Lady Elgin Sinks off Winnetka, Illinois (1860)
The Lady Elgin The loss of the side-wheel steamship Lady Elgin was one of Lake Michigan's most tragic maritime disasters.…
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Sir Robert Dudley Dies (6 Sept 1649)
Probable likeness of Robert Dudley, c. 1591, from the National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain Sir Robert Dudley (7 August 1574 –…
Bruce Macartney Jr. Dies (2019)
Bruce Jesse Macartney, Jr. (1949-2019) Bruce Jesse Macartney Jr., 70 of Midland, died Thursday morning, September 5, 2019 at the…
Royal George Sinks During Refitting 29 Aug 1782
Royal George at Spithead Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored at Spithead off Portsmouth. The ship was…
A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won’t allow anyone a sip
Diver explores Biekinge champagne wreck COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — No one will be allowed to fish out any of the…
Louisa Jo Killen Dies 9 August 2013
Louisa Jo Killen Louisa Jo Killen (born Louis Killen; 10 January 1934 – 9 August 2013) was an English folk…
Effingham fights Battle of Gravelines vs. the Spanish Armada (8 Aug 1588)
The Spanish Armada Five Spanish ships were lost. The galleass San Lorenzo, flagship of Don Hugo de Moncada, ran aground…
Nelson Wins Battle of the Nile (1 August 1798)
Admiral Lord Nelson On 1st August 1798, Nelson led his fleet into action against the French fleet anchored at the…
Robinson Crusoe Author Spends Final Day in Pillory (31 July 1703)
This image contradicts the description of events. Daniel Defoe of Robinson Crusoe fame spent the last of his three days…
England Defeats Spanish Armada (29 July, 1588)
English Navy fights the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France Off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called…
Hundreds drown in Eastland disaster (24 July 1915)
S.S. Eastland in Ohio, circa 1911 On July 24, 1915, the steamer Eastland overturns in the Chicago River, drowning between…
Experimental Steam Ship, Pyroscaphe, travels the Saone (15 July 1783)
Pyroscaphe on the river Saone at Lyon. 15 July 1783 The Marquis de Jouffroy d’Abbans demonstrated his experimental steamship, the…
Cook Begins his third voyage (12 July 1776)
Captain James Cook James Cook's third and final voyage took the route from Plymouth via Tenerife and Cape Town to…
SS Great Britain returns to Bristol Harbour after 127 years (1970)
SS Great Britain in Bristol Harbour today In 1970, after Great Britain had been abandoned for 33 years, Sir Jack…
Construction on the Erie Canal begins 4 July 1817
Construction begins on the Erie Canal On July 4, 1817, workers break ground on the Erie Canal at Rome, New…
Henry Hudson Set Adrift by mutineers (1611)
Henry Hudson Set Adrift by Mutineers After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew…
Drake Claims California for England (1579)
Sir Francis Drake During his circumnavigation of the world, English seaman Francis Drake anchors in a harbor just north of…
Bounty Mutiny Survivors Reach Timor (14 June,1789)
English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift from the HMS Bounty seven weeks before, reach Timor in the…
British vessel burned off Rhode Island (9 June,1772)
HMS Gaspee, off the coast of Rhode Island In an incident that some regard as the first naval engagement of…
Spanish galleon San José sinks in battle (8 June, 1708)
The English painter Samuel Scott (1702-1772) specialised in marine painting and views of London. A strong influence of the art…