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Act One Beginners "Act One Beginners" is the call used in theatre given by a stage manager to the cast and, if necessary, orchestra. It is a call for all members of the production to assume their places immediately as the show will begin as soon as both clearences have been received.
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a United States federal law that stated, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States. This act effectively ended the legal transatlantic slave trade.
Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was a law passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War forbidding the military to return escaped slaves to their owners. As Union armies entered Southern territory during the early years of the War, emboldened slaves began fleeing behind Union lines to secure their freedom.
Act Utilitarianism Act Utilitarianism, a form of utilitarianism, is a theory of ethics that states one must consider the potential consequences of their actions, and from that, make a decision that would then generate the greatest amount of pleasure. Therefore, the minimization of consequences or pain yields a maximization of pleasure.
Act Without Words II Act Without Words II is a short mime play by Samuel Beckett, his second (after Act Without Words I). Like many of Beckett's works, the play was originally composed in French (Acte sans paroles II), then translated into English by Beckett himself.
Acta Apostolicae Sedis The Acta Apostolicae Sedis (literally "Acts of the Apostolic See" in Latin) is a periodical that serves as the official gazette of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State. It is published nominally on a monthly basis even if it appears irregularly.
Acta Cardiologica Acta Cardiologica is an international journal. It publishes bi-monthly original, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of cardiovascular disease including observational studies, clinical trials, experimental investigations with clear clinical relevance and tutorials.
Acta Diurna Acta Diurna (lat: Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records) were daily Roman official notices. They were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of Rome.
Acta Mathematica Acta Mathematica is a journal publishing original research papers in all fields of mathematics. The journal was founded by Gösta Mittag-Leffler in 1882 and is published by Institut Mittag-Leffler, a research institute for mathematics belonging to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Acta Sanctae Sedis The Acta Sanctae Sedis (literally "Acts of the Holy See" in Latin) was a periodical that served as the official gazette of the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, and was published on a monthly basis. It contained the principal public documents issued by the Pope, directly or through the departments of the Roman Curia.
Acta Sanctorum Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, which is organised according to each saint's feast day. It begins with two January volumes, published in 1643, and ended with the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.
Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae The abbreviated title of a celebrated work on the Irish saints by the Franciscan, John Colgan (Leuven, 1645). The full title runs as follows: "Acta Sanctorum veteris et majoris Scotiae, seu Hiberniae, Sanctorum Insulae, partim ex variis per Europam MSS.
Acta Senatus Acta Senatus, or Commentarii Senatus, are minutes of the discussions and decisions of the Roman Senate. Before the first consulship of Julius Caesar (59 BC), minutes of the proceedings of the Senate were written and occasionally published, but unofficially; Caesar, desiring to tear away the veil of mystery which gave an unreal importance to the Senate's deliberations, first ordered them to be recorded and issued authoritatively.
Actaeon In Greek mythology, Actaeon (or Aktaion), son of Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero, trained by the centaur Cheiron, who suffered the fatal wrath of Artemis (or her Roman counterpart Diana).
Actaeus Actaeus (ActaeĂĽs) (reign ended 1556 BCE) was the first king of Athens, father of Agraulus and father-in-law to Cecrops, the second king of Athens. Also gave Attica (Acte) its name before it was changed to Cecropia by Cecrops.
Acteal massacre The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of pregnant women and children, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas ("The Bees"), in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was carried out on December 22, 1997 by unknown paramilitary forces.
Actes et Documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale Actes et Documents du Saint Siège relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (French for Acts and Documents of the Holy See relative to the Second World War), often abbreviated Actes or ADSS, is an eleven-volume collection of documents from the Vatican historical archives compiled by Jesuit historians Pierre Blet (France), Angelo Martini (Italy), Burkhart Schneider (Germany), and Robert Graham (United States), authorized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and published between 1965 and 1981.
