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| Abdication Charles IV |  |
| Charles IV is forced to abdicate |
| 1st May Abdicates in favour of Joseph Bonaparte |
| Abdication Ferdinand VII | |
| Abdication of his father, Charles IV |
| Ferdinand VII is forced to abdicateby Napoleon |
| 6th May 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII |
| 6th May Abdication of his father, Charles IV |
| 6th May Ferdinand VII is forced to abdicateby Napoleon |
| Arrest Pius VIII |  |
| Vatican Imprisoned for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to Napoleon |
| Arrest Ferdinand VII | |
| Ferdinand VII is arrested by Napoleon, 1808-14 |
| Battle of Baylen Dupont, Pierre |  |
| 19th July Baylen 1st setback for Napoleon who calls Spain, "The Spanish ulcer" |
| 19th July Baylen Spain successfully revolts against French domination |
| Battle of Espinosa Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| 10th Nov Espinosa A well-coordinated French attack shatters Blake's center & drives his army from the field in a rout |
| Battle of Medina del Rio Seco Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| Medina del Rio Seco Blake & Cuesta are defeated at Medina del Rio Seco |
| Battle of Pancorbo Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| 31st Oct Pancorbo Blake retreats swiftly and in good order, preventing Napoleon's planned envelopment & annihilation of the Spanish flank. |
| 31st Oct Pancorbo Marshal Lefebvre's IV Corps fall upon Blake's 19,000 men at Pancorbo, turning back the hesitant Spanish advance |
| Battle of Rolica Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| 17th Aug Rolica Defeats General Delaborde |
| Battle of Sahagun Moore, John | |
| 21st Dec Sahagun Defeats Marshal Soult's cavalry but still has to withdraw from the Peninsular |
| Battle of Tudela Napoleon I | |
| 23rd Nov Tudela Takes command of the army in Spain & defeats the Spanish |
| Battle of Tudela Moore, John | |
| 23rd Nov Tudela Retreats from the Iberian Peninsular after the Spanish are defeated by Napoleon |
| Battle of Valmaceda Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| 5th Nov Valmaceda Blake surprises his enemies again when, at Valmaceda, he suddenly turns about & attacks the French vanguard, inflicting a stinging defeat |
| Battle of Vimeiro Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 21st Aug Vimiero British victory leads to the Convention of Cintra |
| 21st Aug Vimiero The British defeat the French during a Spannish rebellion |
| Birth MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de | |
| 13th July Sully Birth of Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, from Irish Jacobite immigrants |
| Birth Davis, Jefferson |  |
| 3rd June Todd County Birth of Jefferson Davis |
| Capture of Capri Murat | |
| Capri Captures Capri |
| Capture of Madrid Napoleon I | |
| 4th Dec Madrid Captures Madrid & causes the British under General Moore to retreat |
| Code Napoleon Murat | |
| Naples Introduces the Code Napoleon |
| Commander Napoleon I | |
| 5th Nov Appointed Commander of the Army in Spain, assumes control |
| Commander Suchet | |
| Appointed Divisional Commander in Spain |
| Commander Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm |  |
| Pomerania Appointed Commander in Pomerania |
| Commander Wellesley, Arthur | |
| London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 12th July London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| Commander Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| Appointed Commander of the Supreme Junta's Army of Galicia (a force of 43,000 holding the Spanish left wing along the Cantabrian mountains) during the French invasio |
| Constitution Murat | |
| Naples Introduces the Code Napoleon |
| Constitution Ferdinand VII | |
| 6th May 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII |
| 25th Sep The Supreme Central Governing Junta is established, ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII |
| Convention Cintra Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 21st Aug Vimiero The British defeat the French leading to the Convention of Cintra |
| 31st Aug Cintra Joseph's coronation as King of Spain is resolved by the Cintra Convention |
