On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At ...
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1801: Yusuf Pasha Karamanli Declares War on the United States
1801: Yusuf Pasha Karamanli Declares War on the United States
On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At the time, the country was relatively young (about twenty years earlier, it had gained independ ...