May 5th.—Treaty of Bayonne; Charles IV. and Ferdinand (May 6) surrender to Napoleon their rights to the Spanish crown.
May 13th.—Spanish Junta ask for Joseph Bonaparte to be their king.
June 6th.—King Joseph proclaimed King of Spain and the Indies by Napoleon, in an imperial decree, dated Bayonne.
June 7th.—French, under Dupont, sacked Cordova.
June 9th.—Emperor of Austria calls out his militia.
June 15th.—French fleet at Cadiz surrender to the Spanish.
July 4th.—English cease hostilities with Spain, and recognise Ferdinand VII.
July 7th.—Spanish new constitution sworn to by Joseph and by the Junta.
July 9th.—Commences the siege of Saragossa.
July 14th.—Bessières defeats 40,000 Spaniards at Medina de Rio Seco.