09 June 1808,
José Bonaparte enters Donostia. Days earlier he was named king of Spain by his brother Napoleon. The Donostiarras had a good relationship with the French occupants during the five years that it lasted. Therefore, the English allies against the French with Spaniards and Portuguese looted and burned the city at the age of five, leaving over 1,600 dead.
Source:
Koldo Izagirre, Euskararen History Txikia in Donostia (1800-1998) (Susa).