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TREATY OF FONTAINEBLEAU
France and Spain sign the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which invade Portugal and agree to divide the country into three kingdoms. It allows the passage of French troops on Spanish territory. -
Carlos IV, Fernando VII, Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte.
King Carlos IV abdicated in his son Fernando VII, which is then forced by Napoleon to return the crown to his father to give to Joseph Bonaparte -
Joseph Bonaparte Spanish king.
Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, was appointed king of Spain. -
FRENCH soldiers in Donostia
The French army is defeated at the Battle of Vitoria by the Anglo-Portuguese troops. French soldiers fleeing in disarray and some shelter in San Sebastián. -
Donostia is under siege.
French General Emmanuel Rey is appointed governor of the place. Allied troops besieging San Sebastián, leaving isolated. -
Donostia is evacuated.
French General Emmanuel Rey orders leaving the city all those people that are not necessary for the defense of the place. Half the population is evacuated. -
San Martin and Santa Catalina neighborhood burned.
Gipuzkoa battalions appear at the top of San Bartolomé. The French in response to his fire burned San Martin and Santa Catalina neighborhood -
A new deadline for the civilian population to leave the city.
French General Rey offers a new deadline for the civilian population to leave the city, so that his soldiers were available thus the largest possible room for maneuver within the walls. -
The naval blockade.
Begins the naval allied blockade against the city. -
British and Portuguese soldiers in Aiete.
Gipuzcoanos soldiers occupying the top of Aiete are replaced by British and Portuguese soldiers. -
Allied batteries opened a breach.
Allied batteries opened a breach in the wall between the Horn and Amezketa cubes and other smaller gap between Amezketa and San Telmo. -
First assault on the city.
First Anglo-Portuguese allied assault on the city. -
Neighbors of San Sebastian head to Wellington
Neighbors of San Sebastian head to Wellington to ask him to intercede for the civilians who are isolated in the walled city. -
English ships in Pasajes.
Arrive at the port of Pasajes English ships with artillery and starts the second Allied assault. -
An accidental fire .
An accidental fire in a tinderbox sowing chaos among the French troops and the Allies managed to enter the walled city through a gap. Burning and looting in the city. The French take refuge in Urgull, which is bombarded until the French capitulation on 8 September. -
Aizpurua baserria Zubietan.
Just eight days after the August 31 British and Portuguese troops torched, ransacked and ultimately destroy San Sebastian, Donostia group met in Zubieta with determination: rebuild the city and overcome the consequences of many years of occupation, wars, assaults, violence and destruction.
It constitutes a new town hall and decided to rebuild the city. -
Begins the declaration of 79 neighbors.
Begins the declaration of 79 neighbors at the request of the trial judge in the city to clarify what happened.
