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1808 In Spain
Events from the year 1808 in Spain. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles IV until March 19, Ferdinand VII until May 6, Joseph I since June 6 Events *May 2 - Dos de Mayo UprisingCharles J. Esdaile in ''The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars'' by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (main editor) (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006) 596.Chandler, p. 610 *June 5 - Uprising of Santa Cruz de Mudela *June 6 - Valdepeñas Uprising and 1st Combat of El Bruch *June 7 - Battle of Alcolea Bridge *June 9–14 - Capture of the Rosily Squadron *June 12 - Battle of Cabezón *June 14 - 2nd Combat of El Bruch *June 15-August 14 - First Siege of Zaragoza *June 20–21 - Battle of Gerona (1808) *June 24–26 - Battle of Valencia (1808) *July 14 - Battle of Medina de Rioseco *July 16–19 - Battle of Bailén *July 24-August 16 - Second Siege of Gerona *October 31 - Battle of Zornoza *November 7-December 5 - Siege of Roses (1808) Births Deaths *May 2 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán and Luis D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles IV Of Spain
, house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles III of Spain , mother = Maria Amalia of Saxony , birth_date =11 November 1748 , birth_place =Palace of Portici, Portici, Naples , death_date = , death_place = Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Papal States , burial_place = El Escorial , religion =Roman Catholic , signature =Charles IV of Spain signature.svg Charles IV (Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego) 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1788 to 1808. The Spain inherited by Charles IV gave few indications of instability, but during his reign, Spain entered a series of disadvantageous alliances and his regime constantly sought cash to deal with the exigencies of war. He detested his son and heir Ferdinand, who led the unsuccessful El Escorial Conspiracy and later forced Charles's abdication after the Tumult of Aranjuez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Medina De Rioseco
The Battle of Medina de Rioseco, also known as the Battle of Moclín, was fought during the Peninsular War on 14 July 1808 when a combined body of Spanish militia and regulars moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid. General Joaquín Blake's Army of Galicia, under joint command with General Gregorio de la Cuesta, was routed by Marshal Bessières after a badly coordinated but stubborn fight against the French corps north of Valladolid. Bessières exploited the poor coordination between Blake and Cuesta to defeat the Spaniards in detail, with Blake being ejected from a low ridge while Cuesta sat to the rear, and Cuesta failing to recapture the ridge with his own troops. The Army of Galicia was the only formation capable of threatening the French advance into Old Castile—Cuesta's command having been destroyed earlier at Cabezón—and its destruction marked a serious blow to Spain's national uprising. But in the event, Medina de Rioseco p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In Spain
Events from the year 1808 in Spain. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles IV until March 19, Ferdinand VII until May 6, Joseph I since June 6 Events *May 2 - Dos de Mayo UprisingCharles J. Esdaile in ''The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars'' by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (main editor) (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006) 596.Chandler, p. 610 *June 5 - Uprising of Santa Cruz de Mudela *June 6 - Valdepeñas Uprising and 1st Combat of El Bruch *June 7 - Battle of Alcolea Bridge *June 9–14 - Capture of the Rosily Squadron *June 12 - Battle of Cabezón *June 14 - 2nd Combat of El Bruch *June 15-August 14 - First Siege of Zaragoza *June 20–21 - Battle of Gerona (1808) *June 24–26 - Battle of Valencia (1808) *July 14 - Battle of Medina de Rioseco *July 16–19 - Battle of Bailén *July 24-August 16 - Second Siege of Gerona *October 31 - Battle of Zornoza *November 7-December 5 - Siege of Roses (1808) Births Deaths *May 2 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán and Luis D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. The war started when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 by transiting through Spain, and it escalated in 1808 after Napoleonic France occupied Spain, which had been its ally. Napoleon Bonaparte forced the abdications of Ferdinand VII and his father Charles IV and then installed his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne and promulgated the Bayonne Constitution. Most Spaniards rejected French rule and fought a bloody war to oust them. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, and is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation. It is also significant for the emergence of larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincente Maria De Acevedo , a Spanish and Portuguese name
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Vincente is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vincente Minnelli, American film director and stage director See also *Vicente (other) Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Solano (soldier)
Francisco María Solano Ortiz de Rozas (1768There is some discrepancy regarding his date of birth. The date given here is from his service records. However, according to Spanish historian Adolfo de Castro, it was 10 December 1769. (Macía & Brocos) – 1808), 2nd Marqués de Socorro and 6th Marqués de la Solana, was a Spanish military officer. Solano was one of the three captains-general slain by the Spanish population following the Madrid Uprising (2 May 1808), the two others being Filanghieri in Galicia and Count Torre del Fresno in Estremadura. Early career Solano was promoted to captain of Cavalry in June 1784. He saw action in Spanish America and in two campaigns in Oran. He was promoted to colonel in April 1792. He saw further action in the War of the Pyrenees (1793–July 1795) and in the War of the Oranges (1801). In October 1802, Solano was promoted to lieutenant general and in November 1805 he was appointed military governor of Cádiz,Macía Arce, José Carlos & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Daoíz Y Torres
