| 1807 |
|
| 18
October |
French
troops cross the Spanish frontier |
| 20
November |
Junot
occupies Lisbon |
| 1808 |
|
| 23
March |
The
French occupy Madrid |
| 2
May |
Uprising
in Madrid |
| 14
July |
The
French, under Bessieres, defeat the Spanish, under Cuesta and
Blake, at Medina del rio Seco |
| 22
July |
The
French, under Dupont, surrender at Baylen |
| 1
August |
A
British force, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, lands at Mondelago
Bay, Portugal |
| 17
August |
Wellesley
defeats Delaborde at Rolica |
| 21
August |
Wellesley
defeats Junot at Vimerio |
| 30
August |
Convention
of Cintra: Wellesley recalled to England |
| 30
October |
The
French evacuate Portugal |
| 8
November |
Napoleon
enters Spain with 200,000 men |
| 4
December |
Napoleon
occupies Madrid |
| December |
Moore
advances from Salamanca |
| 21
December |
British
cavalry victory at Sahagun |
| 1809 |
|
| 16
January |
Moore
killed at the Battle of Corunna |
| 22
April |
Wellesley
returns to Portugal |
| 12
May |
Wellesley
crosses the Douro and captures Oporto |
| 28-29
July |
Wellesley
defeats Joseph at Talavera |
| 4
September |
Wellesley
is created Viscount Wellington |
| 1810 |
|
| 10
July |
Massena
takes Ciudad Rodrigo |
| 24
July |
Craufurd
defeated by Ney on the Coa River |
| 27
September |
Wellington
victorious over Massena at Busaco |
| 10
October |
Wellington
enters the Lines of Torres Vedras |
| 14
October |
Massena
discovers Lines and halts |
| 17
November |
Massena
withdraws to Santarem |
| 1811 |
|
| 5
March |
Graham
victorious at Barrosa |
| 10
March |
Soult
takes Badajoz |
| 3-5
May |
Wellington
defeats Massena at Fuentes de Onoro |
| 6
May |
Beresford
Begins first British seige of Badajoz |
| 11
May |
Brennier
abandons Alneida to Wellington |
| 16
May |
Beresford
defeats Soult at Albuera |
| 19
May-17 June |
Second
British seige of Badajoz |
| 1812 |
|
| 8
January |
Siege
of Ciudad Rodrigo begins |
| 19
January |
Wellington
takes Ciudad Rodrigo by storm |
| 6-7
April |
Wellington
takes Badajoz by storm |
| 22
July |
Wellington
defeats Marmont at Salamanca |
| 12
August |
Wellington
enters Madrid |
| 19
September |
Wellington
begins siege of Burgos |
| 22
October |
Wellington
abandons siege of Burgos |
| 22
October- 19 November |
Allied
retreat to Portugal |
| 19
November |
Allied
army arrives at Ciudad Rodrigo |
| 1813 |
|
| 21
June |
Wellington
defeats Joseph at Vitoria, created Field Marshal |
| 25
July |
Soult
makes counterattack in the Pyrenees. Battles at Maya and Roncesvalles. |
| 28-30
July |
Welloington
defeats Soult at Sorauren |
| 31
August |
Graham
takes San Sebastian by storm |
| 31
August |
Soult
repulsed at San Marciai |
| 7
October |
Wellington
crosses the Bidassoa into France |
| 25
October |
Pampiona
surrenders |
| 10
November |
Wellington
defeats SOult at the Battle of the Nivelle |
| 9-12
December |
Wellington
defeats Soult at the Battle of the Nive |
| 13
December |
Soult
repulsed by Hill at St. Pierre |
| 1814 |
|
| 27
February |
Wellington
defeats Soult at Orthes |
| 6
April |
Napoleon
abdicates |
| 10
April |
Welloington
defeats Soult at Toulouse |
| 14
April |
French
sortie from Bayonne |
| 17
April |
Soult
surrenders |
| 27
April |
Bayonne
surrenders |
| 30
April |
Treaty
of Paris |
| 3
May |
Wellington
created Duke |
