Timeline (Nelson's Death)

1798

 * August 1st: Battle of the Nile occurs between the British fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson and the French fleet the command of Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers at Aboukir Bay. Nelson is mortally wounded by shrapnel and dies around thirty minutes after being wounded.
 * August 2nd: Captain Edward Berry ordered the scuttling of severly damaged ships, which led to the burning of six ships, including the HMS Vanguard. Berry fled to the HMS Leander and ordered the fleet to retreat back to Malta.
 * August 3rd: The retreating British ships were intercepted by two French frigates, and after an fierce engagement; the remaining ships were sunk or heavily damaged that they were to be scuttled. The battle led to the capture of around 700 British men in total, including Berry and his staff.
 * August 17th: King George III dies of a fatal heart attack upon hearing the news of the defeat of the Royal Navy at the Nile. King George IV was declared the King of Great Britain, and was coronated on August 18th.

1799

 * March 20th: The Siege of Acre begins between the French Expeditionary Force under the command of Napoleon I and the Anglo-Ottoman garrisons under the command of Jezzar Pasha and William Sydney Smith.
 * March 21st: Siege of Acre ends with a French victory over the Anglo-Ottoman forces and sends Pasha and Smith into full retreat. Not wanting to repeat the Siege of Jaffa, Napoleon orders the French occupying force to respect the property of civilians and treaty POW's.
 * March 23rd: Napoleon leaves Acre with a small occupying force, and begins to advance across the Holy Land toward Jerusalem.
 * March 25th: Napoleon and his army arrive outside of Jerusalem and begin the Siege of Jerusalem. If Jerusalem falls, then all of the Holy Land will fall.
 * March 28th: Napoleon and Jewish rebels secure victory over their Turkish and Anglo oppressors. Pasha and Smith retreat back to Damascus with the remainder of his garrison.
 * March 30th: Napoleon begins his Siege of Damascus. Damascus is the final city keeping the French away from the Turkish homeland and Istanbul.
 * June 9th: After eleven days of being under siege; the garrison trapped within Damascus surrenders. Pasha and Sydney escape toward Ankara, which is the last defensible city that can keep the French away from Constanipole.
 * June 20th: Napoleon entrenches themselves around Ankara, and begins to bring up fresh troops from Cairo and Alexandria. British reinforcements arrive from Great Britain, and join the Anarkan garrison against the French Army and Napoleon.
 * June 26th: Napoleon enters the city after an heavy battle between the British and Ottoman forces against the French; both sides lost a large amount of soldiers, but Napoleon and his forces achieve a near victory. The defeat of the British and Ottomans at Ankara led to chaos reiging in Constapinole, and the Turkish call for peace with the French.
 * July 1st: The Treaty of Malta is signed by Napoleon, Pasha, and King George IV in Malta. The treaty forced the Turks to hand over the Holy Land, Syria, North Africa, or face an continuation of war; the British must withdraw from the Middle East and France must never threaten British Asian or Oceanic colonies across the Empire.

1800

 * March 1: Napoleon declares the reconstruction of the Temple of Solomon, and is praised by the Jewish population, and Pope