Horatio Nelson was born on 29 September 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, the sixth of eleven children of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his
Tag: On This Day
On This Day – 3 September – Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in
On This Day – 19 August – Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid, also known as the Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter during planning stages, and by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was
On This Day – 15 August – Victory over Japan Day
Victory over Japan Day (also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Japan surrendered
On This Day – 1 August – Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d’Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the
On This Day – 31 July – Black Tot Day
Black Tot Day (31 July 70) is the name given to the last day on which the Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily
On This Day – 22 July – Battle of Cape Finisterre
In the Battle of Cape Finisterre (22 July 1805) off Galicia, Spain, the British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder fought an indecisive naval battle
On This Day – 2 July – Battle of Landguard Fort (Darrel’s Day)
The Battle of Landguard Fort or the Attack on Landguard Fort was a battle towards the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War on 2
On This Day – 21 June – Sinking of RFA Sir Galahad
On 21 June, the hulk was towed out to sea and sunk by HMS Onyx; it is now an official war grave, designated as
On This Day – 14 June – Argentine surrender in the Falklands War
With the last natural defence line at Mount Tumbledown breached, the Argentine town defences of Port Stanley began to falter. In the morning gloom,