Actia In Ancient Roman religious tradition, Actia (Greek: ) was a festival of Apollo, celebrated at Nicopolis in Epirus, with wrestling, musical contests, horse racing, and sea battles. It was established by Augustus, in commemoration of his victory over Mark Antony off Actium, and was probably the revival of an ancient festival; for there was a celebrated temple of Apollo at Actium, which is mentioned by Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War, i.
Actias selene The Indian Moon Moth or Indian Luna Moth (Actias selene) is a species of moth. This species is popular among amateur entomologists and is often reared from eggs or cocoons that are available from commercial sources.
Actibind Actibind is an actin-binding fungal T(2)-RNase protein that is produced by the black mold Aspergillus niger, a microorganism used in biotechnology and food technology. In plants, actibind binds actin, a major component of the cytoskeleton, interfering with the plants' pollen tubes and halting cell growth.
Actifed Actifed is a registered trademark for a combination antihistamine and nasal decongestant medication used for cold and allergy symptoms. Developed in 1958 by Burroughs Wellcome & Company (now part of GlaxoSmithKline), the medication is now manufactured by Pfizer.
Actigraph An actigraph is an electronic device, that can be worn by an individual to perform actigraphy. An actigraph generally consists of an accelerometer, a filter (which filters out everything except the 2-3 Hz band, thereby ensuring external vibrations are ignored), a timer (to start/stop the actigraph at specific times, and to accumulate values for a specific time frame), a memory, to store the resulting values into, and an interface, usually USB or serial, to program the timer and download the data from memory.
Actigraphy Actigraphy is a method of activity and sleep study achieved by mounting a small actigraph unit on a patient for an extended period of time. The unit itself typically includes a small accelerometer and continually records the movements it undergoes.
Actim Index The Actim Index is the official player ratings system of the Barclays Premiership and Coca-Cola Championship, which has been statistically proven to identify the best players. It is compiled and distributed by PA Sport, a subsidiary of the Press Association.
Actimagine Actimagine (pronounced //) is a French company that develops video and vector graphics display software. The company focuses on the consumer electronics and telecom industries, and has patented its low-power video codecs and DRM technology.
Acting Acting is the work of an actor or actress, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. From the Latin word agĕre meaning "to do", this is precisely what acting is.
Acting (rank) An Acting rank, is a military designation allowing an commissioned- or non-commissioned officer to assume a rank—usually higher and usually temporary—with the pay and allowances appropriate to that grade. As such, an officer may be ordered back to the previous grade.
Acting age Acting age is an age, or range of ages, that an actor lists on his or her resume. It is not a claim to an actual chronological age, but a suggestion as to what age or ages the actor considers themselves capable of credibly portraying.
Acting on AIDS Acting on AIDS is a program started by Christian college students at Seattle Pacific University to create awareness and promote activism of the global AIDS pandemic at colleges and universities across the nation. It soon gained the support of World Vision, and now Christian college students across the nation have formed a network of Acting on AIDS chapters which seek to change hearts on campuses, create awareness in communities, and advocate for those impacted by the global AIDS pandemic.
Acting out Acting out is a psychological term meaning to perform an action to express (often unconscious) emotional conflicts. The acting done is usually anti-social and may take the form of acting on the impulses of an addiction (ie.
Acting president An Acting president is a person who temporarily fills the role of an organization's president, either when the real president is unavailable (for example ill or on vacation) or when the post is vacant (for example because of death, resignation, or dismissal).
Acting Pilot Officer Acting Pilot Officer (APO) is the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force, being immediately junior to Pilot Officer. Unlike other RAF ranks which officers may hold in an acting capacity, Acting Pilot Officer is maintained as a separate grade.
Acting President of Malta Malta so far has had two Acting Presidents. An Acting President is a person, generally chosen by the Parliament (locally called a Parlament), to take place the country's President while he is either away or a new President is being chosen.
Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve The title Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve is a term used by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to refer to the most senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve not serving in the First Presidency of the Church. In the absence or ill health of the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Acting President makes decisions about assignments to be made to quorum members based on the request of the First Presidency The title of Acting President has only been held by 4 men: Rudger Clawson, Spencer W.
