Peninsular War 200 Bicentenary Events in 2009

Bicentenary Events

2009

January
14^th - 18^th: Bicentenary celebrations at La Coruña.
RIFLES and 3/29 Corunna Battery Royal Artillery to attend.
17^th: Sandgate Memorial Service commemorating the death of Sir John Moore.

February
12^th at 1400 hours (TBC) - PW200 Pre meeting in MoD (UK) hosted by DGS International.
13^th at 1300 hours - PW200 Meeting. At RHQ, The RIFLES, Winchester.
25^th at 1900 hours - Friends of the British Cemetery’s Tower of London Reception.
· Porto Military Museum Exhibition - Theme: Military Operations in the North of Portugal during the French Invasions.
· Museo de Leon, Leon, Spain. Ciudades en Guerra: Leon en la Guerra de la Independencia. 18 February-26 April.

March
7^th - 8^th: ‘Napoleon and Europe, 1800-1815’, University-of-Oxford Department-of-Continuing-Education 2-day conference; for full details: please consult www.conted.ox.ac.uk
9^th - 13^th: 6(UK) Division Battlefield Tour.
12^th - 13^th: Congress at Vigo Reconquista de Vigo 1809-2009
24^th - 26^th: Debate, conference and unveiling of plaque to Gen Silveira at Chaves.
28^th - 5^th September: Oporto* - Exhibition ‘Oporto & the French Invasion’.

April
20^th - 25^th: King's Shropshire Light Infantry Battlefield Tour.
· Lisbon Military Museum - Conference & Exhibition: The French Invasions and the Defence of Portugal.

May
7^th - 11^th: HQ LAND Staff Ride to Spain and Portugal.
8^th - 10^th: Oporto re-enactment*. Associação Napoleónica of Portugal.
14^th: Ceremony at the British Cemetery, Elvas, Commemoration of the Battle of Albuera and the Sieges of Badajoz.
16^th: Ceremony at La Albuera Commemoration of the Battle of Albuera.
19^th: Peninsular War Seminar at the Portuguese Embassy, London.

June
21^st - 28^th: Royal Artillery Historical Society Battlefield Tour of the Lines of Torres Vedras - British Historical Society of Portugal.

Apsley House
Peninsular War Tour

July
9^th - 10^th: Battlefield Tour to La Coruña by 17 Corunna Battery Royal Artillery.
27^th - 28^th: Bicentenary of the Battle of Talavera. Bicentenary Commemorations
31^st - 4 Oct: Pontevedra en la Guerra de la Independencia

August
30^th - 4^th September: XXXV International Congress of Military History at Oporto*.

September
12^th - 19^th: Riding the Retreat: Horseback ride re-enacting Moore’s retreat in December 1808 - January 1809. Charles Elwell - details TBC.
17^th - 1^st Nov: Girona 1809-2009. Exhibition and lectures.
23^rd - 27^th: Recreación histórica de la defensa de la isla de León entre 1810 y 1812. San Fernando (Cadiz).
· Exhibition on Lines of Torres Vedras, Sobral

October
2^nd - 4^th: Madrid invadida. Colmenar de Oreja.
3^rd - 4^th: 16th Annual Napoleonic Fair Dorchester, Dorset.
10^th - 15^th: Bicenenario de la batalla de Medellin Medellin.
14^th - 18^th: Real Asociacíon de Amigos de los Museos Militares. Seminar “Portugal & Spain in the Peninsular War”, Lisbon, Portugal.
17^th - 21^st: RE reconnaissance of the LTV
21^st - 23^rd: VI Foro Internacional sobre la Guerra de la Independencia. Figueres (Girona).
28^th - 1^st: 3° Cicio de conferencias: "Los Sitios de Zaragoza y su influencia en la resistencia española a la invasión napoleónica". Zaragoza.

November
7^th - 29^th: Conmemoración II Centenario de la batalla de Uclés 1809. Uclés (Cuenca).
19^th - 21^st: Congreso Internacional Bicentenario de las Guerras Napoleónicas. Girona.
20^th: Bicentenario de la batalla de Medellín Medellin.
24^th: Seminario sobre la Guerra de la Indepencia. Madrid.

December
11^th: Bicentenario de la batalla de Medellín Medellin.

* Bicentenary events in Oporto

Enlace a documento
de Talavera por
el Prof. Charles Esdaile