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Siege of Porto

Siege of Porto was a siege conducted in July 1832 at Porto, in what is now Portugal; it ran into the following year. It was part of the Liberal Wars, which ran from 1828 to 1834. The recorded result: Liberal victory. Recorded strength: 12,000 against 60,000.

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Topographic map of "Linhas do Porto", Siege of Porto, Liberal Wars
Topographic map of "Linhas do Porto", Siege of Porto, Liberal Wars. Lemos, A. C., fl. ca 1833-1843; Moreira, Francisco Pedro de Arbués, 1777-1843, ant. bibliog., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJuly 1832ran into the following year
WherePorto, Portugal41.149N, 8.611W
OutcomeLiberal victory
Belligerents25px|border Liberalsagainst25px|border Miguelists (Royalists)
Casualties and lossesn/dandn/d
Part ofLiberal Wars1828 to 1834

Where it sits in the Liberal Wars

Battle of Coruche, 1827Battle of Praia da Vitória, 1829Battle of the Tagus, 1831Siege of Porto, 1832Battle of Ponte Ferreira, 1832Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1833Battle of Almoster, 1834Battle of Asseiceira, 183418271834Siege of Porto, 1832
8 placed engagements of the Liberal Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJuly 1832 (month precision)
to August 1833
PlacePorto, Portugal
41.149N, 8.611W
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Strength12,00060,000
Casualties and lossesn/dn/d
Commanders
  • Pedro IV of Portugal
  • António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira
  • João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha
  • George Sartorius
  • Miguel of Portugal
  • Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes
  • Manuel Gregório de Sousa Pereira de Sampaio
  • Álvaro Xavier da Fonseca Coutinho e Póvoas
  • Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont
  • Gaspar Teixeira de Magalhães e Lacerda
Siege of PortoSiege of PortoSecond Battle of PortoFirst Battle of PortoBattle of Ponte FerreiraBattle of PedrosoBattle of GrijóBattle of Ponte FerreiraBattle of PedrosoVigoOurenseCoimbraBragaCovilhãAveiroBragançaGuarda100 km41.149N, 8.611W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1809 and 1832.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1832

Siege of Porto is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Portugal.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3037792, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Porto, revision 1382315939, 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.