Peninsular War

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Napoleonic Wars campaign war

The Peninsular War was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, Portugal, and Britain fought against French occupation on the Iberian Peninsula from 1808 to 1814.

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Surface form Occurrences
Spanish War of Independence 6
Napoleonic era in Spain 2
Peninsular War campaigns 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guerra Peninsular NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guerra de la Independencia Española NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish guerrillas ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause French intervention in Spain ⓘ
French invasion of Portugal in 1807 ⓘ
abdication of Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
abdication of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
imposition of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain ⓘ
combatantStrength hundreds of thousands of troops over the course of the war ⓘ
commander André Masséna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francisco Javier Castaños NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-de-Dieu Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro de La Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Carr Beresford NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType coalition war ⓘ
consequence heavy civilian casualties in Iberia ⓘ
stimulated Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Albuera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bailén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bussaco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dos de Mayo Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lines of Torres Vedras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Badajoz (1812) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor extensive guerrilla warfare ⓘ
major British land campaign against Napoleon ⓘ
opponentOf Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
relatedWork The Desastres de la Guerra by Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ
result defeat of French forces in Iberia ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne ⓘ
weakening of the First French Empire ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Portugal ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Spain ⓘ
startTime 1808 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Portuguese territory ⓘ
Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish interior ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Barrosa → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
King's Royal Rifle Corps → engagement → Peninsular War ⓘ
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) → conflictIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Siege of Burgos → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Battle of the Pyrenees → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Battle of Los Arapiles → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Battle of Los Arapiles → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
1st Provisional Chasseurs à Cheval (France) → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Peregrine Maitland → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Wellington Monument → hasReliefDepicting → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War campaigns
Spanish royalists → activeIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Spanish Regency Council → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
Spanish Regency Council → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Spanish Regency Council → significantEvent → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence
Vitoria → partOf → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Vitoria
Sharpe → chronologicalScope → Peninsular War ⓘ
Emmanuel de Grouchy → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
42nd Regiment of Foot → foughtIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
La Pepa → historicalPeriod → Peninsular War ⓘ
Trienio Liberal → influencedBy → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence
Henry, Lord Paget → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
George Murray → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Gregorio García de la Cuesta → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Gregorio García de la Cuesta → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
And there is no remedy → depicts → Peninsular War ⓘ
One can’t look → artSeriesTheme → Peninsular War ⓘ
Rabble → seriesTheme → Peninsular War ⓘ
Against the common good → timePeriodDepicted → Peninsular War ⓘ
French Atlantic fleet at Brest → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Duelo a garrotazos (Fight with Cudgels) → associatedWith → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Duelo a garrotazos
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Wars in Spain
Asmodea (Fantastic Vision) → inspiredBy → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War (contextual influence)
Blockade of Cádiz → relatedTo → Peninsular War ⓘ
Sir Henry Hardinge → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Sir Hugh Gough → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
Claude Victor-Perrin → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
The Charge of the Mamelukes → depicts → Peninsular War ⓘ
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes → participantIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Bailén → historicalPeriod → Peninsular War ⓘ
Bailén → battleOccurredDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Battle of Bailén → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Bourbon abdications at Bayonne → followedBy → Peninsular War ⓘ
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807) → relatedConflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
First Secretary of State of Spain → historicalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic era in Spain
Masséna → participantIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
subject surface form: André Masséna
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 → temporalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 → meetsDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 → hasTemporalLocation → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic era in Spain
Decree on freedom of the press (1810) → historicalPeriod → Peninsular War ⓘ
Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) → historicalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