Barbary Wars

May 10, 1801 – June 19, 1815

The United States and Sweden fought the Barbary states of North Africa, which demanded tribute and attacked merchant ships. Two wars, in 1801–1805 and 1815, ended the tribute payments by the United States.

Overview Contemporaries

United States

Ottoman Algeria

United States

Sweden

Kingdom of Sicily

Morocco

Regency of Algiers

James Madison belligerent leader

Thomas Jefferson belligerent leader

Gustav IV Adolf military commander

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies belligerent leader Richard Valentine Morris military commander

Richard Dale military commander

William Eaton military commander

Stephen Decatur military commander

Raïs Hamidou military commander Yusuf Karamanli military commander Omar Agha military commander

Battles 2

First Barbary War May 10, 1801 – June 10, 1805
- Action of 1 August 1801 August 1, 1801 · American victory
- First Battle of Tripoli Harbor May 16, 1802 · Inconclusive
- Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor August 3 – September 10, 1804 · Tripolitanian victory
- Battle of Derna (1805) April 27 – June 12, 1805 · American victory
Second Barbary War June 17–19, 1815 · American victory
- Battle off Cape Gata June 17, 1815 · American victory