Timeline Monday 22 July 1805

Events on Monday 22 July 1805 1

• 1805 Battle of Cape Finisterre Inconclusive naval clash ahead of Trafalgar On 22 July 1805, a British fleet under Robert Calder engaged a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Galicia, capturing two Spanish ships in an inconclusive action. The battle disrupted Franco-Spanish plans to combine their fleets for an invasion of Britain. The surviving combined fleet later fought at Trafalgar that October.