On This Day: Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets. Britain ruled the seas for a century.

The Battle of Trafalgar was one of the most decisive naval engagements in history. Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet of 27 ships defeated a Franco-Spanish fleet of 33, sinking or capturing 22 enemy ships without losing a single British vessel. Nelson was killed by a French sniper at the moment of victo