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Charles II´s death
A whole dynasty of kings ended with the death of Charles II of Spain. Charles had neither a pleasant life nor a successful reign. He was physically disabled, mentally retarded and disfigured. He died senile and wracked by epileptic seizures. He had two wives but he had no children which is what happens after 16 generations of inbreeding. -
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Philip V
He was King of Spain from 1700 to 1724, when he abdicated in favour of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he became king again because of his son's death, to his own death 1746. Philip was the first member of the House of Bourbon to rule as king of Spain. Adding his two reigns, results 45 years and 21 days, which is the longest in modern Spanish history. -
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war of Spanish sucession
It was a war where the succession to the throne of Spain was disputed, after the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. England, the Dutch Republic, and France fought in that war and finally Felipe V became the king -
Nueva Planta decrees
The Nueva Planta decrees were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession by the Treaty of Utrecht.
Philip V suppressed the institutions, privileges, and the ancient charters of almost all the areas that were formerly part of the Crown of Aragon . The decrees ruled that all the territories in the Crown of Aragon were to be ruled by Castile. Spain became centralised. -
Teatry of Utrech
The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht, is a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713. The treaties between several European states, including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy and the Dutch Republic, helped end the war. -
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Louis I
He was king of Spain for only seven months and it is one of the shortest reings in history. This was because he died after seven months of ruling and after him, his father Philip V became again the king. -
the first family compact
The first family compact was made by King Philip V of Spain and King Louis XV of France in the Treaty of the Escorial.
France allowed Spain to recovered its possesions in Italy as present for helping them in the War of Polish sucession -
the second family compact
The second Family Compact was made by King Philip V of Spain and King Louis XV of France in the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
In return for Sspain´s help in the Austrian War of Sucession Charle´s younger brother Philip became duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1748 -
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Ferdinand VI
When he came to the throne, Spain found itself in the War of the Austrian Succession which ended without any benefit to Spain
As king he followed a steady policy of neutrality in the conflict between France and Britain, and refused to be tempted by the offers of either into declaring war on the other. -
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Charles III
In 1734, as Duke of Parma, he conquered the kingdoms of Naples and of Sicily, and was crowned king on 3 July 1735, reigning as Charles VII of Naples and Charles V of Sicily.
Upon succeeding to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, Charles, a proponent of enlightened absolutism, on 6 October 1759 abdicated the Neapolitan and Sicilian thrones in favour of Ferdinand -
the third family compact
The third family compact was made by King Charles III of Spain and Louis XV in the Treaty of Paris.this treaty happened near the end of the Seven Years War in which France and Britain were involved and France was the big looser.
The agreement involved Spain's allies Naples and Tuscany. When Spain became involved, the British occupied the Philippines and Cuba. Charles III recovered these possessions in the Treaty of Paris (1763), but ceded Florida to the British. -
Esquilache Riots
It ocurred during the rule of Charles III of Spain. Caused mostly by the growing discontent in Madrid about the rising costs of bread and other staples, they were sparked off by a series of measures regarding Spaniards' apparel that had been enacted by Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache, a Neapolitan minister whom Charles favored. -
jesuits expelled by borbons
The jesuits were expelled from the territories of the king who ruled during that period, Carlos III, who believed they were the ones who caused the Esquilache Riots the previous year. Finally five years later the pope Clemente XIV eliminated this expulsion. -
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Joseph I (reign)
Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte was the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808), and later King of Spain (1808–1813, as José I). After the fall of Napoleon, Joseph styled himself Comte de Survilliers. -
american declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. -
Traty of San Idelfonso
-First Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1777 between Spain and Portugal.
-Second Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796 between Spain and France, allying the two nations.
-Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 between Spain and France, by which Spain returned Louisiana to France. -
Treaty of Paris
It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America and ended in the America Revolutionary War This treaty, along with the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause: France, Spain and the Dutch Republic, are known collectively as the Peace of Paris. -
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Charles IV
In 1788 Charles IV succeeded to the throne.
He intended to maintain the policies of his father, and retained his prime minister, even though he had a profound belief in the sanctity of his office, and kept up the appearance of an absolute, powerful monarch. -
Storming of the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy: its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
Execution of Louis XVI
The execution of Louis XVI, by means of the guillotine, took place on 21 January 1793 at the Place de la Révolution in Paris. It was a major event of the French Revolution.National Convention, convicted in a near-unanimous vote and condemned to death by a slight majority. His execution made him the first victim of the Reign of Terror. -
war of Pyrenees
It pitted Revolutionary France against the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal from March 1793 to July 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The war was fought in the eastern Pyrenees, the western Pyrenees, at the French port of Toulon, and at sea. -
Napoleon becomes first consul
Napoleon became first consul after the coup of Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804. This period was called The Consulate and there were three consuls: Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles-François Lebrun. -
Battle of Trafalgar
In this battle the British fought against the French and Spanish navies during the the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
The war was crearly won by the British let by Admiral Lord Nelson.
The location of the war was in the Atlantic of the southwest coast of Spain, just west of Cape Trafalgar is located.
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war started when French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807, and escalated in 1808 when France turned on Spain, its ally until then. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814. -
Treaty of Fountainbleau
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed between Charles IV of Spain and Napoleon I of France.
