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Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter.. Instead, the British naval hero is claimed to have declared, “Thanks be ...
Nelson looked up, as Beatty took his pulse, then closed his eyes. Scott, who remained by Nelson as he died, recorded his last words as, "God and my country". [254] Nelson died at half-past four in the afternoon, three hours after he had been shot. [253] He was 47 years old. The Death of Nelson by Daniel Maclise (Houses of Parliament, London)
A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing ...
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805, a painting by Arthur William Devis who attended Nelson's autopsy. The breakdown of the year-long peace that followed the Treaty of Amiens led to the United Kingdom declaring war on France in May 1803, a conflict that would become known as the War of the Third Coalition.
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.
Texas executed Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved young pastor. Nelson, who was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CT, was convicted of killing the Rev ...
Nelson's steward, Chevalier, looking towards Beatty; William Beatty, ship's surgeon, who feels Nelson's pulse and is about to pronounce him dead; Captain Thomas Hardy, standing behind Nelson; Midshipman Collingwood and Lieutenant John Yule (rear left and left), with a pile of captured enemy flags being brought in by a seaman
Nelson's execution is the second in the U.S. this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months. Fox News' Louis Casiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report.