Appendix
Some Incidents of Nelson’s Life
(Chronologically arranged)
1758. On 29th September he was born.
1767. On 26th December his mother died.
1771. On 1st January a Midshipman aboard the Raisonable.
1771. On 22nd May sent a voyage in merchant ship to West Indies, possibly as cabin-boy.
1772. On 19th July was Midshipman on Triumph.
1773. On 7th May was Midshipman on Carcass.
1773. On 15th October was Midshipman on Triumph.
1773. On 27th October was Midshipman on Seahorse.
1774. On 5th April becomes Able Seaman on Seahorse.
1775. On 31st October is again Midshipman on Seahorse.
1776. On 15th March becomes Midshipman on Dolphin.
1776. On 24th September is paid off from Dolphin.
1776. On 26th September becomes Acting-Lieutenant on Worcester.
1777. On 9th April passed examination.
1777. On 10th April is Lieutenant of Lowestoft.
1778. On 2nd July changes to Lieutenant of Bristol.
1778. On 8th December is appointed Commander of Badger.
1779. On 10th June is made Captain of Hinchinbroke.
1780. In January joins expedition to San Juan and Grenada, Nicaragua.
1780. On 2nd May he is made Captain of the Janus.
1780. On 1st September is invalided from Janus.
1780. On 4th September sailed in the Lion for home
1780. On 24th November arrived at Spithead and went to Bath.
1781. On 23rd August he became Captain of Albemarle.
1782. On 17th April sailed in Albemarle to North America.
1783. On 3rd July paid off from Albemarle.
1783. On 23rd October visited France.
1784. On 17th January back in England.
1784. On 18th March Captain of Boreas.
1784. On 15th May at Leeward Islands in Boreas.
1787. On 12th March married Widow Nesbit.
1787. On 4th July arrived Spithead in Boreas.
1787. On 30th November paid off, put on half pay, and resided mainly at Burnham Thorpe while on shore.
1793. On 26th January joined Agamemnon as Captain.
1793. On 6th June sailed for the Mediterranean.
1793. On 13th July blockaded Toulon.
1793. On 24th August Toulon is occupied and Agamemnon is ordered to Naples. A very full year’s work.
1794. On 4th April, Siege of Bastia begun.
1794. On 22nd May, Bastia surrendered:
1794. On 19th June, Siege of Calvi.
1794. On 10th July wounded in the right eye.
1794. On 10th August, Calvi surrendered.
1795. On 13th March Hotham’s first action.
1795. On 13th July Hotham’s second action.
1795. On 15th July sent with a squadron to co-operate with the Austrians on the coast of Genoa.
1795. On 29th November Sir John Jervis took command of fleet.
1796. On 4th April he is ordered to hoist a distinguishing pennant.
1796. On 4th June shifted his broad pennant to the Captain.
1796. On 11th August appointed Commodore of the first class.
1796. On 10th December joined the Minerva.
1796. On 20th December captured the Spanish frigate La Sabina.
1797. On 13th February rejoined the Captain.
1797. On 14th December joined the Irresistible at the BATTLE OF ST. VINCENT.
1797. On 20th December is Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
1797. On 17th March was created Knight of the Bath.
1797. On 24th March joined the Captain again.
1797. On 1st April news of his promotion.
1797. On 24th May hoisted his flag on Theseus.
1797. On 24th July his right arm badly wounded while leading attack on Santa Cruz, which was repulsed. Arm amputated.
1797. On 20th August joins Seahorse, bound for England.
1797. On 1st September arrived at Spithead, lowers his flag, and proceeds to Bath to recoup his health.
1797. On 27th September has the Order of the Bath conferred on him.
1798. On 29th March joined the Vanguard.
1798. On 30th April arrived off Cadiz.
1798. On 7th June Troubridge reinforces Nelson’s squadron of observation by adding ten sail of the line.
1798. On 17th June is off Naples in search of the French fleet.
1798. On 18th June, arrives off Alexandria.
1798. August 1st and 2nd, BATTLE OF THE NILE.
1798. On 22nd September arrives at Naples and is received with great rejoicing. On the 29th Sir William and Lady Hamilton give a grand fête in honour of him. The great battle establishes his fame as the greatest Admiral in the world.
