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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September [O.S. 18 September] 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a Royal Navy officer whose inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.Launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson on 22 July 1797, the assault was defeated, and on 25 July the remains of the landing party withdrew under a truce, having lost several hundred men.
The UK under Nelson defeats France under Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed Battle of Caldiero: 30 Oct: French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles of Austria: Battle of Mehrnbach: France defeats Austria Battle of Lambach: 31 Oct: France defeats Russia and Austria ...
List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2); see Battle of Feldkirch; List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition (1803/1805–1805/1806); see "Front: Austria" List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition (10 April – 14 October 1809); see "Front: Austria" List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition ...
The life of Nelson revised and illustrated, by the Old Sailor. General Books, London. ISBN 1-4589-2623-0. Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1902). Armada española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y de León, Vol. VI. Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid. (in Spanish) O'Flanagan, Patrick (2008). Port cities of Atlantic Iberia, c. 1500-1900.
List of battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797) List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2) List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition (1803/1805–1805/1806) List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807)
Battle of Long Island (a.k.a. Battle of Brooklyn) – 1776 – American Revolutionary War; Battle of Long Jawai - 1963 - Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation; Battle of Longewala – 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Battle of Loos (see Battle of Artois-Loos) Battle of Lostwithiel (two connected battles) – 1642 and 1644 – English Civil War