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.