1798. On 6th November he is created Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe.
1798. On 23rd December he sailed for Palermo with the King of Naples and his family aboard.
1798. On 26th December arrives at Palermo and is much gratified by his reception as a popular hero.
1799. On 5th April he changed his flag from blue to red.
1799. On 8th June joins the Foudroyant.
1799. On 24th June arrives off Naples and cancels the agreement of capitulation of the forts.
1799. On 29th June has the aged Admiral Prince Carraciolo hung at the Minerva’s fore yardarm at the instigation of Lady Hamilton and the royal profligates of Naples. This act remains a blot on his name.
1799. July 13th to 19th disobeyed Admiral Keith’s orders to proceed to Minorca.
1799. On 29th July becomes Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean.
1799. On 8th August returns again to Palermo.
1799. On 13th August he is created Duke of Bronte.
1799. On 5th October sails for Port Mahon, Minorca.
1799. On 22nd October again returns to Palermo.
1800. On 6th January is officially notified that Lord Keith is reappointed to command in Mediterranean, which gives him offence.
1800. On 18th February he captures Le Généreux.
1800. On 30th March also captures Le Guillaume Tell.
1800. On 13th July hauls his flag down at Leghorn and proceeds home, visiting Trieste, Vienna, Dresden, and Hamburg. Is received everywhere as a monarch.
1800. On 6th November he arrives at Yarmouth.
1801. On 1st January becomes Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
1801. On 13th January he is separated from his wife.
1801. On 17th January hoists his flag on the San Josef.
1801. On 29th January Lady Hamilton gives birth to his daughter Horatia.
1801. On 12th February joins the St. George.
1801. On 12th March sails from Yarmouth Roads for the Sound.
1801. On 29th March joins the Elephant.
1801. On 2nd April the BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN. He again rejoins the St. George.
1801. On 5th May appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Baltic.
1801. On 22nd May is created Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe.
1801. On 19th June resigns command and sails in the brig Kite for Yarmouth, where he arrives on July 1st.
1801. On 2nd July is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the squadron defending the South-East Coast.
1801. On 16th August attacked Boulogne flotilla unsuccessfully.
1802. On 10th April hauled his flag down and took up his residence at Merton.
1802. On 26th April his father died.
1803. On 6th April his friend, Sir William Hamilton, died in Emma’s arms.
1803. 16th May, Commander-in-Chief again in the Mediterranean.
1803. On 20th May sailed from Spithead in Victory.
1803. On 21st May his flag shifted to the Amphion.
1803. On 8th July arrives off Toulon.
1803. On 30th July rejoins the Victory and keeps up a steady blockade of Toulon until April 1805, and is troubled in body and soul.
1804. On 23rd April Vice-Admiral of WHITE SQUADRON.
1804. On 18th August death of his aversion, the immortal Admiral La Touche-Treville.
1805. On 17th January the French fleet sailed from Toulon, and falling in with stormy weather, their ships were disabled and put back for repairs.
1805. On 8th February Nelson arrives off Alexandria in search of French.
1805. On 9th March is off Toulon again, and
1805. On 1st April is in Pula Roads.
1805. On 4th April gets news that the Frenchmen have sailed again from Toulon, on the 30th April.
1805. On 4th May came to anchor at Tetuan.
1805. On 9th May came to anchor in Lagos Bay.
1805. On 11th May sailed for the West Indies.
1805. On 4th June arrived at Barbadoes.
1805. On 7th June arrived at Trinidad.
1805. On 12th June arrived off Antigua.
1805. On 13th June sails for Europe in search of the elusive French fleet.
1805. On 18th July joins Collingwood off Cadiz.
1805. On 15th August joins Cornwallis off Brest.
1805. On 18th August arrived at Spithead; joins Lady Hamilton and his little girl Horatia at Merton.
1805. On 13th September having heard from Captain Blackwood, who visited him at Merton, that the French fleet were at Cadiz, he prepares to leave Merton.
1805. On 15th September joins the Victory and sails from Spithead.
1805. On 25th September joins British fleet off Cadiz.
1805. On 21st October, BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR and death of Nelson.
1806. On 9th January buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral.