On this day.

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14 January

U.S. frigate Chesapeake captures British brig Hero.

The capture of USS President was the result of a naval action fought at the end of the War of 1812. The frigate President tried to break out of New York Harbor, but was intercepted by a British squadron of four frigates and was forced to surrender after a battle with HMS Endymion.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?728-January-14th

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?293-January-14

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16 January

The Battle of Cape St Vincent, took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Day-16-January

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18 January

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20 January

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21 January

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22 January

The Action of 22 January 1783 was a single ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence.

The Action of 22 January 1809 was a minor naval engagement fought off the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during the Napoleonic Wars.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Day-22-January

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24 January

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25 January

The Action of 25 January 1797 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought in the Gulf of Cádiz.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Day-25-January

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27 January

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28 January

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29 January

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30 January

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31 January

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1 February

France declares war on Great Britain and the Dutch Republic.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...y-Feb-1st-1793


The USS Constellation vs La Vengeance, or the Action of 1 February 1800, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Day-1-February

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3 February

The Quasi-War (French: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and the French Republic from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes also referred to as the Undeclared War With France, the Pirate Wars and the Half-War.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?745-3-February

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4 February

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5 February

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6 February

The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (San Domingo in contemporary British English) in the Caribbean Sea.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...ruary-6th-1806