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Battle of the Nile

Great Britain · Warfare / Revolutionary Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1798Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1798

Francois-Paul Brueys1 August 1798

Aboukir Bay · Warfare / Revolutionary Wars

Commands the French fleet defeated at the Battle of the Nile.

Horatio Nelson1 August 1798

Aboukir Bay · Warfare / Revolutionary Wars

Wins a decisive victory over the French fleet at the Nile.

Names involved

Francois-Paul BrueysHoratio Nelson

Provenance

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