| 1800 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 1 | United States frigate Constellation, 36 (Thomas Truxtun), engages the French frigate Vengeance, 40 (Sébastien Louis Marie Pichot) |
| 10 | British frigate Triton, 32 (John Gore), captures the French corvette Vidette, 14, near the Black Rocks off the coast of France |
| MARCH |
| 5 | British frigate Phoebe, 36 (Robert Barlow) captures the French privateer Heureux, 22 |
| 14 | Mutiny on board the British frigate Danae (William Allen Proby) |
| APRIL |
| 25 | British hired lugger Lark, 14 (Thomas Henry Wilson) captures the French privateer cutter Imprenable, 14 |
| MAY |
| 31 | British schooner Netley, 16 (Francis Godolphin Bond), captures the French lugger Legere, 3 |
| AUGUST |
| 25 | British frigate Seine, 38, captures the French frigate Vengeance, 40. |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 5 | Malta surrenders to the British. |
|
| 1801 |
| JANUARY |
| 1 | United States frigate Chesapeake, 36, captures the French privateer Jeune Creole off Barbuda |
| APRIL |
| 2 | Copenhagen (Battle of) |
| MAY |
| 6 | British brig Speedy, 14 (Thomas Cochrane) captures the Spanish xebec Gamo, 32 (Francisco de Torres) |
| 10 | Tripoli declares war on the United States |
| JUNE |
| 24 | French squadron captures the British ship Swiftsure, 74 (Benjamin Hallowell) |
| JULY |
| 6 | Algeciras (Battle of) |
| 12 | Algeciras (Battle of)/Gut of Gibraltar (Battle of) |
| AUGUST |
| 4 | Bombardment of Boulogne |
| 15 - 16 | Attack on Boulogne |
|
| 1802 |
| MARCH |
| 25 | Peace of Amiens signed |
|
| 1803 |
| MAY |
| 18 | Britain declares war on France |
| 18 | British frigate Doris, 36 (Richard Henry Pearson), captures the French lugger Affronteur, 14 (Morce-André Dutoya), off Ushant. |
|
| 1804 |
| MAY |
| 7 | French gun boats capture the British brig Vencejo, 16 (John Wesley Wright) off Port Navalo |
| JULY |
| 14 | French privateer Dame Ambert captures the British brig Lilly, 14 |
| DECEMBER |
| 2 | Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France |
| 12 | Spain declares war on Britain |
|
| 1805 |
| JANUARY |
| 26 | British brig Epervier, 16 (John Impey), captures the French privateer schooner L'Elizabeth, 4 |
| 29 | British sloop Kingfisher, 18 (Richard William Cribb), captures the French privateer Deux Amis, 6 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 8 | British sloop Lark, 18 (Frederick Langford), captures the Spanish schooner Camerara, 16 |
| JULY |
| 22 | Cape Finisterre (Battle of)/Calder's Action |
| OCTOBER |
| 21 | Trafalgar (Battle of) |
| NOVEMBER |
| 4 | Cape Ortegal (Battle of)/Strachan's Action |
|
| 1806 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 6 | San Domingo (Battle of) |
| MARCH |
| 13 | British London, 98 (Harry Burrard Neale), and frigate Amazon, 38 (William Parker), capture the French Marengo and Belle Poule |
| 26 | British frigate Pique, 36 (Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross), captures the French brigs Phaeton, 16 (Louis-Henri Freycinet-Saulce), and Voltigeur, 16 (Jacques Saint-Cricq) |
| JUNE |
| 18 | British frigate Blanche (Thomas Lavie) captures the French frigate Guerriere |
| OCTOBER |
| 18 | British frigate Caroline (Peter Rainier) captures the Dutch frigate Maria Riggersbergen |
|
| 1807 |
| JANUARY |
| 1 | British squadron [Arethusa, 38 (Charles Brisbane); Latona, 38 (James Athol Wood); Anson, 44 (Charles Lydiard); Fisguard, 38 (William Bolton)] captures the island of Curaçoa |
| JUNE |
| 30 | Lemnos (Battle of) |
| JULY |
| 7 | Treaty of Tilsit signed (alliance between Russia and France) |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 2 - 5 | Bombardment of Copenhagen |
|
| 1808 |
| JANUARY |
| 13 | British brig Pandora, 18 (Henry Hume Spence), captures the French privateer Entreprenante, 16 |
| 24 | British frigate Iris, 36 (John Tower), captures the French privateer lugger Marsouin, 14 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 12 | British brig Elk, 18 (Jeremiah Coghlan), captures the French privateer Harlequin, 2 |
| MARCH |
| 2 | British brig-sloop Sappho (George Langford) captures the Dutch brig Admiral Jawl |
| JULY |
| 6 | British frigate Seahorse, 38 (John Stewart) engages the Turkish Badere Zaffer, 62 (Scandril Kichuc-Ali) and Alis Fezan, capturing the former and damaging the latter |
|
| 1809 |
| JANUARY |
| 1 | British brig Onyx, 10 (Charles Gill), captures the Dutch brig Manly, 16 |
| 2 | British frigate Imperieuse, 38 (Thomas Cochrane), captures the French cutter Gauloise, 7 and the French lugger Julie, 5. |
| MAY |
| 18 | Capture of the island of Anholt |
