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1809 In Spain
Events from the year 1809 in Spain. Incumbents *Monarch: Joseph I Events *January 1 - Battle of Castellón *January 3 - Battle of Cacabelos *January 13 - Battle of Uclés (1809) *January 16 - Battle of Corunna *February 25 - Battle of Valls *March 17 - Battle of Villafranca (1809) *March 24 - Battle of Los Yébenes *March 27 - Battle of Ciudad Real *March 28 - Battle of Medellín *May 6-December 12 - Third Siege of Gerona *May 14 - Battle of Alcantara (1809) *May 23 - Battle of Alcañiz *June 7–9 - Battle of Puente Sanpayo *June 15 - Battle of María *June 18 - Battle of Belchite (1809) *July 27–28 - Battle of Talavera *August 8 - Battle of Arzobispo *August 11 - Battle of Almonacid *August 12 - Battle of Puerto de Baños *October 18 - Battle of Tamames *November 19 - Battle of Ocaña *November 23 - Battle of Carpio *November 26 - Battle of Alba de Tormes Births *January 12 - Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan (d. 1867) Deaths *January 7 - Benito de San Juan *Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bonaparte
it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte , house = Bonaparte , father = Carlo Buonaparte , mother = Letizia Ramolino , birth_date = 7 January 1768 , birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of Genoa , death_date = , death_place = Florence, Tuscany , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = Signatur Joseph Bonaparte.PNG , burial_place =Hôtel des Invalides Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, ; co, Ghjuseppe Nabulione Bonaparte; es, José Napoleón Bonaparte; 7 January 176828 July 1844) was a French statesman, lawyer, diplomat and older brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the Napoleonic Wars, the latter made him King of Naples (1806–1808), and then King of Spain (1808–1813). After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself ''Comte de Survilliers'' and emigrated to the United States, where he settled near Bordentown, New Jersey, on an estate overlooking the Delaware River not far fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Arzobispo
The Battle of Arzobispo on 8 August 1809 saw two Imperial French corps commanded by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult launch an assault crossing of the Tagus River against a Spanish force under José María de la Cueva, 14th Duke of Alburquerque. Alburquerque's troops rapidly retreated after suffering disproportionate losses, including 30 artillery pieces. El Puente del Arzobispo (The Archbishop's Bridge) is located southwest of Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, part of a larger conflict known as the Napoleonic Wars. The Battle of Talavera in late July 1809 saw a victory by Arthur Wellesley's British army and Gregorio García de la Cuesta's Spanish army over the Imperial French army of King Joseph Bonaparte. Wellesley (soon to be known as Wellington) found that he was unable to exploit the triumph due to the failure of his logistical arrangements. Within a few days, Wellesley discovered that Soult's large French army was attempting to cut o ... [...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] |
Juan Miguel De Vives Y Feliu
Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu or Joan Miquel Vives i Feliu (died 24 April 1809) was a Spanish general who commanded a division during the French Revolutionary Wars and briefly led an army in the Napoleonic Wars. He was described as a native of Girona. In 1794 he capably led a division against the French in the War of the Pyrenees. He led his division at the battles of Boulou and the Black Mountain in the eastern Pyrenees. In 1796 he was posted to Cartagena and in 1799 he became Captain General of Mallorca. Soon after the outbreak of the Peninsular War in 1808, the Spanish Junta named him Captain General of Catalonia. In the summer and fall of 1808, de Vives was in charge of the blockade of Barcelona and its French Imperial garrison led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. He failed to take vigorous action against Barcelona and was defeated by a second column of French troops under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr at the battles of Cardadeu and Molins de Rey in December. Replaced in army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Von Reding
Theodor von Reding (5 July 1755 – 23 April 1809) was a Swiss mercenary who served as a general in the Spanish Army. He was a governor and military commander in Spain, leading troops against French forces during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peninsular War. Biography Reding was born in Schwyz, Switzerland, to Theodor Anton von Reding and Magdalena Freuler. His father served as a lieutenant-colonel in the Spanish Army. His brother was Alois von Reding. At age 14, Reding became a mercenary in Spanish service. He was promoted to captain in 1772, to lieutenant-colonel in 1781, and to colonel of a Swiss mercenary regiment in 1788. During the French Revolutionary Wars, his troops fought against the French in Navarre and the Basque Country, and he was promoted to brigadier in 1793. Governor of Málaga (1806-1808), in July 1808 von Reding fought under General Castaños at the Battle of Bailén, where the 3rd Swiss Regiment Reding fought with conspicuous valour. After tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan O'Neylle
Juan O'Neylle (1765 – February 24, 1809) was a Spanish Field Marshal (Mariscal) of Spanish-Irish descent. He is best known as one of the commanders during the Spanish defeat at the Battle of Tudela. Military career When his father died in 1792, O'Neylle was an infantry battalion commander of the 3rd Regimento de la Princesa. His first actions were in Roussillon and Catalonia in May 1808 where he distinguished himself and was put on the staff of José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi. O'Neylle marched with his troops from Valencia to Aragon where he was instrumental in lifting the French siege and driving away the forces of François Joseph Lefebvre who was forced to retire to Navarre. Palafox entrusted O'Neylle together with the Marqués de Lazán to press the retreat of Lefebvre. This bold attack forced the occupying French forces to abandon Tudela and O'Neylle was personally responsible for destroying a French column in the area around Nardués. On November 23, 1808, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Taranco Y Llano
