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Peninsular War
1807–1814 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
May Revolution
1810 revolution in Buenos Aires
Spanish Constitution of 1812
the first Constitution of Spain
War of the Oranges
conflict
Spain under Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleonic client state (1808–1813)
Cortes of Cádiz
19th-century revival of the traditional Spanish parliament (cortes)
Mutiny of Aranjuez
19th-century Spanish uprising
transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil
escape of the Braganza royal family and its court of nearly 15,000 people from Lisbon on November 29, 1807
Treaty of Valençay
peace treaty
Abdications of Bayonne
1808 relinquishing of the Spanish throne to Napoleon
Lines of Torres Vedras
1809–1811 Military defences during the Peninsular War
Convention of Sintra
1808 agreement allowing French troops to evacuate from Portugal
Despeñaperros
Despeñaperros (literally, [cliff where] dogs plunge) is a gorge or canyon carved out by the Despeñaperros river. It is located in the municipality of Santa Elena in the northern portion of the province of Jaén, Spain. The area was declared a natural park by the Andalusian Autonomous Government, primarily for its geology and landscape, but also for its notable flora and fauna.
Junta Suprema Central
Spanish institution during the Peninsular War
Kingdom of Spain
from 1814 to 1833
Carlotism
Carlotism was a political movement that took place in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata between 1808 and 1812; it intended to make Carlota Joaquina, Infanta of Spain and Queen Consort of Portugal, its monarch.
Gomes Freire de Andrade
Portuguese Army general
Lautaro Lodge
Masonic lodge
Ponte das Barcas
former bridge in Porto
Luís do Rego Barreto
Portuguese general
Sagunto Castle
fortress overlooking the town of Sagunto, near Valencia in Spain
El Escorial Conspiracy
Fort of Paimogo
17th Century fort in Portugal