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Topic: Oranges, War of the

Oranges, War of the

Years: 1801 - 1801

The War of the Oranges (Portuguese: Guerra das Laranjas; French: Guerre des Oranges; Spanish: Guerra de las Naranjas), a brief conflict in 1801 in which France and Spain fight against Portugal, is considered a precedent of the Peninsular War.

It is of particular importance as it is in the outcome of the war that Spain attains the control of the town of Olivenza (Olivença in Portuguese).

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)