1893    The USS ''Indiana'', the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.

1893    The Royal Navy battleship {{HMS|Camperdown|1885|6}} accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship {{HMS|Victoria|1887|6}} which sinks taking 358 crew with her including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.

1909    The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18|2}}, returns to the United States after a voyage around the world.

1915    World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.

1943    World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice aboard the Royal Navy battleship {{HMS|Nelson|28|6}} off Malta.

1944    World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.

1992    The {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.