Timeline November 1810

Events in November 1810 3

• 1783 – 1810 Princess Amelia (1783-1810) Died 2 November 1810, aged 27 Amelia was the youngest daughter of King George III and a lifelong invalid, suffering from tuberculosis and erysipelas. Her death devastated her father and is credited with triggering his final, permanent descent into mental illness. The resulting crisis led Parliament to establish his son as Prince Regent the following year.
• 1810 French Invasion of Portugal Halted at the Lines of Torres Vedras Masséna's army stalls before Wellington's secret fortifications and retreats Marshal Masséna's French army reached the Lines of Torres Vedras, a network of fortifications built in secret to protect Lisbon, and found them too strong to assault. Unable to break through or feed his army in the stripped countryside, Masséna held his position for weeks before retreating toward Spain. The failed invasion was a turning point in the Peninsular War.
• 1810 British Capture of Isle de France Britain seizes France's last Indian Ocean base after a brief campaign A British expeditionary force landed on Isle de France and forced the French garrison to surrender within days, ending French naval raids on British shipping in the Indian Ocean. The island was renamed Mauritius and remained a British possession until 1968. The capture followed the earlier French naval victory at Grand Port.