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Napoleonic Wars: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Cape Finisterre: An inconclusive naval action is fought between a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve of France and a British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder.
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1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
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Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
French Navy officer (1763–1806)
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Robert Calder
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