<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>: A coalition of Spanish, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Portugal" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Portugal">Portuguese</a> forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Cádiz" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Cádiz">Siege of Cádiz</a>.