Battle of Trafalgar, (October 21, 1805), naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars , which established British naval supremacy for more than 100 years; it was fought west of Cape Trafalgar , Spain, between Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