Francisco Taranco y Llano (date of birth unknown – January or March 1808) was a Spanish military officer and Captain-General of Galicia. After serving in the Americas, including, in 1769, as a cadet under Alejandro O'Reilly, the second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana, Taranco returned to peninsular Spain in 1783 and was given the command of the Regiment of Soria, with which he later served under the orders of General Ricardos in the War of the Pyrenees. He saw further military actions against French Imperial troops in Catalonia.Rama Patiño, Luz; José Manuel Vázquez Lijó"Francisco Taranco y Llano". ''Diccionario Biográfico electrónico''. Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 25 January 2023. Following his participation in the War of the Oranges, in which French and Spanish forces invaded Portugal, Taranco was appointed Captain-General of Galicia (around 1802). He was promoted, in October 1802, to lieutenant general in the same promotion as other notable Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito De San Juan
Benito de San Juan (1727 – 7 January 1809) was a Spanish military officer and a notable commander of the Spanish forces during the Peninsular War. He was commanding officer of the Spanish forces at the Battle of Somosierra. Career Benito de San Juan started his military career as a Lieutenant Colonel of the hussars of Estremadura during the War of the Oranges (1801). Noticed by Manuel Godoy, he was promoted to colonel and in 1802 was named commander of Godoy's personal guard. He was promoted to Brigadier followed by his promotion in 1805 to the rank of ''Mariscal'' (field marshal). He then became general inspector of Spanish infantry and line cavalry. During the Peninsular War, he assumed command over some 12,000 troops, defending the passes of Guadarrama, Fonfría, Navacerrada and Somosierra in the mountain range to the north of Madrid. Knowing the weakness of his forces, much inferior to the French army (considered the best fighting force of its time), he prepared a plan of ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke Of Tetuan
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán, GE (12 January 1809 – 5 November 1867), was a Spanish general and Grandee who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions. Early life He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, a son of Carlos O'Donnell y Anethan (born 1768) and Josefa Jorris y Casaviella. He was a paternal grandson of José O'Donnell y O'Donnell and Marie Anne d'Anethan. He was of distant Irish paternal ancestry. He is the 11th generation descendant of Calvagh O'Donnell, ''Rí'' of Tír Chonaill, a Gaelic territory in the west of Ulster in the north of Ireland. He had an uncle, Francisco, and an aunt, Beatriz, who married Manuel Pombo y Ante (1769–1829), and had issue. cites: Career O'Donnell was a strong supporter of the liberal Cristinos and the regency of Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies during the 1830s. When General Baldomero Espartero seized power in 1840, O'Donnell went into exile with Maria Christina, and was invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Alba De Tormes
In the Battle of Alba de Tormes on 28 November 1809, an Imperial French corps commanded by François Étienne de Kellermann attacked a Spanish army led by Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque. Finding the Spanish army in the midst of crossing the Tormes River, Kellermann did not wait for his infantry under Jean Gabriel Marchand to arrive, but led the French cavalry in a series of charges that routed the Spanish units on the near bank with heavy losses. Del Parque's army was forced to take refuge in the mountains that winter. Alba de Tormes is southeast of Salamanca, Spain. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The Spanish Supreme Central and Governing Junta of the Kingdom planned to launch a two-pronged attack on Madrid in the fall of 1809. In the west, Del Parque's Army of the Left enjoyed some success against Marchand's weak VI Corps. When the Spanish general learned that the other offensive prong had been crushed at Ocaña ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Carpio
The Battle of Carpio or Battle of El Carpio took place at El Carpio, near Medina del Campo, Valladolid, on 23 November 1809, between a Spanish force of 19,000 men commanded by the Lieutenant-General Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque and a French force of 10,000 regulars and 1,700 cavalry under the General François Étienne de Kellermann during the Peninsular War. The French forces were defeated and forced to leave the town. In this struggle, died two distinguished Spanish leaders, Salvador de Molina and Colonel Juan Drimgold. Background The Spanish campaign in late 1809 had started with the Battle of Talavera. Del Parque led the northern army in a two pronged offensive against Madrid. He enjoyed some success at first, pushing back Marchand and the VI Corps at Tamames. Then the southern army met disaster at the Battle of Ocaña. Historian David Gates wrote, Marchand again left Salamanca to the enemy and fell back to the Douro, uniting with Kellermann's ''c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Ocaña
The Battle of Ocaña was fought on 19 November 1809 between French forces under Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia and King Joseph Bonaparte and the Spanish army under Juan Carlos de Aréizaga, which suffered its greatest single defeat in the Peninsular War. General Juan Carlos de Aréizaga's Spanish army of 51,000 lost nearly 19,000 killed, wounded, prisoners and deserters, mostly due to the French use of their cavalry. Tactically, the battle was a Cannae-like encirclement of the Spanish army, and the worst defeat ever suffered by a Spanish army on home soil. The strategic consequences were also devastating, as it destroyed the only force capable of defending southern Spain; the area was overrun over the winter in the Andalusia campaign. Background The Spanish campaign in late 1809 started with the Battle of Talavera. Maneuvers The Spanish campaign in the autumn of 1809 called for their armies to lunge at Madrid from both north and south. They called for assistanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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