The Nelson Timeline
A timeline of key events in the life of Horatio Nelson. This will grow as I add more content. One step at a time and all that…
1758 – September 29th
Horatio (Horace) Nelson born in this parsonage in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.
Read more about the home here
1767 – December 26th
The death of Nelson’s mother, Catherine, aged forty-two (Nelson himself was nine).
Read more here
1765 – April 26th
On the other side of the country, the great love of Nelson’s life was born.
Read more about Lady Emma Hamilton’s early years here
1797 – July 24/25th
Nelson has his arm amputated at the disastrous Siege of Tenerife.
Read about it here
1798 – August 1st
The Battle of the Nile
The battle that made Horatio Nelson a superstar. Read more here.
1805 – October 21st
Horatio Nelson dies at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Nelson The Sailor 