Charles IVNovember 1807
Napoleon sends an army into Spain under Jean-Andoche Junot to invade Portugal, after the refusal of Prince Regent John VI to join the Continental System
Spain · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Napoleon sends an army into Spain under Jean-Andoche Junot to invade Portugal, after the refusal of Prince Regent John VI to join the Continental System
Appointed Head of the Supreme Juntas Army of Galicia (a force of 43,000 holding the Spanish left wing along the Cantabrian mountains) during the French invasion
Corrupt Prime Minister of Spain, his plotting & negligence enables French armies to seize control of the country virtually without opposition
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