **February 17 [[Sinking of USS Housatonic|Sinking of USS ''Housatonic'']] β Confederate submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley]]'' becomes the first submarine to sink a warship in combat **April 12 [[Battle of Fort Pillow]] **April 17β20 [[Battle of Plymouth (1864)|Battle of Plymouth]] **May 5 [[Battle of Albemarle Sound]] **June 19 [[Battle of Cherbourg (1864)|Battle of Cherbourg]] β [[USS Kearsarge (1861)|USS ''Kearsarge'']] sinks [[CSS Alabama|CSS ''Alabama'']] **August 2β23 [[Battle of Mobile Bay]] β Largest Union naval victory of the war **October 7 [[Bahia incident]] β [[USS Wachusett (1861)|USS ''Wachusett'']] captures [[CSS Florida|CSS ''Florida'']] in Brazilian waters, sparking an international incident **October 29β31 [[Capture of Plymouth]] **December 9 [[Rainbow Bluff Expedition]] *1865 **January 13β15 [[Second Battle of Fort Fisher]] β Largest amphibious assault of the war **January 23β25 [[Battle of Trent's Reach]] β Final naval action of the war
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