On this page I have set out the timeline, where it is given or can be established, for the various books set during the period from 1800 to 1809 (series in brackets)
For context actual historic events have been added below in italics.
1800
The Inshore Squadron (Richard Bolitho)
Master & Commander (Jack Aubrey)
The Bomb Vessel (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
Cut and Thrust (George Abercrombie Fox)
Boarders Away (George Abercrombie Fox)
The Fireship (George Abercrombie Fox)
Troubled Waters (Alan Lewrie)
The English Captain ("Cocky" Penhaligon)
Peter Raven Under Fire (Peter Raven)
1801
A Tradition of Victory (Richard Bolitho)
Lieutenant Hornblower (Horatio Hornblower)
Ramage & the Guillotine (Lord Ramage)
Prison Ship (Sam Witchall)
The Baltic Gambit (Alan Lewrie)
The Night Attack (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
Blood Beach (George Abercrombie Fox)
Sea Flame (George Abercrombie Fox)
Close Quarters (George Abercrombie Fox)
The Greek Warrior (Giles Courtenay)
The Shores of Tripoli (Putnam's Navy)
1802
Post Captain (Jack Aubrey)
Ramage's Diamond (Lord Ramage)
Ramage's Mutiny (Lord Ramage)
Ramage & the Rebels (Lord Ramage)
The Ramage Touch (Lord Ramage)
Ramage's Signal (Lord Ramage)
Peace of Amiens
Ramage & the Renegades (Lord Ramage)
Success to the Brave (Richard Bolitho)
Floating Gold (Oliver Quintrell)
1803
Colours Aloft (Richard Bolitho)
The Corvette (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
Hornblower & the Hotspur (Horatio Hornblower)
Ramage's Devil (Lord Ramage)
So Near, So Far (Richard Delancey)
Mr Fitton's Commission (Michael Fitton)
The Greater The Honor (Oliver Baldwin)
The Admiral's Daughter (Thomas Kydd)
King, Ship & Sword (Alan Lewrie)
The Tainted Prize (Oliver Quintrell)
David Porter, Philadelphia & The Barbary Pirates (Jack M. D. Owen)
Upon the Malabar Coast (Alexander Clay)
1804
Honour this Day (Richard Bolitho)
HMS Surprise (Jack Aubrey)
Ramage's Trial (Lord Ramage)
Ramage's Challenge (Lord Ramage)
Captain Justice (Captain Justice)
The Pandora Secret (Captain Justice)
Hellfire in Tripoli (Stephen Decatur)
Against Cold Steel (Stephen Decatur)
Decatur's Revenge (Stephen Decatur)
Midshipman Quinn and Denise the Spy (Septimus Quinn)
Admiralty Orders (Oliver Quintrell)
1805
Hornblower & the Crises (Horatio Hornblower)
Ramage at Trafalgar (Lord Ramage)
"1805" (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
Clay and the Immortal Memory (Alexander Clay)
Bellerophon’s Champion: Pennywhistle at Trafalgar (Pennywhistle Series)
Dead Reckoning (Richard Delancey)
Battle Fleet (Sam Witchall)
Quinn at Trafalgar (Septimus Quinn)
The French Imposter (The adventures of Lt. Nicholas Chenevix)
Dispatch from Cadiz (The adventures of Lt. Nicholas Chenevix)
Victory (Thomas Kydd)
1806
The Only Victor (Richard Bolitho)
Hornblower & the Atropos (Horatio Hornblower)
Ramage & the Saracens (Lord Ramage)
The East Indiaman (Percival Merewether)
The Blighted Cliffs (The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold)
The Chains of Albion (The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold)
Treason's River (The Reluctant Adventures of Martin Jerrold)
Conquest (Thomas Kydd)
Betrayal (Thomas Kydd)
1807
Ramage & the Dido (Lord Ramage)
Baltic Mission (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
In Distant Waters (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
On the Company's Service (Percival Merewether)
A Balance of Dangers (Captain Justice)
In Pursuit of Glory (Oliver Baldwin)
1808
Beyond the Reef (Richard Bolitho)
The Happy Return (Horatio Hornblower)
Mauritius Command (Jack Aubrey)
A Private Revenge (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
For King & Company (Percival Merewether)
The Baltic Prize (Thomas Kydd)
The Iberian Flame (Thomas Kydd)
1809
The Darkening Sea (Richard Bolitho)
Under False Colours (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
A Sea of Gold (Thomas Kydd)