Battle of Trafalgar

When

21 Oct 1805

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.25° N, 6.20° W

Description

1805 battle during the War of the Third Coalition

Naval

yes

Battle of the Trafalgar campaign

The Battle of Trafalgar was a fleet action which took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French and Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, the French and Spanish navies planned to take control of the English Channel and provide the French invasion army with safe passage to Britain.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Trafalgar: The British fleet, led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Birleşik Krallık, Fransa ve İspanya arasında Trafalgar Savaşı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “die berühmten Schlachten von Trafalgar und Austerlitz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite de l’amiral Pierre de Villeneuve face à Horatio Nelson au cap Trafalgar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при мысе Трафальгар”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Trafalgar: Una flota combinada franco-española es derrotada por la Armada inglesa al mando de Nelson”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “特拉法加海戰，拿破崙統治的法國與英國為首的反法聯盟爆發戰爭，使拿破崙對英登陸作戰計畫受阻。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ナポレオン戦争: トラファルガーの海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page