Timeline Monday 5 February 1810

Events on Monday 5 February 1810 1

• 1810 Siege of Cádiz Begins French forces blockade the last redoubt of free Spain French troops under Marshal Victor laid siege to Cádiz, where the Spanish Regency and Cortes had taken refuge after the collapse of resistance elsewhere in Spain. British and Portuguese reinforcements helped the city hold out behind its sea defenses. The siege dragged on for more than two years without the city ever falling.