Early 17th Century
- 1601 December 27 Bantam - Dutch defeat Portuguese in Bantam Bay
- 1602 October 3 Sluis - Dutch under Jacob van Duivenvoorde defeat Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- 1603 May 26 Sluis - Dutch under Joos de Moor beat back Spanish under Frederik Spinola
- ?? 1603 October - Tuscan galleys defeat Tunisians
- 1604 October - Tuscans defeat Tunisians (details)
- 1605 - Dutch fleet under Willem Haultain attacks and partly destroys a Spanish fleet of transport ships near Dover
- 1606 August 17 Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca
- September 21 Second battle of Cape Rachado - Dutch under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge destroy Portuguese ships
- 1607 April 25 Gibraltar - Dutch under Jacob van Heemskerk destroy a Spanish fleet
- October 20 - Tuscans under Beauregard defeat Turkish trade fleet (details)
- 1609 about May - French under Beaulieu vs Tunisians (details)
- June 29 - Spanish-French raid on La Goulette, Tunisia (details)
- - Venetians defeat Turks near Paxos (details)
- (late)? - Turks under Khalil defeat French under Fressinet near Cyprus (details)
- (late)? - Turks vs French under Beaulieu
- 1610 August 21 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
- October 10 - Tuscans vs Turks (details)
- 1611 August (end)? - Minor action between Danes and Swedes in Kalmar Sound
- 1612 May 23 or 25 - Sicilian-Neapolitan galley fleet defeats Tunisians at La Goulette (details)
- November 29–30 Swally - British East India Company fleet defeats Portuguese fleet near Surat, India
- 1613 August 29 - Sicilians under de Aragon defeat Turkish trade fleet (details)
- 1615 January 20-? (Old Style) - English defeat Portuguese in mainly minor skirmishes
- July 17 and 18 - Spanish vs Dutch (same as next?)
- - Dutch under Spilbergen defeat Spanish under de Pulgar near Valdivia, Peru (details)
- 1616 January - Spanish vs ? (details)
- about March? - Spanish under Ribera defeat Tunisians at La Goulette (details)
- April 29 - Tuscans under Inghirami defeat Turks near Euboea (details)
- July 14–16 - Spanish under Ribera defeat Turks in the first regular action between galleys and sailing ships in the Mediterranean (details)
- July - Spanish versus Dutch (details)
- about October (possible engagement) - Neapolitans/Sicilian galleys defeat larger Turkish galley fleet
- 1617 April 13 - Spanish under Ribera vs Venetians
- June 12 - Minor skirmish between Neapolitans/Sicilians and Venetians
- Playa Honda - Dutch defeat Spanish
- November 19 and 20 - Inconclusive battle between Sicilians and Venetians (details)
- 1618 June 24 - Venice hires Dutch ships and fights Spanish (details)
- July 2 and 3 - Dutch under Moy Lambert and Spanish under Vidazabal defeat Algerines
- December 23–28 - English vs Dutch near Jakarta (details)
- 1619 January 18 and 19 - Maltese vs Algerians near Malta (details)
- March 1 - English vs Dutch near Jakarta (details)
- May 31 - Dutch defeat French at the mouth of the Vilaine River
- - English defeat Portuguese
- 1620 May 11 - Venetians under Nani defeat Spanish under Ribera (details)
- June 26 - Tuscans defeat Bizertans (details)
- - English defeat Portuguese
- 1622 July 13–14 - English and Dutch defeat Portuguese near Mozambique
- October - French vs ? near La Rochelle (details)
- Dutch ships under Joachim Swartenhondt escorting a convoy repel a Spanish squadron near Gibraltar
- 1622 - English naval bombardment of Algiers
- 1624 October (start) - Tuscan/Papal/Neapolitan force defeats Algerians near Sardinia (details)
- 1625 January - French Rochellais rebels defeat and capture French fleet at Blavet
- February 1 and 3 - Portuguese defeat English and Dutch (details)
