Timeline of the Peninsular War.

1. 2nd May
1808
Start of the
Spanish War
of
Independence
July
1808
Battle of
Bailén
March
1812
Approval of
the first
Constitution
of Spain
March
1813
Joseph I’s reign
ended
December
1813
End of the War of
Independence
1788
Carlos IV
became King
of Spain
1807
Spain signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau
with France.
This treaty gave French troops permission to
pass through Spain on their way to attack
Portugal.
5th May
1808
In Bayonne,
France, Carlos
IV and his son
Fernando
renounced
their rights to
the Spanish
throne.
Napoleon