Before a specific Valentine’s Day during the Napoleonic Wars, the location was already well-known. Not only had Sir Francis Drake conducted some of his pirating in the area, but those in Neolithic, ancient Greek, and ancient Roman times called it sacred. The Greeks erected a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (The Read More …
The title of the post comes from Proverbs 16:18. It is usually shortened as I’ve done, but the actual verse from the King James Version is as follows: ‘Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.’ In a way, it seems appropriate in telling a bit of the story of the sarcophagus Read More …
NOTE: Contains some pathological/forensic details some readers might wish to take into consideration. He died at the hands of a sniper on October 21st, 1805. Originally, another vessel involved in the Battle of Trafalgar was given the grim transport assignment. When the crew of the Victory came close to mutinying, it was decided she would Read More …
This page contains numerous references, including those from the previous mentioned BritishBattles.com, as well as the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Collection currently in the possession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Once more, thanks to BritishBattles.com:
Thanks again to BritishBattles.com for the images as well as some of the wording for our captions!
The words used for most of the captioning for the images, in addition to the images themselves, comes from the website BritishBattles.com.
On the 21st of October in the year 1805, one of the greatest battles in the history of naval confrontations was fought between the British Royal Navy and the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte. By the time the Battle of Trafalgar concluded, not only had a great victory been scored against Napoleon and his attempts Read More …
On this date, in the parsonage house in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth child of eleven children of Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling was born. He became one of the greatest heroes in the history of Great Britain – as well as someone admired by Captain Jack Aubrey: Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Read More …
The Battle of the Nile concludes, helping to cement Nelson’s reputation as a hero.