Timeline (The River of Defeat)

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 * Luny_Thomas_Battle_Of_The_Nile_August_1st_1798_At_10pm.jpgt 1 - 3: The Battle of the Nile is won by the French fleet under the command of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers after an three-day long battle against the British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson.

1798

 * August 5: Horatio Nelson quietly and peacefully dies in his sleep after recieveing wounds during the Battle of the Nile.
 * September 2: Nelson is buried in London, and George III of the United Kingdom orders the construction of an memorial called the Nelson Memorial in London.