After several years of struggling with disability, Beethoven was forced to completely give up public performances and devote himself exclusively to composing.
It was a great blow to him, because concerts were an important source of income, and his deafness al ...
Napoleon's initial military successes in Malta and Lower Egypt were followed by the destruction of the French fleet by Admiral Nelson's squadron of English ships at the mouth of the Nile.
The interference of Turkish troops in the conflict and the seizure of Malta by the English forced the French to capitulate in 1801.