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1808 BCE
Riot of Aranjuez
The Mutiny of Aranjuez or Uprising of the city of Aranjuez was an uprising that occurred between March 17 and 18, 1808 on the streets of this Madrid town. It was unleashed due to various causes motivated by the policy of Manuel Godoy, Secretary of State of Carlos IV. -
1808 BCE
Shootings in Madrid
On the night of May 3, 1808, the French shot, at various points in Madrid, the patriots arrested after their uprising the day before against French troops. -
1807 BCE
Treaty of Fontainebleu
This treaty stipulated the joint Franco-Spanish military invasion of Portugal allied with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and allowed the passage of French troops through Spanish territory, thus being the antecedent of the subsequent French invasion of the peninsula Iberian and Spanish War of Independence. -
Abdications of Bayona
Abdicaciones de Bayona es el nombre con el que se conocen las sucesivas dimisiones de los reyes Carlos IV y su hijo Fernando VII al trono de España en favor de Napoleón Bonaparte. El emperador francés, poco después, cedió tales derechos a su hermano José Bonaparte, quien reinó bajo el nombre de José I.