WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1805
Find out what all happened July to December 1805

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg. (26. December 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: 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)

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)

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)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. (2. December 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)

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