| 31st Aug Cintra Under the terms of the Convention of Cintra the French are forced to retreat |
| Death Selim III |  |
| Istanbul Death of Selim III, suicide |
| Grande Armee Dissolution Napoleon I | |
| 12th Oct Orders the Grande Armee to be broken up |
| Invasion of Iberian Peninsular Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu | |
| Leads the French armies during the Peninsular War |
| Invasion of Portugal Moore, John | |
| Dec Salamanca Concentrates his army of 28,000 at Salamanca |
| 10th Dec Corunna Moves his base to Corunna in preparation for invasion by Napoleon |
| Invasion of Portugal Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 1st Aug Mondego Bay Lands in Mondego Bay, Portugal |
| Invasion of Spain Moore, John | |
| Oct Leads an Allied invasion of Spain |
| Invasion of Spain Blake y Joyes, Joaquin | |
| Appointed Head of the Supreme Junta's Army of Galicia (a force of 43,000 holding the Spanish left wing along the Cantabrian mountains) during the French invasion |
| Invasion of Spain Godoy, Manuel de | |
| Corrupt Prime Minister of Spain, his plotting & negligence enables French armies to seize control of the country virtually without opposition |
| Lieutenant General Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 25th April Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Lieutenant Spain Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| Appointed Emperor's Lieutenant in Spain |
| Marshal Castiglione | |
| Appointed Marshal of France |
| Minister of War Arakcheyev |  |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| Mobilization Napoleon I | |
| River Ebro A French army is assembled under Ney & Napoleon & Joseph is reinstated in Madrid |
| Peerage Hulin | |
| Created a Comte |
| Peerage Massena, Andre | |
| Rivoli Created Duke of Rivoli |
| Peerage Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| Liverpool Created Earl Liverpool, 2nd |
| President Floridablanca, Jos‚ Mo¤ino y Redondo de | |
| 25th Sep Appointed President of Spain, President of the Supreme Central Governing Junta |
| President Moscoso, Vicente Isabel Osorio de | |
| 25th Sep Appointed President of Spain, President of the Supreme Central Governing Junta |
| Publication Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | |
| Publication of, "Faust" |
| Publication of, "Pandoras Wiederkunft" |
| Publication Blake, William | |
| Publication of, "Milton" |
| Rebellion Murat, Marechal Joachim | |
| 2nd May Madrid Suppresses the rebellion in Madrid |
| Rebellion Selim III | |
| Constantinople Marches on Constantinople & executes the Janissaries who have murdered Selim III |
| Restoration Selim III | |
| Istanbul Janissaries demand Mustafa's restoration, Bairakadr strangles him & kills himself |
| Siege of Mondego Bay Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 1st Aug Mondego Bay Lands in Mondego Bay, Portugal |
| Succession Murat | |
| 15th July Naples Succeeds as King of Naples , with the title Joachim I Napoleon |
| 1st Aug Naples Proclaimed King of Naples |
| Succession Napoleon I | |
| Madrid Installs his brother Joseph as the King of Spain |
| Succession Ferdinand VII | |
| Succeeds as King of Spain |
| Succession Mahmud II | |
| Succeeds as Sultan of Turkey |
| Succession Selim III | |
| Istanbul Temporally crushes the rebellion of the Janissaries & proclaims his brother Mahmud II |
| Supreme Central Governing Junta Ferdinand VII | |
| 25th Sep The Supreme Central Governing Junta is established, ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII |
| Supreme Central Governing Junta Floridablanca, Jos‚ Mo¤ino y Redondo de | |
| 25th Sep Appointed President of Spain, President of the Supreme Central Governing Junta |
| Supreme Central Governing Junta Moscoso, Vicente Isabel Osorio de | |
| 25th Sep Appointed President of Spain, President of the Supreme Central Governing Junta |
| Supreme Governing Juntas Ferdinand VII | |
| 6th May 18 Supreme Governing Juntas are established in the provinces ruling in the name of Ferdinand VII |
| Treaty of Cintra Napoleon I | |
| Cintra Defeated by British forces under the Duke of Wellington & forced back to the Ebro |
