battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Orihuela

Name: Battle of Orihuela
Start: 1873-08-30
Location: Orihuela, Spain

Battle of Orihuela was a battle fought on 30 August 1873 at Orihuela, in what is now Spain. It was part of the Cantonal revolution, which ran from 1873 to 1874. The recorded result: Cantonal victory.

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Fought30 August 1873

WhereOrihuela, Spain38.083N, 0.933W

OutcomeCantonal victory

BelligerentsCanton of CartagenaagainstFirst Spanish Republic

Casualties and losses1 dead; 2 woundedand14 dead; 9 wounded; 2 prisoners

Part ofCantonal revolution1873 to 1874

Where it sits in the Cantonal revolution

4 placed engagements of the Cantonal revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	30 August 1873
Place	Orihuela, Spain 38.083N, 0.933W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Casualties and losses	1 dead; 2 wounded	14 dead; 9 wounded; 2 prisoners

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 Oriola 1521, 1.2 km W
Battle of Murcia 1706, 21 km SW
Siege of Guardamar 1359, 25 km E
Siege of Guardamar 1331, 25 km E
Siege of Guardamar 1358, 25 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Cartagena 15 August 1873
After: Battle of Portmán 11 October 1873
All 4 engagements of Cantonal revolution

Elsewhere in 1873

Battle of Orihuela is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,070 in present-day Spain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q8244346, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Orihuela (1873), revision 1370452307, 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.