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Spanish Independence War
It was a military conflict between Spain and France. It was produced because French people wanted to install Jose Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) as king of Spain. This war finished in 1814. -
Reign of Fernando VII
It was divided in three periods: Absolutist Six-year Term (1814-1820); Liberal Triennium (1820-1823); and Awful Decade (1823-1833). The reign of Fernando VII finished when he died in 1833. -
The reign of Isabel II
Isabel II´s reign is divided in two great stages: the minority of age (1833-1843) during which its mother Maria Cristina de Borbon assumed the regency that later will assumed the general Baldomero Espartero; and the effective reign, that begins with the declaration by the Cortes in 1843 of its majority of age.
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First Spanish Republic
This short period was marked by three conflicts: the Third Carlista War; the cantonal mutiny; and the Ten Year War in Cuba. The First Spanish Republic finished in 1874. -
Bourbon Restoration
Political stage which was developed under a monarchic system that was stended between the years 1874 and 1931. Its name refers to the retrieval of the Spanish throne by the House of Bourbon.
