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  • Isabel is named Princess of Asturias.

    Isabel is named Princess of Asturias.
    However, the king recovered, reestablished the Pragmatica again and Isabel was ratified by the Cortes as Princess of Asturias on June 20, 1833.
  • Mendizabal

    Mendizabal
    Juan de Dios Álvarez Méndez, Mendizábal was a Spanish liberal politician and businessman. Of relatively humble origin, he became the main protagonist of the Spanish Liberal Revolution.
  • Jose Maria Calatrava

    Jose Maria Calatrava
    Spanish jurist and politician. A jurist of great renown in the liberal circles of his time, he was a member of the Cortes de Cádiz, minister during the Liberal Triennium and president of the government during the regency of María Cristina.
  • Mendizabal disentailment

    Mendizabal disentailment
    The disentailment of Mendizábal consisted of the expropriation of ecclesiastical lands and their public auction. These lands had come to the Church through donations, inheritances and abintestatos.
  • Vergara Agreement

    Vergara Agreement
    The Treaty of Vergara, signed in Oñate (Guipúzcoa), put an end to the First Carlist War in northern Spain. Agreed between General Espartero and representatives of Maroto, it was sealed with an embrace before the troops, marking the cessation of hostilities and stabilizing the region.
  • End of the Carlist War

    End of the Carlist War
    Is collapsing in Catalonia and finally on July 6, 1840 he crosses the border with the last 10,000 Carlist soldiers into France. Finally the war is over, and General Espartero receives from the Queen Regent the title of Duke of Victory.
  • Ramon Maria Narvaez

    Ramon Maria Narvaez
    As leader of the Moderate Party, he is recognized for having been the main defender of the Elizabethan system in the face of the threat of revolution that was looming over Spain.
  • Wedding of Isabel II with Francisco de Asís.

    Wedding of Isabel II with Francisco de Asís.
    The marriage was celebrated in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace of Madrid, together with the marriage of the Infanta Luisa Fernanda (Isabel's sister) to Antonio de Orleans, Duke of Montpensier.
  • Differences moderate/progressives

    Differences moderate/progressives
    The main ideas of the moderates are: Catholic confessional state, strengthening of royal power and pure capitalism. Progressivism in the late 20th and early was considered a set of forward-looking and future-oriented ideas in the face of statism, and could be considered synonymous with the center-left in the political spectrum.
  • O’donell

    O’donell
    Was a key figure in the reign of Isabel II. He stood out as one of the most effective military chiefs in the first Carlist war (still very young) and in the war of Africa.
  • Madoz disentailment

    Madoz disentailment
    Madoz declared in a state of sale all rural and urban properties, censuses and forums belonging to the State, the clergy and any others belonging to dead hands.
  • Moyano law

    Moyano law
    The Moyano Law meant to make education universal, compulsory and free: a precise plan for the creation of schools was designed, the support of schools and institutes and the payment of teachers' salaries became the responsibility of the municipalities or provinces.
  • O'Donnell forms government with the Liberal Union

    O'Donnell forms government with the Liberal Union
    The Liberal Union was a Spanish political party of the second half of the 19th century founded by Leopoldo O'Donnell in 1854. Union with the Moderate Party to form the Liberal-Conservative Party.