2015 Event Amazon is again exempted from Federal Aviation Administration commercial drone flight prohibitions, allowing it to test delivery drones; the company had to reapply for exemption, as its drone fleet grew outdated while waiting for initial approval 2011 Event A lockout causes the Australia's Qantas airlines to ground its entire fleet while it handles the ongoing industrial dispute 2011 Event A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 2011 Event Under pressure from conservationists and diplomats, Japan's whaling fleet leaves the Antarctic 1996 Death Jo Van Fleet, actress (Seize the Day, Cinderella), dies at 75 1996 Event 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston 1995 Event Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4 1992 Death James A Van Fleet, U.S. general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100 1992 Death James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1982 Event British fleet sails to Falkland Islands 1979 Death Louis Mountbatten, British Admiral of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA 1971 Death Thomas C Heart, U.S. admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies 1971 Death Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 1968 Death Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1967 Event Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City 1956 Death Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1945 Birthday Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer, Easybeats 1945 Event Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet 1945 Event U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk 1945 Event Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa 1945 Event Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto 1944 Event Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed 1944 Event Kurita's Vice-Admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo 1944 Event 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima 1944 Event U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Event Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1944 Event Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 1944 Event General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1944 Death Mineichi Koga, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1943 Event Italian fleet anchors at Malta 1943 Event U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia 1943 Event U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily 1943 Event 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2 1943 Event 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4 1943 Event Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass" 1943 Event 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04 1943 Death I Yamamoto, Admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 1943 Event Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British adm of fleet 1942 Event 1st ships of invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk 1942 Event 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland 1941 Event 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan 1941 Event Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu 1941 Event Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore 1941 Event Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet 1941 Event Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor 1941 Event Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1940 Event British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet 1940 Event French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees 1940 Event British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 1940 Event British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1940 Event German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow 1940 Event British merchant vessel fleet is armed 1939 Event British fleet takes German U-27 boat 1939 Event British fleet attacks German U-39 boat 1939 Event Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1937 Event Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast 1936 Birthday Neville Purvis, British vice Admiral, Chief of Fleet Support 1934 Event Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930 1933 Birthday Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet 1931 Event British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts 1928 Event KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet 1928 Birthday Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support 1923 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote) 1923 Event 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1919 Birthday Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress, Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden 1919 Event German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet 1917 Event Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1915 Event British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast 1914 Event British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea 1914 Event German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile 1914 Event Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts 1914 Event Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed 1914 Event German fleet bombs English coast 1914 Event German fleet under Admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast 1914 Event French fleet sails to North-Africa 1914 Event British fleet reaches Scapa Flow 1914 Event British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1914 Event Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 1909 Event Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1908 Event Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay 1908 Event Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Event Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1907 Event Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise 1906 Event Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet 1905 Event British, Italian, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary fleet attack Lesbos 1905 Event Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1904 Event Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1904 Event Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1904 Event Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur 1904 Event Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1899 Event English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up 1898 Event U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1898 Event U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba 1898 Event U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1895 Event French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar 1893 Event British fleet under Vice-Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut 1892 Birthday James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1886 Birthday Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 1885 Birthday Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II 1884 Birthday Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet 1883 Event French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1882 Event British fleet bombs Alexandria 1878 Birthday Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1877 Birthday Thomas C Hart, U.S. Admiral, Asiatic fleet 1866 Event Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1865 Event Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama 1863 Event Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia 1863 Event Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1862 Event Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas 1862 Event Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC 1861 Event Federal fleet bombs Galveston, Texas 1853 Event Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan 1852 Event 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London) 1846 Event U.S. fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California 1841 Birthday John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet 1827 Event Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1815 Event Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples 1809 Birthday John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet 1805 Event Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1804 Event British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao 1801 Event Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish 1801 Event Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British 1799 Event Bataafse fleet surrender to English 1799 Event English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1798 Event Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet 1798 Event Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt 1797 Event Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse 1794 Event English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French 1788 Event Russian fleet destroys Swedish 1782 Birthday Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet 1782 Event Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French 1782 Event French fleet occupies St. Christopher 1782 Event British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet 1781 Event French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1781 Event Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1781 Event French fleet occupies Tobago 1781 Event French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1780 Event Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet 1779 Event English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels 1779 Event French fleet occupies Grenada 1779 Event French fleet occupies St. Vincent 1776 Event Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British 1775 Event Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1770 Event Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish 1768 Death Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81 