Acting President of the United States Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States, established under the auspices of the Constitution of the United States, particularly its 25th Amendment (ratified in 1967).
Acting Sheriff Acting Sheriff is an unsold, half-hour television pilot created by Disney for CBS that aired August 17, 1991. A small-time movie actor, played by Robert Goulet, applies for the job of sheriff in a small Northern California town.
Acting Vice President Before the Presidential Succession Act of 1886, there were many different times when the Vice Presidency was vacant due to death/resignation/succession to the Presidency. As the only two constitutional duties associated with the Office of the Vice President are to preside over the Senate and to fill in when there is a vacancy in the Presidency, the President Pro Tempore of the United States would be referred to as the Acting Vice President when there was a vacancy in the Vice President's office, as he would be next in line to the presidency and he was now the presiding officer in the senate.
Acting white Acting white, from the epithet applied by some blacks to other blacks, refers to a perceived betraying of one's race by incorporating the social expectations of mainstream white society . This encompasses such things as speaking grammatically-correct English, dressing conservatively, and otherwise attempting to conform to behavior approved of by the dominant culture.
Actinic cheilitis Actinic cheilitis, also known as solar cheilitis, is the counterpart of actinic keratosis of the skin and can develop into squamous cell carcinoma. In actinic cheilitis, there is thickening whitish discoloration of the lip at the border of the lip and skin.
Actinide The actinide series encompasses the 15 chemical elements that lie between actinium and lawrencium on the periodic table, with atomic numbers 89 - 103IUPAC Provisional Recommendations for the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (2004) (online draft of an updated version of the "Red Book" IR 3-6). The actinide series is named after actinum.
Actinide concept The actinide concept in nuclear chemistry was first theorized by Glenn T. Seaborg in 1944, resulting in the correction of Mendeleyev's periodic table of the elements by placing a new actinide series below the lanthanide series.
Actinides in the environment Actinides in the environment refer to the sources, environmental behaviour and effects of actinides in the environment. Environmental radioactivity is not limited solely to actinides; also, actinides such as uranium and radium specifically are of note.
Actinidia Actinidia is a genus of woody plants native to temperate eastern Asia, occurring throughout most of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, and extending north to southeast Siberia and south into Indochina. The genus includes shrubs growing to 6 m tall, and vigorous, strong-growing vines, growing up to 30 m in tree canopies.
Actinidine Actinidine is a chemical purported to be attractive to cats and is found in valerian root. Cultivators of silver vine, which also contains actinidine, sometimes find their plants destroyed by enthusiastic cats.
Actinobacteria The Actinobacteria or Actinomycetes are a group of Gram-positive bacteria. Most are found in the soil, and they include some of the most common soil life, playing an important role in decomposition of organic materials, such as cellulose and chitin.
Actinograph An actinograph is an instrument for measuring or estimating the amount of light available, in terms of its ability to expose photographic film. That is, it measures the actinic or chemical intensity of light, as opposed to radiometric or photometric amount of light.
Actinophryid The actinophryids are a small, familiar group of heliozoan protists. They are the most common heliozoa in fresh water, and are especially frequent in lakes and rivers, but a few are found in marine and soil habitats as well.
Actinopodidae The spider family Actinopodidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in Australia, South America, and Central America. It includes the Australian genus Missulena, known as the mouse spiders, which are highly venomous.
Actinostrobus acuminatus Actinostrobus acuminatus (Dwarf Cypress), is a species of coniferous tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). Like the other species in the genus, it is endemic to southwestern Western Australia, where it can be found along the shorelines of rivers.
Actinostrobus pyramidalis Actinostrobus pyramidalis, commonly known as swamp cypress, is a species of coniferous tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). Like the other species in the genus, it is endemic to southwestern Western Australia.
Actio de in rem verso Actio de in rem verso is a legal term meaning enrichment without cause. Its origin lies in first Roman law and then French law, when Napoleon's law givers used the INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN as the basis for the CODE NAPOLEON.
