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Battle of Trafalgar — British fleet defeats French and Spanish

On October 21, 1805, Admiral Horatio Nelson's Royal Navy decisively defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar.

Battle of Trafalgar — British fleet defeats French and Spanish

The victory ended Napoleon's realistic prospects of invading Britain, cemented British naval supremacy, and had major implications for U.S. neutral trade and maritime policy during the Napoleonic Wars.

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