battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Évora

Battle of Évora was a battle fought on 29 July 1808 at Évora, in what is now Portugal. It was part of the Peninsular War, which ran from 1808 to 1814. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 7,000 against 3,000.

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Scheme of the defense of Evora in July 29, 1808, according to a drawing done by J. C. Baker, published in the "História Popular da Guerra Peninsular" by J. J, Teixeira Botelho.. Manuel F. V. G. Mourão, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	29 July 1808
Place	Évora, Portugal 38.571N, 7.909W
Part of	Peninsular War (1808 to 1814)
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Result	French victory
Belligerents	French Empire	Kingdom of Portugal; Kingdom of Spain
Commanders	Louis Henri Loison	Francisco Leite; Federico Moretti
Strength	7,000	3,000
Casualties and losses	300	2,000

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ameixial 1663, 38 km
Battle of Montes Claros 1665, 44 km
Battle of Atoleiros 1384, 56 km
Capture of Juromenha 1170, 61 km
Siege of Olivença 1811, 71 km

In the same war

Before: Second Siege of Gerona 24 July 1808
After: Battle of Roliça 17 August 1808
All 164 engagements of Peninsular War

Elsewhere in 1808

Battle of Évora is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 74 in present-day Portugal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q245874, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Évora (1808), revision 1383753037, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.