Napoleon’s Defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar, which took place on October 21, 1805, off the coast of Spain, was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy and the allied fleets of France and Spain, during the Napoleonic Wars of the Third Coalition. The battle was so legendary that its name has entered common language.

Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, Painting by Louis Philippe Crepin. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)