On this day.

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30 September

1800 - United States concludes Treaty of Peace with France, ending Quasi War with France.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-30th

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2 October

-Reserved-

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3 October

On 3 October 1808, the French brig Palinure, engaged the British Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Carnation, under Commander Charles Mars Gregory, 180 miles northeast of Martinique.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-HMS-Carnation

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-3-October

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5 October

The Battle of Cape Santa Maria (also known as the Battle of Cape St Mary; in Spanish Batalla del Cabo de Santa María) was a naval action that took place on 5 October 1804 off the southern Portuguese coast.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-5-October

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7 October

The Action of 7 October 1795 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars during which a French squadron led by Rear-Admiral Joseph de Richery captured a large British convoy of thirty-one merchant vessels.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...British-convoy

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8 October

On the 8th of October, 1808, the HMS Modeste (44) captured the French corvette Iéna (18) in the Bay of Bengal.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-corvette-Iéna


On 8 October 1800, at 8:00 A.M., the British schooner HMS Gipsy, with 10 long 4-pounders and 42 men commanded by Lieutenant Coryndon Boger, was cruising off the north end of Guadeloupe when she sighted and gave chase to the armed sloop Quidproquo.

1812 - A boat party under Lt. Jesse D. Elliott captures HMS Detroit and Caledonia in the Niagara River.

1842 - Commodore Lawrence Kearny of USS Constitution addresses a letter to the Viceroy of China, urging that American merchants in China be granted the same treaty privileges as the British. His negotiations are successful.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-8-October

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10 October

On the 10th of October 1795, the HMS Mermaid captured the French brig Brutus.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ch-brig-Brutus


The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, and the 1780 Disaster is probably the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...Day-10-October