Naval battles

All these battles have taken place on the sea! You get the date and name the battle or place!

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Year	Clue	Battle
480 BCE	Decisive battle between Greek and Persians	Salamis
260 BCE	Roman defeat Carthage in this naval battle	Mylae
31 BCE	Augustus/ Agrippa defeats Marc Anthony and Cleopatra	Actium
1279	Mongols defeat Chinese Song fleat	Yamen
1340	French fleet destroyed by English during 100 Years War	Sluys
1509	Portuguese defeat Mamluks and Indians and take controle of spice routes	Diu
1571	Holy League defeats Ottoman empire	Lepanto
1588	Spanish invasion in England fails	Armada
1781	French defeat Brittain during American Revolutionary War	Chesapeake bay
1805	Nelson destroys the fleet of Napoleon	Trafalgar

Year	Clue	Battle
1862	First battle of ironclads ever takes place in American Civil War	Hampton Roads
1898	USA decisively defeats Spanish fleet	Santiago de Cuba
1905	Japan destroys Russian fleet	Tsushima
1916	Largest naval battle during WWI which ends in a draw	Jutland
1941	Japans suprise attack on US fleet	Pearl Harbor
1942	Allied fleet defeated by Japanese while trying to avoid an invasion	Java sea
1942	First battle between aircraft carriers which ended undecisevely	Coral Sea
1942	Turning point of WW II in Pacific	Midway
1944	Biggest naval battle in terms of tonnage	Leyte Gulf