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1768, Sep 151798-18511851, Apr 21
an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during which he commanded a number of famous ships, including the USS Essex and the USS President. As Commander of the frigate USS Chesapeake, he was court-martialed for his actions in 1807, which led to the surrender of his ship to the British. After criticism from some fellow officers, the resulting controversy led Barron to a duel with Stephen Decatur, one of the officers who presided over his court-martial. Suspended from command, he pursued commercial interests in Europe during the War of 1812. Barron finished his naval career on shore duty, becoming the Navy's senior officer in 1839.
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03/22/1820-Stephen Decatur Jr., hero of the Barbary Wars, is mortally wounded in a duel with disgraced Navy Commodore James Barron at Bladensburg, Maryland
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It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself.
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James Barron1768, Sep 151798
 
18511851, Apr 21

Ashley Bowen1728, Jan 81741
 
17991813
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17991794, Mar 26
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George Balfourunknown1790
 
1799unknown
 naval surgeon in the U.S. navy
Nicolas Baudin1754, Feb 171769
 
18031803, Sep 16
 a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer. At the age of 15 he joined the merc...
Juan Carrascounknown1784
 
1803unknown
 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac...
George Bass1771, Jan 301789
 
1803unknown
 a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. At the age of 18 he was accepted in London as ...
Horatio Nelson1758, Sep 291771
 
18051805, Oct 21
 a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb g...
Adam Johann von Krusenstern1770, Nov 191793
 
18061846, Aug 24
 a Baltic German admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. Af...
Stephen Decatur Sr.1751, Jun1770
 
18091808, Nov 11
 an American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War. He was the father ...
Francisco de Eliza17591773
 
18091825, Feb 19
 a Spanish naval officer, navigator, and explorer. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville1729, Nov 121753
 
18111811, Aug 31
 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in...
Albemarle Bertie1755, Jan 201760
 
18121824, Feb 24
 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ...
William Bligh1754, Sep 91761
 
18141817, Dec 7
 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ...
Joachim Murat1767, Mar 251790
 
18151815, Oct 13
 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince...
Sir John Duckworth1748, Feb 91759
 
18171817, Aug 31
 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen...
Jose de Bustamante y Guerra1759, Apr 11770
 
18171825, Mar 10
  a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and politician. With Alessandro Malaspina, they proposed to t...
Joshua Barneyunknown1759
 
1818unknown
 an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late...
Stephen Decatur Jr.1779, Jan 51790
 
18191820, Mar 22
 a United States naval officer and commodore notable for his naval victories in the early 19th cen...
Alexander Murray1755, Jul 121773
 
18211821, Oct 6
 an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United States ...
Luis Brion1782, Jul 61806
 
 
18211821, Sep 27
 a military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence. He rose to the rank of admir...
William Howard Allen1790, Jul 81808
 
 
18221822, Nov
  a Lieutenant in the United States navy, and a native of the city of Hudson. While a child, he w...
Manuel Quimper17571770
 
18291844, Apr
 a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ...
Captain Antonio el Majorcamunknown1820
 
 
1829unknown
 At one time an officer in the Spanish Navy. Became a notorious West Indian pirate, but about 1824...
Jose Maria Narvaez17681780
 
18311840, Aug 4
 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Low...
Cayetano Valdes y Flores17671782
 
18331835
 a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutio...
Sir George Back1796, Nov 61808
 
 
18391878, Jun 23
 a British naval officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. As a boy, he wen...
James Clark Ross1800, Apr 151818
 
 
18491862, Apr 3
 a British naval officer and explorer remembered today for his exploration of the Arctic (in the H...
Edward Boys17491796
 
18511866
 an English sea captain. In 1803, Boys, when in charge of a prize, was made prisoner by the French...
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen1778, Sep 91796
 
18521852, Jan 13
 a Baltic-German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, ultimately rose ...
Matthew C. Perry1794, Apr 101809
 
18571858, Mar 4
 a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars,...
Charles Wilkes1798, Apr 31830
 
18691877, Feb 8
 an American naval officer and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 ...
Ernest Mouchez1821, Aug 241843
 
18871892, Jun 29
 a French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Ca...
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