In 1805, an epic confrontation occurred off the southwest coast of Spain, resulting in one of the greatest naval battles in history.

This monumental sea battle saw the British and French fleets face each other in one of the most important conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars.

When the smoke cleared, the results left the British as the masters of the sea for over a century and radically changed the course of European geopolitics.

Learn more about the Battle of Trafalgar and how it changed the course of history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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If you're British, there's a good chance that you're familiar with the Battle of Trafalgar and why it has such an important place in national history.

If you're not British, you might have heard of Trafalgar or Trafalgar Square, but you might

not know much about the events that made this

something that people still remember over 200 years later. To understand the Battle of Trafalgar,

we need to understand the events that led up to it. The road to Trafalgar began with the French

Revolution and the later rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. By the early 1800s, Britain and France were locked in a global

struggle. Britain's strength lay at sea, where the Royal Navy protected its trade, colonies, and

homeland. France's strength lay on land, where Napoleon's armies repeatedly defeated European

coalitions. Napoleon understood that to force Britain to make peace,

he needed either to invade the British Isles or to strangle British commerce. Both goals required

neutralizing the Royal Navy at least temporarily. By 1803, Napoleon had assembled the Army

de Englander at Boulogne, intending to cross the English Channel.

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