Timeline July 1808

Events in July 1808 2

• 1808 Battle of Bailen Spanish forces inflict Napoleon's first major field defeat A Spanish army under General Castanos surrounded and forced the surrender of a French corps near Bailen in Andalusia. It was the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army and encouraged resistance movements across Europe.
• 1808 Mahmud II Becomes Ottoman Sultan Auspicious Incident ends with a new sultan on the throne Grand Vizier Alemdar Mustafa Pasha led an uprising that deposed Sultan Mustafa IV and placed Mahmud II on the Ottoman throne. The coup followed the earlier overthrow of reformist sultan Selim III and set the stage for further upheaval later in the year.