1762 Event English fleet occupies Havana 1762 Event English fleet occupies Martinique 1761 Event British fleet occupies Belle Britain 1759 Event British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1758 Event British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 1756 Event French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1749 Event British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1745 Event English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River 1744 Event Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet 1744 Event Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 1744 Event French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon 1741 Event English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena 1741 Event English fleet under Admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena 1738 Event England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies 1719 Event Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" 1718 Event Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1718 Event Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1715 Event Spanish gold and silver fleet disappears off St. Lucie, Florida 1714 Event Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet 1714 Event Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 1711 Event Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence 1705 Event English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1704 Event Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet 1704 Event English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1702 Event Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet 1702 Event Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 1702 Event Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French 1696 Event Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River 1695 Event English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk 1694 Event Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports 1692 Event Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1690 Event Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet 1690 Event Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1688 Event Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England 1678 Event French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1678 Event French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die 1677 Event Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet 1676 Event Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1676 Event Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet 1675 Event Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships 1673 Event Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 Death Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51 1673 Event Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City 1673 Event Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1673 Event Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet 1672 Event Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1667 Event English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1667 Event Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet 1667 Event Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River 1666 Death Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 1666 Event English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 1666 Event Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet 1665 Event English fleet beat Dutch fleet 1665 Event Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 1665 Event Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft 1663 Event Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish 1658 Event Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch 1658 Event Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish 1658 Event French fleet recaptures Duinkerk 1658 Event Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish 1657 Event Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1656 Event Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon 1655 Event English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet 1655 Event Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates 1654 Event Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish 1653 Event Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Event Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Event Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 1653 Event Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth 1652 Event Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1652 Event Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1652 Event English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp 1647 Death Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48 1641 Death Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle 1634 Event Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao 1634 Event Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies 1630 Event Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil 1629 Death Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51 1628 Event Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet 1628 Death Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned 1627 Event English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe 1627 Event English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle 1627 Event English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle 1625 Event Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz 1624 Event Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru 1624 Event Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru 1624 Event Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru 1624 Event Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama 1622 Event Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die 1622 Birthday Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian 1621 Event Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) 1612 Event Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1607 Event Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet 1604 Event Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam 1603 Event Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies 1599 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java 1599 Event Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat 1598 Event Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java 1598 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1598 Event Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies 1597 Event Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java 1597 Event Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java 1596 Event Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland 1596 Event Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java 1596 Event Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java 1596 Event English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz 1596 Event English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz 1596 Event Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java 1588 Event Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1588 Event English fleet beats Spanish Armada 1588 Event English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1587 Event Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet 1585 Event English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen 1574 Event Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish 1574 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis 1574 Event Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet 1573 Event Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth 1572 Event Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey 1571 Event Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Death Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 1560 Event Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden 1560 Event Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli 1560 Event Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa 1551 Event Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli 1543 Event French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice 1538 Event Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish 1535 Event Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis 1528 Event Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1521 Event Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu 1521 Event Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar) 1515 Event Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz 1512 Event Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France 1499 Event Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians 1498 Event Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island 1492 Event Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet 1492 Event Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas 1492 Event Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) 1492 Event English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock 1492 Event Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico 1492 Event Columbus' fleet sets sail west 1492 Event Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands 1492 Event Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet 1453 Event Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople 1377 Event French invasion fleet lands at Rye England 1340 Event Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1340 Event In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys 1304 Event Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet 1281 Event Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan 1217 Event Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1185 Event Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet 1156 Event Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet 610 Event Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople
