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 1810 to 1819 (series in brackets)
For context actual historic events have been added below in italics.
1810
A Ship of the Line (Horatio Hornblower)
Hornblower's Charitable Offering (Horatio Hornblower)
Flying Colours (Horatio Hornblower)
A Press Of Canvas (Isaac Biggs)
Active's Measure (Pennywhistle Series)
1811
For My Country's Freedom (Richard Bolitho)
Desolation Island (Jack Aubrey)
The Flying Squadron (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
The Seeds of War (Fighting Sail)
Balkan Glory (Thomas Kydd)
1812
War between UK and United States
The Commodore (Horatio Hornblower)
Hornblower and His Majesty (Horatio Hornblower)
The Fortune of War (Jack Aubrey)
The Yankee (Privateers and Gentlemen)
True Colors (Henry Stapleton)
No Sacrifice Too Great (Cutler Family Chronicles)
Thunderer (Thomas Kydd)
Yankee Mission (Thomas Kydd)
1813
Cross of St. George (Richard Bolitho)
The Surgeons Mate * (Jack Aubrey)
The Ionian Mission * (Jack Aubrey)
Treasons Harbour * (Jack Aubrey)
The Far Side of the World * (Jack Aubrey)
The Reverse of the Medal * (Jack Aubrey)
The Letter of Marque * (Jack Aubrey)
The Thirteen Gun Salute * (Jack Aubrey)
The Nutmeg of Consolation * (Jack Aubrey)
Clarissa Oakes * (Jack Aubrey)
The Wine-Dark Sea * (Jack Aubrey)
The Commodore * (Jack Aubrey)
Beneath the Aurora (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
A Fine Tops'l Breeze (Isaac Biggs)
The Cove of Cork (Donal Long)
Courtenay's Pendant (Giles Courtenay)
1814
Lord Hornblower (Horatio Hornblower)
The Yellow Admiral (Jack Aubrey)
The Shadow of the Eagle (Nathaniel Drinkwater)
The Evening Gun (Isaac Biggs)
The Macedonian (Privateers and Gentlemen)
On the Barbary Coast (Fighting Sail)
1815
Napoleon escapes from Elba
Sword of Honour (Richard Bolitho)
Second to None (Adam Bolitho)
Relentless Pursuit (Adam Bolitho)
The Hundred Days (Jack Aubrey)
Blue at the Mizzen (Jack Aubrey)
A Ship for Mr Fitton (Michael Fitton)
1816
The Barbary Run (John Lawson)
1817
Man of War (Adam Bolitho)
1818
Heart of Oak (Adam Bolitho)
Hornblower in the West Indies (Horatio Hornblower)
1819
In the King's Name (Adam Bolitho)
(* whilst not logical all these books are set in 1813)