Moby Dick First Published (1851)
Herman Melville Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening…
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Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior (1975)
SS Edmund Fitzgerald On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board.…
John Paul Jones Sails to Raid British Ships (1777)
On November 2, 1777, the USS Ranger, with a crew of 140 men under the command of John Paul Jones,…
Erie Canal Opens (1825)
The Erie Canal Opens The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River.…
James Henry Miller aka Ewan MacColl dies (1989)
Ewan MacColl James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl,…
Trafalgar Day (21 Oct 1805)
In one of the most decisive naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined…
Hollywood and the Sea:
Maritime History & Culture in Film
Lifeboat, Alfred Hitchcock, 20th Century Fox, 1944 Register Here for the Zoom Seminar Saturday, 5 November 2022Welcome & Lecture at…
H.L. Hunley sinks during tests (15 Oct 1863)
On October 15, 1863, the H.L. Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine, sinks during a test run, killing its…
The Gold Coast King Who Fought the Might of Europe’s Slave Traders
Artist's rendering of John Canoe (Jan Kwaw), the Ahanta king who likely inspired the Bahamas' Junkanoo festival Sankofa Flamingo Foundation /…
Thomas Downing was a fine-dining pioneer with a secret
Oyster Boat, public domain image from the New York Public Library In the heart of New York’s financial center, a…
Darwin Returns to Falmouth 2 Oct 1831
HMS Beagle The British naturalist Charles Darwin returns to Falmouth, England, aboard the HMS Beagle, ending a five-year surveying expedition…
Albert Lancaster Lloyd, aka A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd dies
Bert Lloyd Albert Lancaster Lloyd, usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and…
Horatio Nelson’s Birthday (29 Sept 1758)
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of…
Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe (26 Sept 1580)
English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, in the Golden Hind, becoming the first British navigator to sail the…
John Paul Jones wins in English waters (23 Sept 1779)
During the American Revolution, the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a hard-fought engagement against the British ships of…
Mayflower Departs England (16 Sept. 1620)
The Mayflower The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 passengers. The ship was headed…
Battle of Lake Erie (Sept. 10, 1813)
The Battle of Lake Erie In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, U.S. Captain Oliver…
World’s First Submarine Attack (Sept. 7, 1776)
The Turtle On September 7, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the…
Magellan’s expedition circumnavigates globe
Magellan's ship The Victoria September 6, 1522 - One of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships—the Victoria—arrives at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus…
Royal George Sinks During Refitting (August 29, 1782)
The Wreck of the "Royal George" Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored at Spithead off Portsmouth. The…