The combined French and Spanish fleet sailed out from Cadiz, setting the stage for Nelson's decisive victory at Trafalgar the following day.

Admiral Horatio Nelson's British fleet crushed the combined French and Spanish navies off Cape Trafalgar, ending Napoleon's hopes of invading Britain.

William Clark recorded in his journal that the expedition had finally sighted the Pacific Ocean after an eighteen-month overland trek from St. Louis.

Napoleon crushed the combined armies of Russia and Austria at Austerlitz, exactly one year after his coronation, in what he called his greatest victory.