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1 day ago · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
4 days ago · October 21, 2005 - 200th anniversary of one of the most famous naval battles in history, when Britain's Royal Navy commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson defeated the combined might of the allied French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar. View More.
1 day ago · A rising star in the British Royal Navy, Horatio Nelson, lost an eye in the siege of the Corsican town of Calvi. Nelson would lose an arm in battle and later his life in a victorious effort during the Napoleonic Wars’ decisive naval engagement of Trafalgar in 1805. British forces seized Corsica by the late summer of 1794.
3 days ago · At the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic War, Britain's most beloved naval hero, Horatio Nelson, was struck by a musket ball on the deck of the Victory.The bullet ripped through his ...
1 day ago · 1. 1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United ...
2 days ago · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Victory for the Luftwaffe in the air battle would have exposed Great Britain to invasion by the German army, which ...
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3 days ago · The Battle of Borodino, fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest battle of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. The Grande Armée attacked the Imperial Russian Army near the village of Borodino , west of the town of Mozhaysk , and eventually captured the main positions ...
