{"slug": "horatio-nelson-1st-viscount-nelson", "label": "Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83235", "qid": "Q83235", "description": "British admiral (1758–1805)", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1758, 1806], "span_label": ["1758 CE", "1806 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cadiz", "label": "Cádiz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "corsica", "label": "Corsica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-iv", "label": "George IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-paul-s-cathedral", "label": "St Paul's Cathedral", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleonic-wars", "label": "Napoleonic Wars", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#Births", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – British troops capture Corsica following the bombardment by Nelson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#July–September", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Battle of the Nile (near Abu Qir): Lord Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys. 11 of the 13 French battleships are captured or destroyed, including the flagship Orient whose magazine explodes; Nelson himself is wounded in the head.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366050846#July–December", "title": "1798", "revid": 1366050846, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1801, "year_label": "1801 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – War of the Second Coalition: First Battle of Copenhagen – The British Royal Navy, under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, forces the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy to accept an armistice. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson leads the main attack, deliberately disregarding his commander's signal to withdraw. He is created a Viscount on May 19; Denmark-Norway is forced to withdraw from the Second League of Armed Neutrality.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370397745#April–June", "title": "1801", "revid": 1370397745, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Admiral Nelson of the British Royal Navy takes command of the fleet off the coast of Cádiz, in order to counteract the navies of France and Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357161554#July–September", "title": "1805", "revid": 1357161554, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Trafalgar: The British fleet, led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally shot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357161554#October–December", "title": "1805", "revid": 1357161554, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1758)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357161554#July–December", "title": "1805", "revid": 1357161554, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Lord Nelson is given a state funeral and interment at St Paul's Cathedral in London, attended by the Prince of Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#January–March", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}