Later 16th Century
- 1568 September 23 - Spanish under Martin Enriquez defeat English under Hawkins at San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico Offsite link
- 1570 - English under Burrough and Hodsdon defeat Danes in the Baltic Sea
- July 15 - Turkish galliots under Uluch Ali defeat Maltese galleys under Saint-Clement near Gozo
- 1571 January - Venetians under Marco Querini defeat Turks near Famagusta, Cyprus
- October 7 Lepanto - Christian coalition decisively defeats Ottoman Turks in a large galley fight off western Greece
- 1572 August 7 and 10 - Venetians under Colonna vs Turks under Kilitch Ali between Cervi and Cerigo and near Cape Matapan
- September/October - Several skirmishes between Spanish/Venetians and Turks
- 1573 April 17 Flushing - Sea Beggars defeat Spanish under Sancho d'Avila
- April 22 Borsele - Sea Beggars beat back a Spanish fleet under d'Avila
- May 26 Haarlemmermeer - Spanish under Bossu defeat Sea Beggars
- October 11 Zuiderzee - Sea Beggars under Cornelis Dirkszoon defeat Spanish under Bossu
- 1574 January 29 Oosterschelde - Sea Beggars under Willem Boisot defeat Spanish under Luis de Resquesens
- May 30 Battle of lillo - Sea Beggars under Boisot defeat a Spanish fleet
- June - Swedes capture 3 Lubeckers plus 15 merchantmen
- 1576 August and 1578 Kizugawaguchi - Blockade efforts in Siege of Ishiyama Honganji, just off Osaka, Japan
- 1582 July 26 Battle of Terceira (Battle of Ponta Delgada) - Spanish under Alvaro de Bazán defeat French, Portuguese, Dutch and English under Filippo Strozzi in the Azores
- 1582 July 27 Battle of Vila Franca Alvaro de Bazán wins a second battle at the Azores in as many days.
- 1583? Maltese under Avogadro vs Turks
- 1583 August 3 - Venetians defeat Maltese under Avogadro between Cerigotto and Cape Spada
- 1585 April - Maltese galleys defeat and capture Turkish sailing ship
- Nguyen Lord navy defeats Shirahama Kenki pirate fleet.
- 1586 - English under Edward Wilkinson vs Spanish and Maltese under Pedro de Gamboa y Leyva at Pantellaria
- 1588 July and August - Defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England
- September - Spanish Armada in Ireland
- 1589 - English Armada
- 1591 about June 13 - English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera
- Battle of Flores - Spanish repel English near the Azores
- 1592 May 7 Okpo - Korean navy under Won Gyun and Yi Sun-sin defeat Japanese navy under Todo Takatora
- August 14 Hansan Island - Korean navy defeats Japanese fleet in the bay of Hansan island.
- May 29 Sacheon - Korean Navy defeats Japanese
- November 1 Busan - Korean Navy defeats Japanese
- 1595 about late June - Maltese vs Bizertans (details)
- 1595-96 - Spanish defeat English raiding/invasion expeditions of the Spanish Main led by Drake and Hawkins
- 1597 July 15 or August 28 Chilchonryang - Japanese Navy in conjunction with the Japanese army, destroys the Korean Navy.
- October 26 Myeongnyang - Korean navy defeats Japanese.
- - Bizertans vs Genoese and Romans
- - Spanish defeat the English Islands Voyage near the Azores.
- 1598 December 16 Battle of Noryang - Chinese General Chen Lin and Korean Admiral Yi Sun-Sin heavily damage the Japanese fleet, however, the Japanese army succeeds in retreating.
- 1600 December 14 - Action of December 14 Dutch vs Spanish at Manila
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