|
|
| Battle of Trafalgar Nelson, Horatio |  |
| 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 |
| Blockade of Toulon Nelson, Horatio | |
| 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 |
| Coalition, 3rd Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Mutual suspicion between the British and the Russians eased in the face of several French political mistakes, and by April of 1805 the two had signed a treaty of alliance |
| Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at the British Isles, around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France |
| St Petersburg Britain, not involved on the European continent due to fears of an impending French invasion, dealt a crushing blow to a combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in October and secured mastery of the seas |
| St Petersburg Britain & Russia sign an agreement directed against France & begin the 3rd Coalition |
| St Petersburg The War of the Third Coalition was a military conflict between an Alliance of, primarily, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, and the United Kingdom against Napoleon's recently formed French Empire |
| 26th Dec Austerlitz effectively brings the Third Coalition to an end & on December 26, 1805, Austria and France sign the Treaty of Press burg, which takes Austria out of the war |
| Colonel Brock, Isaac | |
| Appointed Colonel |
| Death of Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Ghazipur Death of Charles Cornwallis , on way to assume command of his troops |
| Editor Mill, James | |
| London Appointed Editor of The St James Chronicle |
| Governor General India Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Appointed Governor General of India, 2nd term |
| Head of Admiralty Pitt the Younger Pitt the Younger, William | |
| Appointed Head of the Admiralty |
| Impeachment Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Resigns after being impeached when aware that a friend was abusing public funds |
| Invasion of Britain Nelson, Horatio | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Villenueve leaves shelter in Cadiz to invade England but is defeated by Nelson |
| Invasion of England Nelson, Horatio | |
| 21st Oct Trafalgar Nelson is killed but the battle is won & England is safe from French invasion |
| Professor Political Economy Malthus Malthus, Thomas Robert | |
| Haileybury Becomes Britain's first professor in political economy at the East India Company College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire |
| Property Tax Increase Pitt the Younger, William | |
| London Increases Property Tax by 25% |
| Publication of Wordsworth Wordsworth, William | |
| Publication of, "The Prelude" |
| Resignation of Dundas Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Resigns after being impeached when aware that a friend was abusing public funds |
| Royal Society Malthus, Thomas Robert | |
| Appointed Member of the Royal Society |
| Secretary War Stewart Stewart | |
| London Appointed War Secretary |
| Siege of Bhartpur Pollock, George | |
| Bhartpur Active in the siege of Bhartpur on behalf of the East India Company |
| Siege of Toulon Nelson, Horatio | |
| 17th Jan Toulon The French under Villeneuve decide to dash to Gibraltar after 20 month siege |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| 25th Mar Wilberforce reintroduceS his Bill it in the 1805 session, on this occasion it is defeated on the second reading |
| Treaty of Pressburg Britain Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 26th Dec Pressburg Austerlitz effectively brings the Third Coalition to an end & on December 26, 1805, Austria and France sign the Treaty of Press burg, which takes Austria out of the war |