It proposed the division of the Kingdom of Portugal. Based on the first article of the agreement, the King of Etruria would be granted, in exchange for Tuscany, Portuguese territories between the Minho River and the Douro River -
Abdications of Bayonne
The Abdications of Bayonne is the name given to a series of forced abdications of the Kings of Spain that led to the Spanish War of Independence.The failed El Escorial Conspiracy preceded the Mutiny of Aranjuez, which forced King Charles IV to abdicate the throne to his son Ferdinand VII in 1808 by order of the Spanish Royal Council. -
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Ferdinand VIII 1st period
It lasted less than two months. It ended when Napoleon captured the Royal Family and he conquered Spain, as Ferdinand had allowed Napoleon´s troops to enter Spain with the excuse of conquering Portugal, but finally they finally also conquered Spain. During his reign, Ferdinand tried to have all the higher classes happy, but also the lower ones -
First Constitution
The Spanish Constitution of 1812 was established by the Cádiz Cortes.It established the principles of universal male suffrage, national sovereignty, constitutional monarchy and freedom of the press, and supported land reform and free enterprise. This constitution, one of the most liberal of its time, was effectively Spain's first, given that the Bayonne Statute issued in 1808 under Joseph Bonaparte never entered into effect. -
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Ferdinand VII 2nd period
He was 30 years old when he returned to the throne. He restored the absolutisism ( this period is called "sixsenio absolutista" ) and abolished all the progress it had been done without him. The worst thing was he was not able to solve al the economical problems which Spain had after the Inependence War. After this period it came the liberal triennium. -
Rigos´s pronunciamiento
It was a coup d´etat carried out by the commander Rafael Riego in Cabezas de San Juan in Seville. With this coup d´etat ends the absolotist government developed by Fernando VII during his first reign. After this date the Liberal Trienium was established -
Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
It is the name given to the movilization of a French army by the Bourbon king of France, Louis XVIII to help the Spanish Royalists restore King Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power after the Liberal Triennium. this intervention was successful and the Ferdinand VII was restored to the throne, even though there were only 60,000 soldiers instead of 10,000 -
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Ferdinand VII 3rd period
This is, undoubtedly , themost critized period of the reign of Ferdinand VII. The French presence (which caused a brutal repression) , the execution of General Riego in 1823 , the massive emigration of the Liberalsended up in a regime of terror. Absolutism was once again restored. Some reforms were made but were in benefit of the higher classes. Spain finally lost its American colonies and left Spain in a unsustanable economical situation -
Pragmatic Sanction
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1830, issued March 29, 1830 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, ratified a Decree of 1789 by Charles IV of Spain, which had replaced the semi-Salic system established by Philip V of Spain with the mixed succession system that predated the Bourbon monarchy. -
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First Carlist War
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain, fought between factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Spanish monarchy. It was fought between supporters of the regent, Maria Christina, acting for Isabella II of Spain, and those of the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V). The Carlists supported return to an absolute monarchy. -
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Isabella II
Isabella II came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and formally abdicated in 1870. Her son Alfonso XII became king in 1874. -
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Regency of Espartero
For two years Espartero ruled Spain, as its 18th Prime Minister, in accordance with his radical and conciliatory dispositions, giving special attention to the reorganization of the administration, taxation and finances, declaring all the estates of the church, congregations and religious orders to be national property, and suppressing the diezma, or tenths. He suppressed the Republican risings with as much severity as he did the military pronunciamientos of Generals Concha and Diego de León. -
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Second Carlist War
It was a short civil war fought primarily in Catalonia by the Carlists under General Ramón Cabrera against the forces of the government of Isabella II. The uprising began in September 1846 and continued until May 1849, spreading to Galicia.
In June of 1849, amnesty was granted to the Carlists and those who had fled returned. -
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spanish glorious revolution
The Glorious Revolution took place in Spain in 1868
Leaders of the revolution eventually recruited an Italian prince, Amadeo of Savoy, as king. His reign lasted two years, and he was replaced by the first Spanish Republic. -
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amadeus of savoy
Amadeo I was the only King of Spain from the House of Savoy was known for most of his life as the Duke of Aosta
He was elected by the Cortes as Spain's monarch in 1870, following the deposition of Isabella II, and sworn in the following year. -
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Third Carlist War
It was the last Carlist War in Spain.
During this conflict, Carlist forces managed to occupy several towns in the interior of Spain, the most important ones being La Seu d'Urgell and Estella in Navarre. Isabella II had abdicated the throne, and Amadeo I, a younger son of the King of Italy who had been proclaimed King of Spain in 1870, was not very popular. After four years of war the Carlist pretender went into exile in France. On the same day, King Alfonso XII of Spain entered Pamplona -
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first republic
The First Spanish Republic was the short-lived political regime that existed in Spain
when General Arsenio Martínez-Campos's pronunciamento marked the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in Spain. -
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Regency of Maria Cristina
Maria Christina was Queen of Spain as the second wife of King Alfonso XII. She was regent during the minority of their son, Alfonso XIII, and the vacancy of the throne between her husband's death and her son's birth. -
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