1798:	Hostilities began in Quasi- War with France.  USRC Pickering, Virginia, Scammel, South Carolina, Governor, Jay, Eagle, General Greene, and Diligence were the first to be placed under naval orders, comprising about one- third the US Fleet.
1801:	Treasury Department circularized collectors looking toward reducing size of cutters and cut down their crews.
1838:	Under the authority of an Act of Congress passed this date, the President divided the Atlantic coast into six, and the Great Lakes coast into two, lighthouse districts.  A naval officer was detailed to each lighthouse district, a revenue cutter or a hired vessel was placed at his disposal, and he was instructed to inspect all aids to navigation, report on their conditions, and recommend future courses of action.
1884:	Congress directed that cutters be used exclusively for public service and "in no way for private purposes."
1911:	Convention signed between United States, Great Britain, Japan and Russia prohibiting taking of fur seals and sea otters in North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, north of 300 latitude, except for food and clothing.
1939:	On this date, "the Lighthouse Bureau went out of existence and its personnel moved themselves and their equipment to Coast Guard Headquarters from the Commerce Department building.  Thus did lighthouses return to the Treasury Department.