History and chronology of Horatio Nelson in Great Britain

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Horatio Nelson History of Great Britain


1758	Birth
29th Sep Burnham Birth of Horatio Nelson, Norfolk
1771	Midshipman Nelson
Appointed Midshipman on HMS Raisonnable
1787	Marriage
Marries Frances Nisbet
1794	Capture of Corsica
21st Aug Corsica Bombarded by Nelson & harassed by the Corsican Nationalists
21st Aug Corsica The French give up the Island to the British
1798	Sinking French Fleet
May Toulon Loses contact with the French fleet & convoy from Toulon
1799	Affair Nelson
Naples Begins an affair with Emma, Lady Hamilton
1799	Peerage
Bronte Created Duke of Bronte by the King of Naples after saving their family
1801	Battle of Copenhagen
2nd April Copenhagen Destroys or captures 17 Danish ships
2nd April Copenhagen Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see
2nd April Copenhagen Sinks the Danish fleet & ensures the Baltic ports remain open
2nd April Copenhagen The battle ends the League of Armed Neutrality of Denmark, Sweden, Russia & Prussia
2nd April Copenhagen The battle of Copenhagen is followed by the Treaty of Amiens
1803	Commander
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranaen
1805	Battle of Trafalgar
21st Oct Trafalgar 18 French & Spanish ships surrender without any British loss
21st Oct Trafalgar Napoleon wants his Fleet to cross the Atlantic, join the Spanish & attack England
21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion
21st Oct Trafalgar Traps Villenueve outside Cadiz off Trafalgar
21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson
21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve retreats to Toulon & Nelson tempts out the French fleet
1805	Blockade of Toulon
17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege
19th Jan Agincourt Sound Nelson receives a signal at "Agincourt Sound" that the French are at Sea
22nd Jan Toulon The French Fleet escape from Toulon & the British Fleet lose contact with it
30th Jan Messina Decides to head east through the Straits of Messina in persuit of the French Fleet
30th Jan Messina Decides to head eastwards through the Straits of Messina after the French Fleet
19th Feb Malta Sails from Alexandria to Malta & learns that Villeneuve has returned to Toulon
1805	Invasion of Britain
21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson
1805	Invasion of England
21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion
1805	Siege of Toulon
17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege
1843	Nelson's Colomn Great Britai
London Construction of Nelson's colomn
1843	Nelson's Colomn
London Construction of Nelson's colomn