- June 26 - Bizertans defeat Maltese near Syracuse, Sicily (details)
- September 15 - French under Soubise defeat hired Dutch ships near Rochelle
- 1626? - French with hired English and Dutch ships defeat Huguenot fleet near Rochelle
- 1626 late - Danes defeat Dunkirkers (details)
- 1627 November 28 Oliwa - Poles defeat Swedes
- 1628 July 31 - Dutch ships under Pieter Ita attack and capture 2 Spanish treasure ships
- June 21 - English defeat Venetians/French at Scanderoon (details)
- September 9 Dutch squadron under Piet Hein attacks and captures Spanish treasure fleet
- September 29 - French defeat English near La Rochelle
- 1629 August 20 - Dutch under Piet Heyn defeat Dunkirkers off Scotland; Heyn is killed
- September 16 - Swedes defeat Holy Roman Empire near Wismar (details)
- 1630 September 4–8 - Danes force a retreat of Hanseatic ships in Elbe River (details)
- 1631 September 12 - Undecided encounter between a Dutch and a Spanish/Portuguese fleet off Pernambuco (details)
- September 12–13 The Slaak - Dutch Zeeland fleet under Marinus Hollare defeats Spanish invasion fleet
- 1634 about early May - Maltese galleys defeat Turkish vessels at Zante
- July 19 - Maltese galleys under Valdina defeat Tripolitans
- - Maltese under Villages defeat Turks
- - Maltese privateers defeat Turkish galleys
- 1635 August 21 - Dunkirk squadron under Jacob Collaart (see Dunkirkers) defeat Dutch guardships and captures 60 fishing trawlers
- August 25 - Dunkirk frigates under Jacob Collaart defeats Dutch escort capturing 24 fishing trawlers
- about September 25 - Spanish defeat Dutch West India Company convoy
- 1636 early - Dutch Zeeland squadron under Johan Evertsen defeats Dunkirk fleet under Jacob Collaart
- 1637 February - 8 Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat Dutch convoy and escort near Cape Lizard and capture 17 merchant ships
- Spanish convoy commanded by Lope de Hoces captures 32 enemy ships in the English Channel on its return voyage to Spain.
- 1638 about March 26 - Spanish under Lope de Hoces defeat and captures Dutch convoy
- June - Maltese galleys defeat Tripolitan sailing ships near Calabria
- about July 19 - French defeat Spanish in galley fight near Genoa
- August 7 - Venetians under Capello defeat Algerians at Corfu
- August 22 - French under de Sourdis destroy Spanish galleons under Lope de Hoces at Guetaría (details)
- 1639 February 19 - Dutch under Maarten Tromp defeat a Dunkirk fleet under Miguel de Horna (details)
- September 17–19 Calais - Running fight between Dutch under Maarten Tromp and Spanish under Antonio de Oquendo who seeks shelter at The Downs
- September 30 Mormugão - Dutch defeat Portuguese near Goa
- October 31 Battle of the Downs - Dutch under Tromp defeat Spanish under Antonio de Oquendo in the English Channel
- end December - Spanish under Miguel de Horna defeat stronger French force
- 1640 January 12–17 Pernambuco - Dutch fleet under Willem Loos defeats Spanish\Portuguese fleet under Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas (details)
- June 15 - Dunkerquers defeat Dutch in the Shetland Isles (details)
- July? - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Don Gomez de Sandoval
- 1641 - French under de Sourdis defeat Spanish
- - Several French vs Spanish
- May 17 and 18 - Spanish defeat French near Pensacola
- September 1 and 2 ? - Spanish under Pietersen defeat French and Portuguese
- November 4 - Dutch under Gijssels defeat Spanish off Cape St Vincent (details)
- 1642 end of June, 2 day battle - French under Maillé Brézé defeat Spanish under Ciudad Real near Barcelona
- October - Portuguese defeat Spanish?
- 1643 August - French defeat Spanish?
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