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Battle of Trafalgar

Spain · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1805Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1805

Charles IV21 October 1805

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Spain loses heavily in the combined fleet defeat.

Federico Gravina21 October 1805

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands Spanish forces in the combined fleet at Trafalgar.

Names involved

Charles IVFederico Gravina

Provenance

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