Luis Daoíz y Torres (10 February 1767 – 2 May 1808) was a Spanish artillery officer and one of the leaders of the Dos de Mayo Uprising that signalled the start of the Peninsular War, Spanish War of Independence. Daoíz's surname is derived from the town of Aoiz in Navarre and he was descended from a long line of Spanish gentry with soldiering associations dating to the Reconquista. Daoíz's great grandfather married the daughter of the Count of Miraflores de los Angeles and Daoíz spent much of his early life in palaces owned by the family. He was born in Seville and, after receiving a Catholic education, trained at the Alcázar of Segovia, Royal School of Artillery in Segovia. Daoíz saw action against the Moors in Spanish North Africa, where he was commended for his bravery and promoted to lieutenant. He also served against the French in the short-lived Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars, War of the Roussillon where he was captured. After refusing to serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Velarde Y Santillán
Pedro Velarde y Santillán (25 October 1779 – 2 May 1808) was a Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the '' Dos de Mayo'' uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. He became a popular hero and martyr figure for Spain's subsequent War of Independence from the French Empire. Born to a Cantabrian family in Muriedas, Camargo, Velarde enrolled in the Artillery College (''Colegio de Artillería'') at the Alcázar de Segovia in 1793. He graduated near the top of his class and was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in 1799. He fought in the War of the Oranges against Portugal in 1800 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1801. Velarde returned to the Artillery College after the war and worked as an instructor of mathematics and ballistics, in which he became something of an expert. In 1806 he was made a secretary of the Artillery Corps' ''Junta Superior Económica'' and established himself in Madrid. When the mass uprisings broke out against the French occupie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Roses (1808)
The siege of Roses or Siege of Rosas from 7 November to 5 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr invest a Catalan and Spanish garrison commanded by Peter O'Daly. After a siege lasting a month in which the haven and town of Roses was captured and the nearby Trinity Castle invested by over 13,000 French and Italian infantry, artillery and cavalry with heavy siege trains on the hills above, the Citadel was surrendered to the Napoleonic forces. Roses (Rosas) is located northeast of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. In the summer and fall of 1808, an Imperial French corps under Guillaume Philibert Duhesme was isolated in Barcelona by a 24,000-man Spanish army led by Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu. With 23,000 men, Gouvion Saint-Cyr moved from the French border to relieve Duhesme's troops. The first obstacle to Gouvion Saint-Cyr's mission was the haven of Roses defended by a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Zornoza
The Battle of Zornoza fought on 31 October 1808, was one of the opening engagements in Napoleon's invasion of Spain. The battle was intended to encircle and crush the left wing of the Spanish front. The Spanish infantry was swiftly thrown back but escaped in good order. Background The Dos de Mayo Uprising had put Iberia in revolt against French rule. The Spanish conventional warfare had started at El Bruch. The British intervention had started Roliça. Napoleon's invasion of Spain started with the engagement of Joaquín Blake's forces at Zornoza. Under his guidance, the French had made meticulous preparations to defeat Blake's position and thereby beat the left wing of the Spanish front that stretched from Cantabria to the Mediterranean Sea. Owing to friction with the Spanish authorities and a lack of coordination by the Central Junta, Blake, for his part, had no confidence in the Spanish deployment and could do little but conduct a cautious advance in the direction o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Siege Of Gerona
The second siege of Girona was the second unsuccessful French attempt to capture the city of Girona (spelled "Gerona" in Castilian) during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Girona is located halfway between the Franco-Spanish border and Barcelona, in Catalonia. Background The Spanish conventional warfare had started with the Battles of El Bruch. Siege Spanish occupation of Girona threatened the French forces' lines of communication between Barcelona and Perpignan. An Imperial French corps led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme attempted to capture the city of Girona and its Spanish garrison, commanded by Richard II O'Donovan, then a Colonel. The French began regular siege operations, but withdrew when another Spanish force led by the Conde de Caldagues attacked their lines from the rear. After the Spanish people rebelled against occupation by the First French Empire, Duhesme found himself badly isolated in Barcelona. The Franco-Italian corps was surrounded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bailén
The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang. This battle was the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army. The heaviest fighting took place near Bailén (sometimes anglicized ''Baylen''), a village by the Guadalquivir river in the Jaén province of southern Spain. In June 1808, following the widespread uprisings against the French occupation of Spain, Napoleon organized French units into flying columns to pacify Spain's major centres of resistance. One of these, under General Dupont, was dispatched across the Sierra Morena and south through Andalusia to the port of Cádiz where a French naval squadron lay at the mercy of the Spanish. The Emperor was confident that with 20,000 men, Dupont would crush any opposition encountered on the way, despite most of them being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