Action (album) Punchline's first full-length album on Fueled by Ramen Records has notably hopeful and positive lyrics compared to bands with a similar fanbase, in the vein of pop punk and so-called 'emo' of the late 1990's and early 2000's. Steve Soboslai (guitar), Paul Menotiades (guitar), and Chris Fafalios (bass) split vocals on the album, most going to Steve, Paul, and Chris repectively.
Action (firearm) The action of a firearm refers to the physical parts that control loading and firing. A reference to the action, as a noun rather than an adjective, refers to the assembly that makes up the fire control group: trigger, sear, bolt, firing pin and other associated parts of the gun's lockwork.
Action (music) The action of a stringed instrument is the distance between the fingerboard and the string, which determines how easy it is to sound notes when pressure is applied with the finger tips. Generally a low action is considered to be more playable, due to the lower amount of pressure needed to press the string to the fingerboard.
Action (physics) In physics, the action is an integral quantity that is used to determine the evolution of a physical system between two defined states using the calculus of variations. Several different definitions of the action are in common use in physics, as described below.
Action (piano) The action of a piano is the mechanical assembly which translates the depression of the piano keys into a felt hammer striking the strings. The illustration to the right is of a circa 1907 Wessell, Nickel and Gross Upright action; the parts are listed below.
Action (radio) Action (aka Action Theater) was a planned 1945 NBC anthology series of action-adventure tales. However, the series went no further than the first audition drama, although an announcement on the show reveals an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's "Victory" (with Nancy Kelly and Roger Pryor) was scheduled, along with stories by Ernest Hemingway and Jack London.
Action (UML) In the Unified Modeling Language, an action is a named element that is the fundamental unit of executable functionality. The execution of an action represents some transformation or processing in the modeled system.
Action 52 Action 52 is a multicart consisting of 52 individual video games, released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis consoles by Active Enterprises. It was initially sold for the comparatively high price of $200 USD (or "less than $4 for each game"), and became notorious among gamers for the poor quality of its games.
Action alert An action alert is a message that an organization sends to its supporters calling on them to take action to influence public policy. Typically, action alerts are in reference to a timely issue, where prompt action is needed in order to affect upcoming decisions.
Action at a distance (computer science) Action at a distance is an anti-pattern (a recognized common error) in which behavior in one part of a program varies wildly based on difficult or impossible to identify operations in another part of the program.
Action at a distance (physics) In physics, action at a distance, or actio in distans, is the interaction of two objects which are separated in space with no known mediator of the interaction. This term was used most often with early theories of gravity and electromagnetism to describe how an object could "know" the mass (in the case of gravity) or charge (in electromagnetism) of another distant object.
Action at Bronkhorstspruit The Action at Bronkhorstspruit was one of the first serious clashes of the First Boer War. It was a skirmish between a British army column and a group of Boers, fought a few miles east of the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng on December 20, 1880.
Action Action Action Action is an indie rock band from Long Island, New York who combine a New Wave aesthetic with a swirling guitar-driven sound reminiscent of The Bolshoi, Bauhaus, and other proto-goth bands prominent in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Action Against Hunger Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF) is an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while seeking long-term, sustainable solutions to hunger. Recognized as a world leader in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, Action Against Hunger specializes in responding to emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disaster.
Action Assembly Action Assembly Theory is a communication theory that emphasizes psychological and social influences on human action. The goal is to examine and describe the links between the cognition and behavior - how an individual's thoughts get transformed into actions.
Action Biker Action Biker (also known as "KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin" in the UK) is a 1985 game for 8-bit home computers released by Mastertronic. The game was a tie-in with potato snack food KP Skips, whose mascot was "Clumsy Colin" who featured in television adverts for Skips at around the time the game was published.
Action Blue Sky Campaign The Action Blue Sky Campaign (藍天行動) is an environmental campaign in Hong Kong, organised by the Environmental Protection Department, to clean up the city's air pollution. It was officially launched by Chief Executive Donald Tsang on July 25, 2006.
