17 January 1805Blockade of ToulonHoratio Nelson
Villeneuve decides to dash toward Gibraltar after the long Toulon blockade.
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Villeneuve decides to dash toward Gibraltar after the long Toulon blockade.
Villeneuve decides to dash toward Gibraltar after the long Toulon blockade.
Villeneuve decides to leave Toulon and move toward Gibraltar after prolonged British naval pressure.
Nelson receives a signal at Agincourt Sound that the French are at sea.
News that the French fleet has sailed from Toulon triggers Nelson's renewed Mediterranean pursuit.
The French fleet escapes from Toulon and the British fleet loses contact.
The French fleet escapes Toulon and British forces temporarily lose contact during the subsequent pursuit.
Heads east through the Straits of Messina in pursuit of the French fleet.
Nelson passes through the Straits of Messina while searching for Villeneuve after the Toulon blockade is disrupted.
Sails from Alexandria to Malta and learns Villeneuve has returned to Toulon.
Nelson learns at Malta that Villeneuve has returned to Toulon, altering the course of the British pursuit.
Wilberforce reintroduceS his Bill it in the 1805 session, on this occasion it is defeated on the second reading
Learns Villeneuve has escaped Toulon and begins the pursuit.
A third series of machines for large pulley blocks completes the main block-making installation.
Pursues Villeneuve after the French fleet escapes Toulon.
Arrives in the Caribbean during the pursuit of Villeneuve.
Intercepts Villeneuve and captures two Spanish ships.
Returns briefly to England after the long Atlantic pursuit.
Sails from Portsmouth to take command off Cadiz.
Leaves Portsmouth to take command before Trafalgar.
Joins the fleet and assumes command before Trafalgar.
Joins the fleet off Cadiz before the Trafalgar campaign.
Maintains blockade pressure before Nelson arrives.
Sets out his battle plan in the Trafalgar Memorandum.
Issues tactical instructions for breaking the enemy line.
Leads the lee column and takes command after Nelson is wounded.
Many French and Spanish ships surrender without any British ship being lost.
Nelson is killed but the British fleet wins a decisive victory.
The victory helps protect Britain from French invasion plans.
Traps Villeneuve outside Cadiz and forces battle off Cape Trafalgar.
Villeneuve leaves Cadiz and Nelson brings the combined fleet to battle.
Preserves Nelson's body for return to Britain.
Nelson's body is preserved for the voyage home after Trafalgar.
Assumes command after Nelson is mortally wounded.
Dies aboard HMS Victory after learning the battle is won.
Attends Nelson after he is fatally wounded.
Dies after learning that victory is secured.
Orders the famous signal before battle begins.
Signals that England expects every man will do his duty.
Raises Nelson's signal from HMS Victory.
Is fatally wounded by a marksman during the battle.
Commands HMS Agamemnon at Trafalgar.
Commands the battered HMS Belleisle at Trafalgar.
Is killed while commanding HMS Bellerophon at Trafalgar.
Commands HMS Britannia in the lee column.
Misses Trafalgar after being detached for supplies.
Commands HMS Colossus in the fighting.
Commands HMS Conqueror and receives Villeneuve's surrender.
Commands the frigate Euryalus during the battle.
Is killed while commanding HMS Mars.
Commands HMS Neptune in Nelson's column.
Commands HMS Orion in the weather column.
Commands HMS Prince during the battle.
Commands HMS Revenge during the battle.
Captains Collingwood's flagship at Trafalgar.
Commands HMS Spartiate at Trafalgar.
Commands HMS Temeraire in support of Victory.
Commands HMS Tonnant and is wounded in battle.
Commands HMS Victory during the battle.
Serves as Victory's captain beside Nelson during Trafalgar.
Commands the British fleet from HMS Victory at Trafalgar.
Nelson is killed but the battle helps end immediate invasion fears.
Villeneuve leaves Cadiz but is defeated by Nelson off Trafalgar.
Breaks the enemy line in HMS Royal Sovereign.
Brings Collingwood's Trafalgar dispatch to Britain in HMS Pickle.
Receives news of the victory and Nelson's death.
Receives official news from Lapenotiere.
Britain mourns Nelson while celebrating Trafalgar.
Brings HMS Victory home after the battle.
Nelson's body reaches Greenwich before the London funeral ceremonies.
Nelson's body is brought to Greenwich before his state funeral.
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war
The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war
The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end
Appointed Head of the Admiralty
Builds the Third Coalition while Trafalgar secures British command of the sea.
Prior to the formation of the 3rd Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France. Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a Treaty of alliance
Appointed Colonel
Death of Charles Cornwallis, on way to assume command of his troops
Appointed Editor of The St James Chronicle
Appointed Governor General of India, 2nd term
Resigns after being impeached when aware that a friend was abusing public funds
Becomes Britains first professor in political economy at the East India Company College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire
Increases Property Tax by 25%
Resigns after being impeached when aware that a friend was abusing public funds
Appointed Member of Royal Society
Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Active in the siege of Bhartpur on behalf of the East India Company
The government prepares a state funeral after Nelson's death.
Publication of "The Prelude"
Nelson's death turns Trafalgar victory into national mourning and commemoration.
Chases Villeneuve to the West Indies and back without forcing battle.
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