Historedia
Person

Yusuf Karamanli

Events
3
Episodes
3
Years
1801–1804

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Yusuf Karamanli, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Tripoli declares war on the United States

    1801

    Role: Pasha of Tripoli

    1. 10 May 1801 (reported; day unverified) · United States ConsulateDeclaration of War

      Yusuf Karamanli declared war on the United States on 10 May 1801 by cutting down the flagstaff at the U.S. Consulate.

  2. USS Enterprise captures Tripolitan corsair Tripoli

    1801

    Role: Pasha of Tripoli

    1. 1 August 1801 · Seven leagues west of Malta, off the coast of modern-day LibyaSingle-Ship Action

      USS Enterprise defeated the 14-gun Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a fierce but one-sided battle seven leagues west of Malta.

  3. Stephen Decatur burns the USS Philadelphia at Tripoli

    1804

    Role: Pasha of Tripoli

    1. 16 February 1804 · Tripoli harborBurning of the USS Philadelphia

      Decatur led a night raid aboard the ketch Intrepid to board and burn the captured frigate USS Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor.

Sources

  1. Yusuf Karamanli Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10
  2. First Barbary War Wikipedia