1808 in Spain

Events from the year 1808 in Spain.

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Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:Other events of 1808
List of years 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 Uprising[1][2][3]
  • 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)

Deaths
  • May 2 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán and Luis Daoíz y Torres
  • May 29 - Francisco Solano (soldier)
  • Vincente Maria de Acevedo

See also
  • Peninsular War

References
  1. Glover, p. 51
  2. Charles J. Esdaile in The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (main editor) (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006) 596.
  3. Chandler, p. 610

Bibliography
  • Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). ISBN 0-02-523660-1
  • Esdaile, Charles J. The Peninsular War, (Penguin Books, Paperback, 2003), 640 pages, ISBN 978-0140273700.
  • Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807-1814, (Penguin Books 2003). ISBN 0-14-139041-7
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