• 13 January -
Battle of Uclés, French victory over Spanish. • 16 January -
Battle of Corunna, inconclusive battle between British and French forces. • 8 February -
Franz I of Austria declares war on France. • 20 February -
Second Siege of Zaragoza ends with French victory. • 25 February -
Battle of Valls, French victory over Spanish forces. • 17 March -
Battle of Villafranca, French garrison forced to surrender to Spanish. • 27 March -
Battle of Ciudad Real, French victory over Spanish forces. • 28 March -
First Battle of Porto, French victory over Portuguese forces. • 28 March -
Battle of Medellín, decisive French victory over Spain. • 11 April -
Battle of the Basque Roads, naval battle, British attack on French fleet. • 16 April -
Battle of Sacile, Austrian victory over French forces. • 19 April -
Battle of Teugen-Hausen, French victory over Austria. • 19 April -
Battle of Ratisbon begins. • 20 April -
Battle of Abensberg, French victory over Austria. • 21 April -
Battle of Landshut, French victory over Austria. • 21 April -
Battle of Eckmühl begins. • 22 April - Battle of Eckmühl ends with victory for French over Austrian forces. • 23 April - Battle of Ratisbon ends with French victory over Austria. • 3 May -
Battle of Ebelsberg, French victory over Austria. • 6 May -
Third Siege of Gerona begins as French fight to capture the Spanish garrison. • 7 May -
Battle of Piave River begins. • 8 May - Battle of Piave River ends with victory for Franco-Italian forces over Austrian forces. • 10 May -
Battle of Grijó begins. • 11 May - Battle of Grijó ends in Anglo-Portuguese victory over the French. • 12 May -
Second Battle of Porto, Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces which retreat from the city. • 21 May -
Battle of Aspern-Essling begins as
Napoleon attempts a forced crossing of the
Danube near
Vienna. • 22 May - Battle of Aspern-Essling ends in defeat for Napoleon, the first time he had been personally defeated in over a decade. • 23 May -
Battle of Alcañiz, Spanish victory over French. • 14 June -
Battle of Raab, Franco-Italian victory over Austria. • 15 June -
Battle of María, French victory over Spanish. • 5 July -
Battle of Wagram begins. • 6 July - Battle of Wagram ends with French victory over Austria, effectively bringing the
War of the Fifth Coalition to an end. • 8 July -
Battle of Gefrees, Austrian victory over French forces. • 12 July -
Armistice of Znaim, ceasefire agreed, effectively ending hostilities between
Austria and
France in the
War of the Fifth Coalition. • 27 July -
Battle of Talavera begins. • 28 July - Battle of Talavera ends, inconclusive battle between French and British forces. • 11 August -
Battle of Almonacid, French victory over Spanish. • 14 October -
Treaty of Schönbrunn, signed between France and Austria, who were defeated and had to cede territory. • 18 October -
Battle of Tamamés, Spanish victory over French. • 19 November -
Battle of Ocaña, French inflicted upon the Spanish army its greatest single defeat in the
Peninsular War. • 26 November -
Battle of Alba de Tormes, French army routed retreating Spanish army. • 12 December - Siege of Gerona ends as Spanish forced to capitulate by disease and famine. ==Births==