Action civique de Québec Action civique de Québec is a political party in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada that contests municipal elections. It was created in 2001 after the amalgamation of Quebec City and surrounding suburban municipalities.
Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands () is a Hong Kong-based activist organisation that aims to reclaim Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands. The territorial right to the islands is disputed between the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, and Japan.
Action Congress The Action Congress is a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party will allegedly run current Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is defecting from the People's Democratic Party, as it's presidential candidate in the 2007 presidential election.
Action Congress (Nigeria) The Action Congress is a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party will allegedly run current Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is defecting from the People's Democratic Party, as it's presidential candidate in the 2007 presidential election.
Action film Action films, or movies, are a film genre, where action sequences, such as fighting, stunts, car chases or explosions, take precedence over elements like characterisation or complex plotting. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero, as contrasted with most war films.
Action for Children's Television Action for Children's Television (ACT) was founded by Peggy Charren in Newton, Massachusetts in 1968 as a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the quality of television programming offered to children. Although concerned about "commercial abuses targeted to children," ACT took a stance, in Charren's words, "violently opposed to censorship.
Action Française The Action Française is a French Monarchist (Orléanist) counter-revolutionary movement and periodical founded by Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois and whose principal ideologist was Charles Maurras. Although it supported the Orleanist branch, according to historian René Rémond's categorization of French right-wing families, it would be closer to the legitimist branch, characterized by rejection of the 1789 French Revolution's ideals (while the Orleanist branch is, according to Rémond, a movement which supports economic liberalism).
Action Front for Renewal and Development The Action Front for Renewal and Development (French: Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement) is an political party in Benin. Its candidate in the presidential elections of 4 and 18 March 2001, Mathieu Kérékou, won 45.
Action genre The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. It encompasses action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga.
Action Girl Comics Action Girl Comics is the name of a comics anthology, edited by Sarah Dyer, and united by the titular character, a young superheroine called Action Girl. It features the work of female comic book creators, and is published by Slave Labor Graphics.
Action Group (Nigeria) Action Group was a Nigerian political party established in Lagos on March 21, 1951, by the Ègbe Ọmọ Odùduwà led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The party was founded to serve as the platform for realizing his primary objective of mobilising the Yorùbá into one political umbrella.
Action hero An action hero is any heroic character that lacks the superhuman powers that would normally be connoted in the term "superhero". Instead of fighting crime using latent or expressed superpowers, they are normal people who use special devices (not limited to gadgetry and detective work), fighting techniques/martial arts, or simple brute force.
Action Heroes Action Heroes were a British synth rock band from the towns of Tavistock and Okehampton in Devon, England. In the summer of 1995, the band Harry and the Hormones formed, and later became known as the Action Heroes.
Action item An action item is a documented event, task, activity, or action that needs to take place. Action items are usually created during a discussion by a group of people who are meeting about a one or more topics and during the discussion it is discovered that some kind of action is needed.
Action learning Professor Reginald Revans, the originator of Action Learning, died aged 95 in January 2003. He had invented and developed this method in the 1940s, working in the Coal Board and later in hospitals, where he concluded that the conventional instructional methods were largely ineffective.
Action level In the United States, the term action level can refer to levels recommended by EPA for enforcement by Food and Drug Administration and USDA when pesticide residues occur in food or feed commodities for reasons other than the direct application of the pesticide. As opposed to "tolerances" which are established for residues occurring as a direct result of proper usage, action levels are set for inadvertent residues resulting from previous legal use or accidental contamination.
Action libérale nationale The Action libérale nationale was a short-lived political party in Quebec, Canada, led by Paul Gouin and founded by dissident Liberal party members in 1934. The ALN formed an alliance with the Parti conservateur du Québec led by Maurice Duplessis to contest the 1935 Quebec general election without running candidates against each other.
Action News Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. It was conceived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV) in 1970 as a response to the "Eyewitness News" format used on rival station KYW-TV.
