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19 hours ago · Battle of Trafalgar. 1 ship of the line destroyed. [3] 1,208 wounded. [4] The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815). [5]
- Order of Battle at The Battle of Trafalgar
Nelson's battle plan is revealed on a surviving "memorandum"...
- Horatio Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke...
- Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31...
- Federico Gravina
Gravina was born in Palermo, capital city of the Kingdom of...
- Tactics
The Battle of Cape Passaro: broadside and rake fire tactics....
- Battle of The Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir...
- HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the...
- HMS Sandwich
Sandwich was a 90-gun second-rate Sandwich-class ship of the...
- Third Coalition
The War of the Third Coalition [note 1] (French: Guerre de...
- William Cornwallis
Newlands Manor, Hampshire, Milford, family seat, c. 1900....
- Order of Battle at The Battle of Trafalgar
19 hours ago · The British colonization of the Americas is the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by England, Scotland, and, after 1707, Great Britain. Colonization efforts began in the late 16th century with failed attempts by England to establish permanent colonies in the North.
19 hours ago · The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of South Asia and Hong Kong.
19 hours ago · Interwar period. Silesia tension between the Poles and Germans. In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social ...
19 hours ago · The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), commonly known as the Quad, [3] [non-primary source needed] is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States that is maintained by talks between member countries. The dialogue was initiated in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the support of ...
19 hours ago · Southeast Asia[a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east ...
19 hours ago · Portugal, [ e ] officially the Portuguese Republic, [ f ] is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe; its mainland west and south border with the North Atlantic Ocean; and in ...