| JULY |
| 6 | British Bonne Citoyenne, 20, captures the French frigate Furieuse |
| 30 - 12/10 | Walcheren Expedition |
| OCTOBER |
| 4 | Capture of Cephalonia |
| DECEMBER |
| 14 | British sloop Pylades, 18 (George Ferguson), captures the French privateer Aigle, 10. |
|
| 1810 |
| JANUARY |
| 12 | British brig Scorpion, 18 (Francis Stanfell), captures the French brig Oreste, 16 (Jean-Baptiste-Anselme Mousnier) |
| FEBRUARY |
| 19 | British capture Amboyna |
|
| 1811 |
| MARCH |
| 13 | Lissa (Battle of) |
| MAY |
| 16 | British sloop Little Belt (Arthur Batt Bingham) engages the United States frigate President, 44 |
| 20 | British squadron [Astrea, 36; Phoebe, 36; Galatea, 36; Racehorse, 18] engages a French squadron [Renommée, 40; Clorinde, 40; Néréide, 40] off Madagascar |
| 26 | French brig Abeille captures the British brig-sloop Alacrity, 18 (Nisbet Palmer), off Corsica |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 18 | The Dutch surrender Java and its dependencies to the British |
| OCTOBER |
| 24 | British frigate Perlen, 38 (Joseph Swabey Tetley), captures the French privateer schooner Syrene, 6, near Majorca |
| NOVEMBER |
| 29 | British frigates Alceste and Active capture the French frigate Pomone, 40 |
|
| 1812 |
| JUNE |
| 18 | United States declares war on Britain |
| AUGUST |
| 13 | United States frigate Essex, 32, captures the British sloop Alert, 18 |
| 19 | United States frigate Constitution, 44 (Isaac Hull), captures the British frigate Guerriere, 38 (James Richard Dacres) |
| OCTOBER |
| 25 | United States frigate United States (Stephen Decatur) captures the British frigate Macedonian (John Surman Carden) |
| NOVEMBER |
| 22 | British frigate Southampton, 32 captures the United States schooner Vixen, 12 |
| DECEMBER |
| 28 | British 3rd rate Elephant, 74 (Francis William Austen), captures the United States schooner (privateer) Swordfish, 12 |
| 29 | United States frigate Constitution, 44 (William Bainbridge), captures the British frigate Java, 38 (Henry Lambert), off the coast of Brazil |
|
| 1813 |
| FEBRUARY |
| 24 | United States brig Hornet, 18, captures the British brig Peacock, 18, off Demerara, Guyana |
| MARCH |
| 26 | United States frigate Essex, 32 (David Porter) captures the Peruvian schooner (corsair) Nereyda, 15 off Coquimbo, Chile |
| JUNE |
| 1 | British frigate Shannon, 38 (Philip Bowes Vere Broke), captures the United States frigate Chesapeake (James Lawrence), 38 |
| JULY |
| 3 | Capture of Fiume |
| AUGUST |
| 12 | Austria declares war on France |
| 14 | British brig Pelican captures the United States brig Argus |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 5 | United States schooner Enterprise, 12, captures the British brig Boxer off Portland, Maine |
| 10 | Lake Erie (Battle of) |
| 23 | United States frigate President, 44, captures the British schooner Highflyer, 5 |
|
| 1814 |
| MARCH |
| 28 | British frigate Phoebe, 36 and sloop Cherub, 18 capture the United States frigate Essex, 32 off Valparaiso, Chile |
| APRIL |
| 21 | British frigate Orpheus, 36, captures the United States sloop Frolic |
| 29 | United States sloop Peacock, 18, captures the British sloop Epervier, 18, off Florida |
| MAY |
| 5 - 6 | Capture of Oswego |
| JUNE |
| 22 | British Leander, 50, captures the United States brig Rattlesnake, 14, off Cape Sable |
| 28 | United States sloop Wasp captures the British brig Reindeer |
| JULY |
| 12 | British 3rd rate Medway, 74 captures the United States brig Siren, 16 off Africa |
| AUGUST |
| 29 | Alexandria surrenders to a British squadron under the command of Captain James Alexander Gordon |
| SEPTEMBER |
| 1 | United States sloop Wasp captures the British brig Avon |
| 11 | Lake Champlain (Battle of) |
| DECEMBER |
| 24 | Treaty of Ghent signed (ending the War of 1812) |
|
| 1815 |
| JANUARY |
| 15 | British squadron [Endymion, 40; Tenedos, 38; Pomone; Majestic, 58] captures the United States frigate President, 44 off New York |
| FEBRUARY |
| 20 | United States frigate Constitution (Charles Stewart) captures the British frigate Cyane, 34 (Gordon Falcon), and Levant, 18 (George Douglas), off Madeira |
| MARCH |
| 23 | United States brig Hornet, 18, captures the British brig Penguin, 18 (James Dickenson) off Tristan da Cunha |
| JUNE |
| 30 | United States sloop Peacock, 18 captures the British brig Nautilus, 14 in Straits of Sunda |
| NOVEMBER |
| 20 | Second Treaty of Paris signed |
|
| 1816 |
| AUGUST |
| 27 | Bombardment of Algiers |
|
| 1821 |
| MAY |
| 5 | Death of Napoleon Bonaparte on St. Helena |
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