Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, commanding the United States Exploring Expedition, attacks the Fiji Islands, in retaliation for the murder of two of his crew.

       [restored 1/15/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

2/24/1841                   11/29/1843                  11/8/1861

References:

Use of US Forces Abroad
www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm

Military Wars and Actions
www.geocities.com/jls1949/wars_actions.html

United States Exploring Expedition – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Exploring_Expedition,_1838-1842

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

Source