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List of events
Events from the year 1808 in
France .
Incumbents
Events
22 January – The Bragança Portuguese Royal Family arrives in
Brazil , having fled the French army.
2 February – French troops occupy
Papal States (Vatican).
February – Under the pretext of reinforcing the Franco-Spanish army occupying
Portugal , French troops begin filing into
Spain .
29 February – A French column, disguised as a convoy of wounded, takes
Barcelona by convincing the authorities to open the city's gates.
23 March –
Madrid is occupied by French forces.
2 May –
Dos de Mayo Uprising , the people of
Madrid rebel against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French.
5 May – Napoleon forces the Spanish royal family to abdicate and hands the throne to his brother
Joseph .
25 May –
Asturias rises up in arms, casting out its French governor.
17 April –
Bayonne decree , ordering the seizure of American vessels in France.
4 June –
Peninsular War :
Battle of El Bruc , Spanish victory over French forces.
12 June –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Cabezón , decisive French victory over Spanish forces.
15 June –
Peninsular War :
Siege of Saragossa begins, as French forces repeatedly attack the city.
14 July –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Medina del Rio Seco , crushing defeat of Spanish army by the French.
18–22 July –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Bailén , Spanish forces surround the French and compel the surrender of almost 18,000 men. It was the worst disaster suffered by the French during the Iberian campaign.
30 July –
Peninsular War : French forces massacre the population of
Évora .
13 August –
Peninsular War : Siege of Saragossa ends in defeat for the French who were forced to lift the siege and retreat.
17 August –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Roliça , British victory over the French, first battle fought by the British army during the war.
20 August –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Vimeiro , Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
30 August –
Peninsular War :
Convention of Sintra signed, by which the defeated French are allowed to evacuate their troops from
Portugal without further conflict.
27 September –
Congress of Erfurt , between
Emperor
Napoleon I and
Tsar
Alexander I begins.
14 October – Congress of Erfurt ends.
31 October –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Zornoza , indecisive battle between French and Spanish forces.
4 November – Napoleon creates the
département of
Tarn-et-Garonne .
5 November –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Valmaseda , Spanish victory over French forces.
7 November –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Burgos , French victory over Spanish forces.
10–11 November –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Espinosa , French victory over Spanish forces.
23 November –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Tudela , French victory over Spanish forces.
30 November –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Somosierra , outnumbered Spanish force fails to prevent
Napoleon from moving on
Madrid .
1 December –
Peninsular War : French patrols reach the outskirts of Madrid.
4 December –
Peninsular War : Madrid surrenders and French enter the city for the second time that year.
21 December –
Peninsular War :
Battle of Sahagún , British victory over French forces.
Births
January to June
4 February –
Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers ,
surgeon (died
1872 )
26 February –
Honoré Daumier , printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor (died
1879 )
20 March –
Antoine Étex ,
sculptor ,
painter and
architect (died
1888 )
20 April –
Napoleon III of France , first
President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the
Second French Empire (died
1873 )
15 May –
Marie Dominique Bouix ,
Jesuit canon lawyer (died
1870 )
22 May –
Gérard de Nerval , poet, essayist and translator (died
1855 )
30 May –
Felix-Joseph Barbelin ,
Jesuit influential in the development of the Catholic community in
Philadelphia (died
1869 )
8 June –
Etienne-Paulin Gagne ,
poet , essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (died
1876 )
13 June –
Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta , general and politician, first
president of the Third Republic (died
1893 )
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July to December
Deaths
See also
References
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