battle, early modern

Battle of Marvão

Name: Battle of Marvão
Start: 1762-11-10
Location: Marvão, Portugal

Battle of Marvão was a battle fought on 10 November 1762 at Marvão, in what is now Portugal. It was part of the Spanish invasion of Portugal. The recorded result: Anglo-Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 500 against 4,000.

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Fought10 November 1762

WhereMarvão, Portugal39.395N, 7.377W

OutcomeAnglo-Portuguese victory

BelligerentsKingdom of Great Britain; PortugalagainstSpain

Casualties and lossesLightandHeavy

Part ofSpanish invasion of Portugal1762

Where it sits in the Spanish invasion of Portugal

3 placed engagements of the Spanish invasion of Portugal in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	10 November 1762
Place	Marvão, Portugal 39.395N, 7.377W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	500	4,000
Casualties and losses	Light	Heavy

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 Valencia de Alcántara 1762, 13 km E
Battle of Vila Velha 1762, 38 km NW
Battle of Oughela 1762, 46 km SE
Battle of Atoleiros 1384, 47 km SW
Battle of Campo Maior 1811, 50 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Alvito 1762
After: Battle of Oughela 19 November 1762
All 3 engagements of Spanish invasion of Portugal

Elsewhere in 1762

Battle of Marvão is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Portugal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q21905296, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Marvão, revision 1380908801, 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.