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| 1769 | Birth |  |
| 1st May Dubin Birth of Arthur Welles ley |
| 1st May Dublin Birth of Arthur Welles ley |
| 1781 | Education | |
| Eton Enters Eton |
| 1786 | Education | |
| Angers Enters School of Equitation, Angers , Anjou |
| 1787 | Lieutenant | |
| 25th Dec Appointed Lieutenant |
| 1788 | Aide de Campe | |
| Dublin Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy |
| 1790 | Election | |
| Trim Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland |
| 1791 | Captain | |
| 30th June Appointed Captain |
| 1793 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| 30th Sep Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1793 | Major | |
| 30th April Appointed Major |
| 1794 | Battle of Boxtel | |
| 15th Sep Boxtel Commands a brigade at Boxtel |
| 1796 | Colonel | |
| 3rd May Appointed Colonel |
| 1796 | Commander | |
| June Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, India |
| 1799 | Governor | |
| 4th May Mysore Appointed Governor of Mysore |
| 1802 | Major | |
| 29th April Appointed Major-General |
| 1803 | Battle of Argaum | |
| 29th Nov Argaum Victory at Argaum |
| 1803 | Battle of Assaye | |
| 23rd Sep Assaye Wins his first military victory |
| 1803 | Declaration of War | |
| 3rd Aug War against Scindia of Gwalior & his allies |
| 1803 | Surrender | |
| 15th Dec Surrender of Gawilghur |
| 1804 | Knighthood | |
| Sep Given a Knighthood |
| 1806 | Colonel | |
| 30th Jan Appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment |
| 1806 | Election | |
| 1st April Rye Elected Member of Parliament or Rye |
| 1806 | Marriage | |
| 10th London Moves to Harley St, Marylebone, London |
| 10th April Dublin Marries Kitty Pakenham, St Georges Church, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1806 | Resignation | |
| Resigns military appointments to become an MP |
| 1807 | Battle of Copenhagen | |
| Aug Copenhagen Wellington's brigade is reponsible defending supply lines |
| 8th Sep Copenhagen The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen |
| 1807 | Battle of Kioge | |
| 29th Aug Kioge Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force & captures 1,700 |
| 1807 | Battle of Roskilde | |
| 26th Aug Roskilde Wellington's brigade drives away a Danish force of 4,000 |
| 1807 | Capture of Lyngby | |
| 16th Aug Lyngby Wellington's brigade captures Lyngby, Denmark |
| 1807 | Chief Secretary | |
| 3rd April Dublin Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland |
| 1807 | Commander | |
| 14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal |
| 1807 | Invasion of Denmark | |
| 31st July Joins the Danish expedition |
| 16th Aug Vedboek Wellington's brigade is the 1st to secure a beachhead |
| 3rd Sep Zealand Wellington informs his superiors he has cleared Zealand of resistance |
| 8th Sep Copenhagen The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen |
| 1807 | Invasion of Portugal | |
| 14th June Appointed Commander of the expedition to Portugal |
| 12th July Cork Sets sail from Cork in Ireland for Portugal |
| 18th July Coruna Wellington reaches Coruna in Portugal |
| 1807 | Lieutenant General | |
| April Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1808 | Battle of Rolica | |
| 17th Aug Rolica Defeats General Delaborde |
| 1808 | Battle of Vimeiro | |
| 21st Aug Vimiero British victory leads to the Convention of Cintra |
| 21st Aug Vimiero The British defeat the French during a Spannish rebellion |
| 1808 | Commander | |
| London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 12th July London Appointed Commander of Forces in Portugal |
| 1808 | Convention Cintra | |
| 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 |
