What Happened in October 1805

Historical Events

Oct 14 Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria
Oct 18 45 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, one of the earliest women's clubs in America

Battle of Trafalgar

Oct 21 Battle of Trafalgar: British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats combined French and Spanish fleet. Nelson shot and killed during battle.

Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory after being shot by a sniper. Artist: Benjamin West. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Oct 23 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

Events in 1805

Famous Birthdays

Oct 23 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author and painter (Nachsommer), born in Oberplan, Bohemia (d. 1868)
Oct 23 John Russell Bartlett, American linguist (d. 1886)
Oct 28 John Thomson, Scottish composer, born in Sprouston, Scotland (d. 1841)

Born in 1805

Famous Deaths

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)

Oct 5 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general and colonial administrator (leading British general in the American War of Independence), dies of fever at 66