✦ History

First Barbary War

May 10, 1801 – June 10, 1805

The United States fought the Barbary state of Tripoli over attacks on American shipping. The war ended with a treaty after American marines and allies took Derna.

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Battles 4

August 1, 1801
Action of 1 August 1801 American victory Mediterranean Sea
May 16, 1802
First Battle of Tripoli Harbor Inconclusive Port of Tripoli
August 3 – September 10, 1804
Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor Tripolitanian victory Tripoli Stephen Decatur
April 27 – June 12, 1805
Battle of Derna (1805) American victory Derna Oliver Hazard Perry, William Eaton, Presley O'Bannon

Key commanders

United States 8

Thomas Jefferson belligerent leader Gustav IV Adolf belligerent leader Richard Valentine Morris military commander Richard Dale military commander William Eaton military commander Stephen Decatur military commander Oliver Hazard Perry military commander Presley O'Bannon military commander

Ottoman Tripolitania 1

Yusuf Karamanli military commander