| 1808 | Invasion of Portugal | |
| 1st Aug Mondego Bay Lands in Mondego Bay, Portugal |
| 1808 | Lieutenant General | |
| 25th April Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1808 | Siege of Mondego Bay | |
| 1st Aug Mondego Bay Lands in Mondego Bay, Portugal |
| 1809 | Battle of Oporto | |
| 12th May Oporto Makes a surprise attack across the River Douro & drives the French from Oporto |
| 1809 | Battle of Talavera | |
| 28th July Talavera Defeats King Joseph & Marshal Jourdan |
| 28th July Talavera Wellington is victorious, rewarded with the title Duke of Wellington |
| 1809 | Invasion of Portugal | |
| 26th April Lisbon Lands at Lisbon with a new British army |
| 1809 | Invasion of Spain | |
| 27th June Wellington enters Spain |
| 1809 | Marshal | |
| 6th July Appointed Marshal-General of the the Portuguese army |
| 1809 | Peerage | |
| 4th Sep Talavera Created Viscount Wellington of Talavera |
| 1810 | Battle of Busaco | |
| 27th Sep Busaco Defeats Marshal Massena |
| 1811 | Battle of Albuhera | |
| 16th May Albuhera The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera |
| 16th May Albuhera Wellington defeats the French under Marshal Nicolas Soult |
| 1811 | Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro | |
| 8th May Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena |
| 1811 | Siege of Albuhera | |
| 16th May Albuhera Wellington defeats the French under Nicolas Soult |
| 1811 | Siege of Almeida | |
| 11th May Almeida Almeida fortress suerrenders |
| 1811 | Siege of Badajoz | |
| 16th May Badajoz The French are unable to relieve the siege of Badajoz after defeat at Albuhera |
| 1811 | Siege of Fuentes d'Onoro | |
| 8th May Fuentes d'Onoro Defeats Massena |
| 1812 | Battle of Salamanca | |
| 17th June Salamanca Wellington's Allied Army enters Salamanca unopposed |
| 22nd July Salamanca Wellington defeats a French force of 40,000 under Marmont, opening the way to Madrid |
| 1812 | Capture of Ciudad Rodrigo | |
| 19th Jan Rodrigo Captures Ciudad Rodrigo |
| 1812 | Capture of Madrid | |
| 12th Aug Madrid Wellington's Army enters Madrid, it is free from French occupation since Dec 1808 |
| 1812 | Peerage | |
| Feb Rodrigo Created Duque de Ciudad de Rodrigo |
| Feb Wellington Created Earl of Wellington |
| 18th Aug Wellington Created Marquess of Wellington |
| 1812 | Siege of Assaye | |
| 6th April Assaye Captures the Spanish city of Assaye, 250 miles sth west of Madrid |
| 1812 | Siege of Badajoz | |
| Jan Badajoz After Lord Wellington laid siege to Cuidad Rodrigo in January 1812, he moved Badajoz |
| 17th Mar Badajoz Wellington laid siege to the fortress of Badajoz form 17th March to 6th April |
| 6th April Badajoz The defenders of Badajoz surrender, Wellington has lost 5,000 during the siege |
| 7th April Badajoz Captures Badajoz but the British sustain 5,000 casualties |
| 1812 | Siege of Burgos | |
| Sep Burgos Wellington lays siege to Burgos |
| 19th Sep Burgos Unsuccessful at the siege of Burgos |
| 22nd Oct Burgos Rereats from Burgos |
| 1812 | Siege of Madrid | |
| 12th Aug Madrid Enters Madrid |
| 1813 | Award Order of the Garter | |
| 4th Mar Awarded the Order of the Garter |
| 1813 | Battle of Nive | |
| 12th Dec Nive Defeats Soult |
| 1813 | Battle of Nivelle | |
| 10th Nov Nivelle Defeats Soult |
| 1813 | Battle of Sorauren | |
| 30th July Sorauren Defeats Soult |
| 1813 | Battle of Vitoria | |
| 29th May Miranda Arrives at Miranda do Douro in an effort to outflank the French |
| 3rd June Touro Wellington's 2 main Armies unite at Touro, north of the River Douro |
| 21st June Vittorio Decisive victory of the Peninsular war, Joseph Bonaparte retreats to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Wellington's 78,000 army defeat 57,000 French, 5,000 French & 6,0000 Allied casualties |
