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21 October 1805 The Battle of Trafalgar
On October 21, 2021 by trappedinthe18th21 October 1805 The Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Horatio Nelson (Please note,this website prefers the term “long 18th century”, which means, events from the late 17th century and the early 19th century are occasinally mentioned too)
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18 October 1770 Treaty of Lochaber
On October 18, 2021 by trappedinthe18thThe Treaty of Lochaber was signed in South Carolina on 18 October 1770 by British representative John Stuart and the Cherokee people, fixing the boundary for the western limit of the colonial frontier settlements of Virginia and North Carolina.
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16 October 1793 The Execution of Marie Antoinette
On October 16, 2021 by trappedinthe18th16 October 1793 The Execution of Queen Marie Antoinette
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4 October 1744 Loss of the HMS Victory (1737)
On October 4, 2021 by trappedinthe18thAlthough she is one of the most famous warships in the history, the HMS Victory, which was built in the 1760s, fought at Trafalgar and nowadays is in the dry dock in Portsmouth had four predecessors under the same name. The fourth one was launched in 1737 and became the flagship of the Channel Fleet