March 27
US Naval History

1794 - Congress authorizes construction of 6 frigates, including Constitution
1799 - USS Constitution recaptures American sloop Neutrality from France
1880 - USS Constellation departs New York with food for famine victims in Ireland

Mar 28
1794 Battle of Le Cateau
1809 Battle of Medilin
1860 Battle of Waireka
1862 Battle of Glorietta Pass, New Mexico Territory
1863 USS Diana captured @ Pattersonville, La
1939 Madrid falls to the Nationalists, ending the Spanish Civil War
1941 Naval Battle of Cape Matapan R.N. sinks 3 Italian Cruisers & 2 destroyers.
1942 St. Nazaire Raid

March 28
US Naval History

1800 - Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to pass Cape of Good Hope
1814 - HMS Phoebe and Cherub capture USS Essex off Valparaiso, Chile. Before capture, Essex had captured 24 British prizes during the War of 1812.
1848 - USS Supply reaches the Bay of Acre, anchoring under Mount Carmel near the village of Haifa, during expedition to explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan.

March 29
US Naval History

1954 - Carrier aircraft began reconnaissance near Dien Bien Phu, Indochina
1960 - Launch of first fully integrated Fleet Ballistic Missile from USS Observation Island
1973 - Naval Advisory Group and Naval forces, Vietnam disestablished and last U.S. prisoners of war left Vietnam.
1975 - Evacuation of Danang by sea began

Mar 29
1461 Battle of Kowton
1847 US troops capture Veracruz, Mexico
1857 Sepoy Mutiny begins in India
1879 Battle of kambula
1911 M1911 pistol adopted by US Army
1945 last V-1 attack on England

Mar 30
1282 English sack Berwick-upon-Tweed
1856 Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War
1885 Battle of Kuska
1939 Heinkel He 100 sets airspeed record of 463 MPH
1945 Geman pilot flies a Me 262A to a US airfield
1972 N. Vietnam launces the Easter Offensive

March 30
US Navy History

1944 - First use of torpedo squadrons from carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)
1972 - Easter Offensive began in Vietnam

Mar 31
1822 Ottoman troops slaughter population of Greek Island of Chios after an attempted rebellion
1854 Treaty of Kangawa opens 2 Japanese ports to US trade
1865 Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Va
1866 Spanish Navy bombards the harbor @ Valparaiso, Chile
1921 Royal Australian Air Force formed
1942 Japanese invade Christmas Island

March 31
US Naval History

1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry negotiates Treaty of Kanagawa to open trade between U.S. and Japan
1971 - Poseidon (C-3) missile becomes operational when USS James Madison began her 3rd patrol carrying 16 tactical Poseidon missiles.
1992 - USS Missouri (BB-63), the last active American battleship is decommissioned.

April 1
US Naval History

1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.
1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I. Eopolucci, a Naval Armed Guard on board the steamship Aztec, died when the vessel was sunk by a German U-boat. He was the first U.S. Navy sailor killed in action in World War I.
1942 - First Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS) squadron for Pacific operations commissioned
1945 - Over 1200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa
1966 - The command, US Naval Forces Vietnam established
1967 - Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activated at Vung Tau

April 1
1318 Scottish troops capture Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English
1572 Watereguezen captures Brielle from the Spanish
1865 Battle of Five Forks, Va
1918 RAF created
1948 Blockade of Berlin begins

April 2
1453 Siege of Constantinople begins
1755 Commodore William James captures pirate fort @ Suvarnadurg, India
1801 naval Battle of Copenhagen R.N. defeats Danish Navy
1865 A general assault by the Union Army shatters the lines of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ending the Siege of Petersburg, Va. The retreat of the A.N.V. causes the evacuation of Richmond, Va, the Confederate capitol. Battle of Selma, Ala Union Cavalry capture Selma during Wilson's Raid. Mobile Campaign: Union Army begins siege of the Confederate forts..Ft. Blakely & Spanish Fort, Ala.
1982 Falkland Islands War starts when Argentina captures the Islands from the U.K.