Today is Trafalgar Day, the celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
In London, Trafalgar Square hosts crowds of humans and kits of pigeons. A pride of four huge “Landseer Lions” have graced the base of Nelson’s column since 1867.