Fatal Wound
Is fatally wounded by a marksman during the battle.
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1805 in Great Britain — Page 2
Explore 100 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1805.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1805
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October
HMS Agamemnon
Commands HMS Agamemnon at Trafalgar.
HMS Belleisle
Commands the battered HMS Belleisle at Trafalgar.
HMS Bellerophon
Is killed while commanding HMS Bellerophon at Trafalgar.
HMS Britannia
Commands HMS Britannia in the lee column.
HMS Canopus
Misses Trafalgar after being detached for supplies.
HMS Colossus
Commands HMS Colossus in the fighting.
HMS Conqueror
Commands HMS Conqueror and receives Villeneuve's surrender.
HMS Euryalus
Commands the frigate Euryalus during the battle.
HMS Mars
Is killed while commanding HMS Mars.
HMS Neptune
Commands HMS Neptune in Nelson's column.
HMS Orion
Commands HMS Orion in the weather column.
HMS Prince
Commands HMS Prince during the battle.
HMS Revenge
Commands HMS Revenge during the battle.
HMS Royal Sovereign
Captains Collingwood's flagship at Trafalgar.
HMS Spartiate
Commands HMS Spartiate at Trafalgar.
HMS Temeraire
Commands HMS Temeraire in support of Victory.
HMS Tonnant
Commands HMS Tonnant and is wounded in battle.
HMS Victory
Commands HMS Victory during the battle.
HMS Victory
Serves as Victory's captain beside Nelson during Trafalgar.
HMS Victory
Commands the British fleet from HMS Victory at Trafalgar.
Invasion of England
Nelson is killed but the battle helps end immediate invasion fears.
Invasion of Great Britain
Villeneuve leaves Cadiz but is defeated by Nelson off Trafalgar.
Royal Sovereign
Breaks the enemy line in HMS Royal Sovereign.
November
Trafalgar Dispatch
Brings Collingwood's Trafalgar dispatch to Britain in HMS Pickle.
News of Trafalgar
Receives news of the victory and Nelson's death.
Trafalgar Dispatch
Receives official news from Lapenotiere.
December
Return of HMS Victory
Brings HMS Victory home after the battle.
Greenwich Arrival
Nelson's body reaches Greenwich before the London funeral ceremonies.
Nelson Lying in State
Nelson's body is brought to Greenwich before his state funeral.
Coalition, 3rd
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war
Coalition, 3rd
The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end
Treaty of Pressburg Britain
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war
Treaty of Pressburg Britain
The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end
Other events (month unknown)
Admiralty
Appointed Head of the Admiralty
Begins Book of Job Drawings
Blake made watercolor designs exploring the biblical Book of Job for patron Thomas Butts.
Coalition, 3rd
Builds the Third Coalition while Trafalgar secures British command of the sea.
Coalition, 3rd
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
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Death of Charles Cornwallis
Death of Charles Cornwallis, on way to assume command of his troops
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