Event French Invasion of Spain (1823)

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Was a military expedition by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Royalists restore King Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power of which he had been deprived during the Liberal Triennium.

Chronology

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  • November 1823: After a 14-month siege, Barcelona surrendered to French forces, leaving Catalonia under French control.
  • January 1829: The gradual evacuation of French forces from Spain was not completed until 1828.
  • August 1823: The city of Coruna surrendered to French forces on 21 August.
  • August 1823: The city of Coruna surrendered on 21 August.
  • November 1823: Alicante fell to the French forces.
  • September 1823: San Sebastián conquered by france.
  • September 1823: Pamplona conquered by france.
  • July 1823: To the east and the southeast, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor pushed back General Francisco Ballesteros into Aragon, pursuing him as far as Murcia and Granada, winning an engagement at Campillo de Arenas on 28 July.
  • September 1823: Cádiz surrendered to the French.