Action of 1 February 1625 The Action of one February 1625 took place on 1 to 24 February 1625 and was a tactical victory for Portuguese (as they regained the control of Persian gulf) with a fleet of eight galleons over a English-Dutch force of nine warships.
Action of 11 May 1560 This battle took place on 11 May 1560 near Jerba, Tunisia, and was a victory for an Ottoman Turkish galley fleet under the command of Piyale, over a mixed Christian galley fleet made up of Papal, Maltese, Neapolitan etc. forces.
Action of 13 October 1644 This took place on 13 October 1644 north-west of the island of Fehmarn, now part of Germany, in the Baltic Sea. A combined Swedish-Dutch fleet defeated a Danish fleet and took 1000 prisoners, including Ulfeld, Grabov and von Jasmund.
Action of 14 July 1616 This battle took place on 14 July-16 July 1616 near Cape Khelidonia, south-eastern Turkey, between a small Spanish fleet under Ribera, and a large Turkish galley fleet. It was the first regular fleet action between sailing ships, which had been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea in about 1609, and galleys, which had reigned supreme for millennia.
Action of 14 May 1814 This battle took place on 14, 16 and 17 May, 1814, during the Argentine War of Independence between an Argentine fleet under William Brown and a Spanish fleet under Admiral Sienna off the coast of Montevideo, in today's Uruguay.
Action of 16 May 1644 This battle took place on 16 May 1644 during the Danish-Swedish War near List Deep, between Sylt and Rømø in western Denmark. Nine Danish ships under King Christian IV forced a retreat back into List Deep of 26 smaller Dutch ships (13 under Thijsen and 13 under Gierdtson) which had come to assist Sweden against Denmark.
Action of 16 May 1654 This battle, which took place on 16 May 1654, was the first of a series of tough battles just inside the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait, as Venice and sometimes the other Christian forces attempted to hold the Turks back from their invasion of Crete by attacking them early.
Action of 17 June 1788 This was a series of mainly small-ship actions which occurred along the coast of what is now Ukraine during the Russo-Turkish War (1787-92) as Russian and Turkish ships and boats supported their land armies in the struggle for control of Ochakov, a strategic position. The main actions at sea happened on 17, 18, 28 and 29 June and 9 July 1788.
Action of 18 November 1809 Action of 18 November 1809 was a battle during the Napoleonic Wars. It took place on 18 November 1809 near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, when 2 French frigates and a corvette defeated and captured 3 British East Indiamen.
Action of 18 September 1639 This battle took place between 17 and 19 September 1639 when a Dutch squadron under Maarten Tromp and Witte Corneliszoon de With met with a much larger but poorly led Spanish fleet under Antonio D'Oquendo consisting of 40 to 45 men-of-war and 40 to 50 transport vessels filled with some 13000 Spanish soldiers who were being transported to Dunkirk.
Action of 19 February 1807 This battle took place on 19 February 1807 and was the main military operation of the Dardanelles Operation during the Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809). The battle took place in the Dardanelles Strait when Britain attacked Turkey in support of Dmitry Senyavin's Imperial Russian Fleet.
Action of 2 July 1915 The Russian raid on Gotland, which took place on July 2 1915, was a naval battle of World War I between Germany (of the Central Powers) and Russia, assisted by a submarine of the United Kingdom (of the Allied Powers). The engagement took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland, Sweden, a country neutral in World War I.
Action of 2 May 1654 The Action of 2 May 1654 was a sea battle which took place near Colombo, Ceylon, when a force of 11 Dutch ships defeated 2 Portuguese galleons, which ran aground and were burnt near Carmona, north of Cabo de Rama. On about 4 May Zijdeworm was burnt as a fireship near Karwar, and on 6 May the Portuguese galleon Nazareth was burnt near Hanovar.
Action of 21 October 1707 The Battle at the Lizard was a naval battle that took place on October 21 1707 near Lizard Point, Cornwall between an Engish convoy protected by Commodore Richard Edwards and two French squadron's under René Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin , during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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