| 1813 | Battle of Vittorio | |
| 21st June Vittorio Attempts to stop the French retreating to France |
| 21st June Vittorio Calls off the battle 5 miles up the Pamplona road |
| 21st June Vittorio Defeats King Joseph |
| 21st June Vittorio Forces the French back across the Pyrenees |
| 1813 | Capture of Madrid | |
| 17th May Madrid Captures Madrid |
| 17th May Madrid Forces Napoleon's forces to the Ebro River where they are defeated at Vittorio |
| 1813 | Composition | |
| Composition of, "Wellington's Victory" in honour of the battle of Vitoria |
| 1813 | Field Marshal | |
| 21st June Appointed Field Marshal |
| 1813 | Invasion of France | |
| 7th Oct River Bidassoa Cross es into France |
| 1813 | Siege of Cadiz | |
| Jan Cadiz Wellington marches in triumph through Cadiz |
| 1813 | Siege of Salamanca | |
| 28th May Salamanca Triumphantly enters Salamanca |
| 1813 | Siege of San Sebastian | |
| 25th July San Sebastian Makes an assault on San Sebastian |
| 31st Aug San Sebastian San Sebastian falls |
| 1814 | Ambassador | |
| 5th July Paris Appointed Ambassador |
| 1814 | Battle of Orthez | |
| 27th Feb Orthez Defeats Soult |
| 1814 | Battle of Toulouse | |
| 10th April Toulouse Defeats Soult |
| 1814 | Capture of Bordeaux | |
| 12th Mar Bordeaux Captures Bordeaux |
| 1814 | Congress of Vienna | |
| 1st Nov Vienna Opening day of the Congress of Vienna |
| 1814 | Peerage | |
| 3rd May Wellington Created Duke of Wellington |
| 1814 | Siege of Bayonne | |
| Feb Bayonne Begins the siege of Bayonne |
| 1815 | Battle of Quatre Bras | |
| 16th June Quatre Bras Battle of Quatre Bras |
| 17th June Mont Jean Withdraws to Mont St Jean |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo | |
| 18th June Waterloo At 9PM Wellington & Blucher meet between La Belle-Alliance & Rossome |
| 18th June Waterloo Helps end Napoleon's "100 days" rule, Napoleon's final Battle |
| 18th June Waterloo Napoleon commands 72,000 |
| 18th June Waterloo The Allies have a force of 68,000 British, Belgians, Dutch & Germans under Wellington |
| 18th June Waterloo The British lose close to 15,000 & the French 25,000 killed & wounded |
| 18th June La Belle Wellington & Blucher join up at La Belle Alliance after defeating Napoleon |
| 1815 | Commander | |
| 22nd Oct Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied army |
| 1815 | Congress of Vienna | |
| 3rd Feb Vienna Arrives as the British Plenipotentiary |
| 7th Mar Vienna Congress hears of Napoleon's escape from Elba |
| 13th Mar Vienna Congress outlaws Napoleon |
| 28th Mar Vienna Wellington leaves Vienna |
| 1815 | Execution of Ney | |
| 7th Dec Marshal Ney is shot |
| 1815 | Invasion of Belgium | |
| 15th June Hears of the French invasion of Belgium |
| 1815 | Invasion of France | |
| 22nd June Cross es the Belgian border into France |
| 1815 | Marshal | |
| London Appointed Commander of the British Army of occupation in France |
| London Appointed Commander the British forces of occupation in France |
| 1815 | Restoration | |
| 8th July Paris Louis XVIII is restored to the French throne |
| 1815 | Siege of Paris | |
| 7th July Paris The Allies enter Paris |
| 1815 | Surrender | |
| 3rd July St Cloud France surrenders by the treaty of St Cloud |
| 7th July Paris The Allies enter Paris |
| 1815 | Treaty of St Cloud | |
| 3rd July St Cloud France surrenders by the treaty of St Cloud |
| 1826 | Independence | |
| 4th April St Petersburg Wellington signs the St Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the Greek revolt against Turkey |
| 1826 | Protocol St Petersburg | |
| 4th April St Petersburg Wellington signs the St Petersburg Protocol with Russia to intervene in the |
