WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1805
Find out what all happened February to November 1805

Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition. (1. November 1805)

Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. (26. November 1805)

Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt. (17. May 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern – Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat. (16. November 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve. It signals almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain's navy unchallenged until the 20th century. (21. October 1805)

Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate. (1. March 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British. (2. June 1805)

The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory. (30. June 1805)

A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory. (11. June 1805)

First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. (10. June 1805)

Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano, the gothic cathedral in Milan. (26. May 1805)

First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon. (26. April 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to the Grand Army of Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm. 30,000 prisoners are captured and 10,000 casualties inflicted on the losers. (19. October 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition – Battle of Cape Finisterre – an inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of Spain and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder. (22. July 1805)

The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King. (17. March 1805)

Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River. (13. June 1805)

First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn). (27. April 1805)

Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria. (14. October 1805)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. (11. November 1805)

Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River. (7. April 1805)