TRAFALGAR DAY [I Love History]

Today, 21st October 1805, Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the battle of Trafalgar.
Nelson, the one-eyed, one-armed, slight, frail, seasick admiral remains one of the great British fighting admirals after his series of naval victories.

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SW-User

Important victory for the uk at the time, battles like that change history 👍

helensusanswift · 26-30, F

@SW-User I believe Trafalgar ended any genuine hopes Bonaparte had for a French invasion of Britain. It is far better remembered than the battle of Camperdown, when the threat was arguably greater and Duncan defeated the Dutch.

SW-User

You sound very keen on your history 😎 always fascinating to look at UK history, so many eras that are of interest! @helensusanswift

helensusanswift · 26-30, F

@SW-User Various aspects of history interest me, but not the history of kings and queens - and only very little interest in political history [i]per se[/i]

SW-User

I’m certainly no expert but I do like browsing over various parts of history, English civil war seems a chaotic period, seems there were really 3 civil wars in that period but history has kind of just labelled that who era as 1 big civil war!! @helensusanswift

helensusanswift · 26-30, F

@SW-User I'm never sure why historians call it the English Civil War when it was fought in Scotland, Wales and Ireland as much as in England. Really weird.

SW-User

Yes quite right - must have been absolute mayhem being around in those times! @helensusanswift

helensusanswift · 26-30, F

@SW-User Pretty horrendous I would think, with rival armies and their camp followers, plus the disease that armies carried in their wake. A bad period to live through, the 1640s and 50s.