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Events on Saturday 16 July 1808 1
1808Battle of BailenSpanish forces inflict Napoleon's first major field defeatA 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.