1810 in Spain
| |||||
| Decades: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 1810 List of years in Spain | ||||
.svg)
Incumbents
- Monarch: Joseph I
Events
- April 26-July 9 - Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo: French Marshal Michel Ney takes the fortified city from Field Marshal Don Andrés Perez de Herrasti[1]
- July 11 - Combat of Barquilla: Robert Craufurd attacks French grenadiers covering a foraging party. The French grenadiers make a fighting withdrawal and escape unscathed.[2]
- September 14 - Battle of La Bisbal: A Spanish division led by Henry O'Donnell (also known as Enrique José O'Donnell) and supported by an Anglo-Spanish naval squadron led by Francis William Fane and Charles William Doyle surprises an Imperial French brigade commanded by François Xavier de Schwarz.
- September 16 - The Mexican War of Independence begins with the "Grito de Dolores", as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and fellow rebels take up arms against the Spanish colonial authorities.[3]
Births
- August 28 - Jaime Balmes, priest and philosopher (died 1848)
- December 17 - Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre
Deaths
- January 21 - Mariano Álvarez de Castro, military governor (born 1749)
References
- ^ Perez de Herrasti, Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo
- ^ Jaques, Tony. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8500 Battles from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century. USA: Greenwood Press, 2007.
- ^ Meyer. Michael, et al (1979): The Course of Mexican History, page 276, New York, New York USA Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-502413-5
 | This article related to a particular year is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This Spanish history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |