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Conflict Africa

First Barbary War

1801 CE – 1805 CE · 4 years

The young United States fought its first overseas war against the Barbary pirates of North Africa who demanded tribute for safe passage. The war produced the Marines' famous march 'to the shores of Tripoli' and established the U.S. as a naval power willing to project force abroad.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States
  • Tripoli (Barbary States)

Key moments

Defining events in the First Barbary War.

  1. 1804 Burning of USS Philadelphia
  2. 1805 Battle of Derna

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Sokoto Caliphate

1804 CE – 1903 CE

Conflict · Africa

Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate

1804 CE – 1808 CE

Trade route · Africa

Atlantic Middle Passage

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Fulani Empire

1804 CE – 1903 CE

Conflict · Africa

Kanem–Bornu Wars

700 CE – 1846 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1801 CE and 1805 CE.

1804 CE Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate 1803 CE Napoleonic Wars 1804 CE Russo-Persian Wars 1805 CE Battle of Trafalgar 1805 CE Battle of Austerlitz

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Vietnam Polity · East Asia Founded 1804 CE · attested to 2026 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Napoleonic Wars Conflict · Europe 1803 CE – 1815 CE Immanuel Kant Figure · Königsberg, Prussia 1724 CE – 1804 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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