10 events with tag "naval"
480 BC
ID: 5351
Laurion silver victories - Athenian fleet built with mining profits defeats Persians at Salamis, saving Greek independence
ID: 5351
480 BC
ID: 232
September 480 BC
Battle of Salamis - Greek fleet destroys Persian navy in narrow straits, Xerxes watches from shore
ID: 232
410 BC
ID: 257
Battle of Cyzicus - Athenian fleet wins major victory, democracy restored
ID: 257
406 BC
ID: 258
Battle of Arginusae - Athens wins but executes generals for not saving drowning sailors
ID: 258
264 BC
ID: 2660
First Punic War begins - Rome vs Carthage over Sicily, Romans forced to become naval power
ID: 2660
260 BC
ID: 2661
Battle of Mylae - Romans use corvus (boarding bridge) to turn sea battle into land battle, first naval victory
ID: 2661
1430
ID: 101
Portuguese develop the caravel - combining lateen and square sails, exploration of African coast begins
ID: 101
1696
ID: 5986
Peter the Great captures Azov from Ottomans - Russia's first naval victory, gains access to Black Sea
ID: 5986
1750
ID: 537
Benjamin Robins uses Euler's trigonometric methods to improve British naval gunnery calculations
ID: 537
1918
ID: 1273
Colloidal silver controls flu outbreak on ship during pandemic
ID: 1273