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October 21: Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Lord Nelson killed; October 30: Battle of Caldiero; December 2: Battle of Austerlitz; 1806. March 30: Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts; July 12: Confederation of the Rhine established with Napoleon as Protector ...
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal ... The term "England" was widely used at the time to ...
Summer Term runs from Easter to mid-July (half term ends in late May/early June). At the end of each half-term a holiday lasts about one week (usually nine full days, including two weekends), although in the autumn term, some schools give students two week long holidays (16 full days, including 3 weekends) to account for the term being longer ...
The Trafalgar School at Downton is a coeducational secondary school in Downton, in the south of the English county of Wiltshire. [ 2 ] The school began as a secondary modern in 1964. [ 3 ]
It took place on 28 June 2005, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. For the celebrations to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, instead of a Fleet Review such as marked that of Queen Victoria, there was a cavalcade of boats down the Thames .
The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner shows the last three letters of the signal flying from the Victory. "England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence on 21 October 1805.
Trafalgar Day is the celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the ...
Trafalgar School (formerly City of Portsmouth Boys' School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The school is on London Road in the Portsmouth northern sub district of Hilsea .