TagUsage
<header>Header of the site/article
<footer>Footer of the site/article
<nav>Navigation functionality of the site
<aside>Content related to the main flow
<article>Standalone piece of the content
<section>Group different articles or define different sections of a single article
<hgroup>Groups header
<figure>Encapsulates a figure
<figcaption>Caption for a figure
<time>Marking up times and dates

If there is an unknown element into a web page, by default the browser will just treat it like a <span>.