1807
Oct. 18. French army enters Spain on the march to Lisbon
Oct. 27. Treaty of Fontainebleau for partition of Portugal
Nov. 27. Junot enters Lisbon.
1808
Jan. Spanish fortresses on the frontier seized by the French
Mar. 18. Riots at Aranjuez
Mar. 19 Charles IV. abdicates in favour of his son
Mar. 23. French under Murat enter Madrid
April 11. Ferdinand leaves Madrid for France
May 2. Insurrection at Madrid; Murat named LieutenantGeneral of Spain
May 6. Treaty of Bayonne; Charles and Ferdinand surrender Spanish throne to Napoleon
May 24. Asturian deputies sent to ask aid from England
June 6. Napoleon bestows Spanish crown on Joseph
July 20. Joseph makes state entry into Madrid; Dupont surrenders at Baylen
July 30. Joseph abandons Madrid
Aug. 1. British troops under Wellesley land at Mondego Bay
Aug. 17. Battle of Rolica
Aug. 21. Battle of Vimiero
Aug. 30. Convention of Cintra
Oct. 26. Moore begins his march from Lisbon.
Nov. 10. French defeat Spanish at Gammonal; at Espinosa, Nov. 11; at Tudela, Nov. 23
Dec. 4. Napoleon enters Madrid
1809
Jan. 16. Moore defeats French at Cor
Feb. 21. Surrender of Saragossa
Mar. 1. American Non-intercourse Act against England and France
Mar. 28. Soult storms Oporto
April 12. French fleet destroyed in Basque Roads
May 12. Passage of the Douro; Wellesley enters Spain
July 21-22. Battle of Aspern-Essling
July 26. Battle of Wagram
July 27-28. Battle of Talavera
Aug. Walcheren expedition
Oct. 11. Peace of Vienna between Austria and France
1810
April 2. Marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louisa; Massena appointed to command of army in Portugal
July 3. Isle of Bourbon and Mauritius captured, leaving France without a colony
July 11. French capture Ciudad Rodrigo
Aug. 18. Decree ordering all English manufactures on the Continent to be burned
28. Surrender of Almeida to the French
Sept. 27. Battle of Busaco
Oct. 12. Wellington enters the lines of Torres Vedras
1812
Mar. 6. Massena retreats from Santarum
Mar. 7. Battle of Barossa
Mar. 11. Betrayal of Badajos to the French
May 3-5. Battle of Fuentes d'Orono
May 10. English capture Almeida
May 16. Battle of Albura
Oct. 28. Surprise of French at Arroyo de Molinos
1813
Jan. 8. Wellington begins siege of Ciudad Rodrigo; captures it
Mar. 16. Siege of Badajos begun; stormed, April 6.
May 19. Hill captures Almarez
June 17. Wellington enters Salamanca
June 18. War between England and the United States; Napoleon invades Russia
July 22. Battle of Salamanca
Aug. 13. Wellington enters Madrid
Aug. 17. Napoleon captures Smolensk
Aug. 24. Siege of Cadiz raised by French
Sept. 7. Battle of Borodino
Sept. 15. French enter Moscow
Sept. 19. Siege of Burgos
Oct. 19. French retreat from Moscow
Oct. 21. Wellington begins retreat from Buurgos
Nov. 1. French re-enter Madrid
Nov. 18. Retreat from Burgos ends at Ciudad Rodrigo
Nov. 26-28. Passage of the Berezina
Dec. 19. Napoleon returns to Paris; sixth coalition against France
1814
April 10. French evacuate Madrid
May 2. Battle of Lutzen
May 24 Battle of Bautzen
June 4. Armistice of Ples
June 21. Battle of Vittoria
July 13. Siege of San Sebastian began; Soult assumes command of French army
July 25. Failure of assault on San Sebastian; beginning of battles of the Pyrennes
July 27-28. Battles of Sauroren
Aug. 10. Austria joins Russia and Prussia against Napoleon.
Aug. 26. Siege of San Sebastian resumed
Aug. 27. Battle of Dresden; Blucher defeats French at Katzenbach
Aug. 29. Defeat of Vandamme at Kula; of Ney at Dennewitz
Sept. 10. Fall of San Sebastian
Oct. 7. Passage of the Bidassoa.
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