Permanent year factsheet

Spain in 1805

Historical records for Spain in 1805, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
9Events
7Named people
3Places
1Categories

Historical records

July

22 July 1805Battle of Cape FinisterreFederico Gravina

Cape Finisterre · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Spanish ships suffer losses during Calder's interception.

October

19 October 1805Cadiz DepartureFederico Gravina

Cadiz · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Leaves Cadiz with Spanish ships in the combined fleet.

21 October 1805BahamaDionisio Alcala Galiano

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Is killed while commanding the Spanish ship Bahama.

21 October 1805Battle of TrafalgarCharles IV

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Spain loses heavily in the combined fleet defeat.

21 October 1805Battle of TrafalgarFederico Gravina

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands Spanish forces in the combined fleet at Trafalgar.

21 October 1805NeptunoCayetano Valdes

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands Neptuno and is wounded during the action.

21 October 1805Principe de AsturiasFederico Gravina

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands from Principe de Asturias and is badly wounded.

21 October 1805San Juan NepomucenoCosme Damian Churruca

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Is killed while commanding San Juan Nepomuceno.

21 October 1805Santissima TrinidadFrancisco Javier Uriarte

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Commands Santissima Trinidad after earlier officers are disabled.

21 October 1805Spanish StaffAntonio Escano

Trafalgar · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Serves as senior Spanish staff officer under Gravina.

Names involved

Antonio EscanoCayetano ValdesCharles IVCosme Damian ChurrucaDionisio Alcala GalianoFederico GravinaFrancisco Javier Uriarte

Places involved

CadizCape FinisterreTrafalgar

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.