1584 A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan W
1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back W
1797 A daring night reconnaissance off Cape St Vincent by Commodore Horatio Nelson on 11 February located the Spanish Fleet during the Napoleonic wars.
1938 HM Naval Base Singapore was activated.
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