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Juan Carrafa
Juan Carrafa de la Rocella (1755–1825?) was an Italian-born commander of the Spanish Army. Born in Naples in 1755 into a noble family with a long tradition of serving the Spanish Crown, in 1779 he enlisted in the Italian Company of the Spanish Royal Guard (Guardias de Corps).Saldueña, Jesús Albert"Juan Carrafa de la Rocella".''Diccionario Biográfico electrónico''. Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 10 February 2023. In 1785 he was promoted to colonel of the Milan Infantry of Line Regiment, composed of Italian soldiers in the service of Spain. Following the October 1790 earthquake in Oran, as commanding officer of the Milan Regiment, he went to Oran with the reinforcements sent over to defend Spain's fortress there, as part of the defensive wall had been destroyed. He stayed there until the siege was lifted in July 1791. In April 1792, he was promoted to brigadier and the following year to field marshal. In 1802, he was appointed captain general of Extremadura and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardia De Corps
Guardia (Italian and Spanish, 'guard') may refer to: People *Guardia (surname), including a list of people with the name * Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900–1970), Costa Rican politician * Francisco Calderón Guardia (1906–1977), Costa Rican politician Places Argentina *Guardia Mitre, a municipality in Rio Negro Province Italy * Guardia Lombardi, a municipality in the Province of Avellino * Guardia Perticara, a municipality in the Province of Potenza * Guardia Piemontese, a municipality in the Province of Cosenza *Guardia Sanframondi, a municipality in the Province of Benevento * Villa Guardia, a municipality in the Province of Como Police and military forces * Cuerpo Guardia de Infantería, an Argentinian police force * Guardia Civil, the Spanish gendarmerie *Costa Rican Civil Guard, a former gendarmerie * Civil Guard (Peru), a gendarmery *Guardia de Asalto, the urban police force of Spain during the Second Republic * Guardia di Finanza, an Italian police force *Guar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Portugal (1807)
An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory; forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution. History Archaeological evidence indicates that invasions have been frequent occurrences since prehistory. In antiquity, before radio communications and fast transportation, the only way for a military to ensure adequate reinforcements was to move armies as one massive force. This, by its very nature, led to the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1825 Deaths
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1755 Births
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Spanish Commanders Of The Napoleonic Wars
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Siege Of Cádiz
The siege of Cádiz was a siege of the large Spanish naval base of Cádiz by a French army from 5 February 1810 to 24 August 1812 during the Peninsular War. Following the occupation of Seville, Cádiz became the Spanish seat of power, and was targeted by 70,000 French troops under the command of the Marshals Claude Victor and Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult for one of the most important sieges of the war. Defending the city were 2,000 Spanish troops who, as the siege progressed, received aid from 10,000 Spanish reinforcements as well as British and Portuguese troops. During the siege, which lasted two and a half years, the Cortes of Cádizwhich served as a parliamentary Regency after Ferdinand VII was deposeddrew up a new constitution to reduce the strength of the monarchy, which was eventually revoked by Fernando VII when he returned. In October 1810 a mixed Anglo-Spanish relief force embarked on a disastrous landing at Fuengirola. A second relief attempt was made at Tarifa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Of Santa Catalina (Cádiz)
The Castle of Santa Catalina ( Spanish: ''Baluarte de Santa catalina y Castillo'') is a castle located in Cádiz, Spain. It was declared '' Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1993. References Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cádiz Castles in Andalusia {{Spain-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Roliça
In the Battle of Roliça (17 August 1808) an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered Imperial French division under General of Division Henri François Delaborde, near the village of Roliça in Portugal. The French retired in good order. Formerly spelled ''Roleia'' in English, it was the first battle fought by the British army during the Peninsular War. Background The British intervention started with the Battle of Roliça. In the months after occupying Portugal, Napoleon attempted the conquest and control of Spain. He met much resistance but it was disorganised even when it was effective. By the end of July the Spanish had met the French a dozen times, winning, or at least not losing, at seven of those meetings. Their most spectacular victory was in southern Spain on 23 July 1808, when General Castaños surrounded and forced 18,000 French under General Dupont to surrender at Baylen. On 30 July 1808, the French division of General Louis H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Vimeiro
In the Battle of Vimeiro (sometimes shown as "Vimiera" or "Vimeira" in contemporary British texts) on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro (), near Lisbon, Portugal during the Peninsular War. This battle put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal. Four days after the Battle of Roliça, Wellesley's army was attacked by a French army under General Junot near the village of Vimeiro. The battle began as a battle of manoeuvre, with French troops attempting to outflank the British left, but Wellesley was able to redeploy his army to face the assault. Meanwhile, Junot sent in two central columns but these were forced back by sustained volleys from troops in line. Soon afterwards, the flanking attack was beaten off and Junot retreated towards Torres Vedras, having lost 2,000 men and 13 cannon, compared to 700 Anglo-Portug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Belestá
Domingo Belestá y Pared (Alicante, 4 March 1741 – Cádiz, 7 December 1819) was a Spanish military engineer who served in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Peninsular wars. His surname also appears in the literature of the Peninsular War misspelt as Bellesta Foy, Maximilien (1829)''History of the War in the Peninsula, Under Napoleon'', pp. 432-433. Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter.''Google Books''. Retrieved 26 January 2023. or Ballesta.Rama Patiño, Luz; José Manuel Vázquez Lijó"Francisco Taranco y Llano". ''Diccionario Biográfico electrónico''. Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 26 January 2023. After enlisting as a Cadet in 1761 in Spain's Regimiento de Infantería de Flandes, where he was promoted to second lieutenant, in 1765 Belestá went on to study Mathematics at Spain's military engineering school, the Real Academia Militar de Matemáticas y Fortificación, in Barcelona. Promoted to captain in 1778, he stayed on at the Ac ... [...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 Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dos De Mayo Uprising
On the 2 and 3 May 1808 the Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising of 1808 took place in Madrid, Spain. It was a rebellion by civilians alongside some military against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a heavy-hand repression by the French Imperial forces. Background The city had been under the occupation of Napoleon's army since 23 March of the same year. King Charles IV had been forced by the Spanish people during the Tumult of Aranjuez to abdicate in favor of his son Ferdinand VII, and at the time of the uprising both were in the French city of Bayonne at the insistence of Napoleon. An attempt by the French general Joachim Murat to move the daughter and her children along with the youngest son of Charles IV to Bayonne sparked a rebellion. Social aspects The ''Dos de Mayo'' was among the few spontaneous popular uprisings of the war, launched without significant fore-planning, funding, or leadership by government elites. While element ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
