| 1807: | HMS Leopard attacks USS Chesapeake |
| 1865: | Confederate raider Shenandoah fires last shot of Civil War in Bering Strait |
| 1884: | Navy relief expedition under CDR Winfield S. Schley rescues LT A.W. Greely, USA, and 6 others from Ellesmere Island, where they were marooned for 3 years on Arctic island. |
| 1898: | ADM Sampson begins amphibious landing near Santiago, Cuba |