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Convention

Great Britain · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1808Date range
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2Places

Chronological records

1808

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st21 August 1808

Vimiero · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The British defeat the French leading to the Convention of Cintra

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st31 August 1808

Cintra · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Under the terms of the Convention of Cintra the French are forced to retreat. Josephs coronation as King of Spain is resolved by the Cintra Convention

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st

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