CONTEMPORANY AGE By IloveJudeBellingham 1789 Contemporany age start 1807 Treatry Spain and French 1808 War independence Spanish start 1808 Forcing king Carlos IV to give de throne to his son Fernando VII 1814 The war of independence Spanish ended 1814 Fernando VII was again proclaimed king 1833 Isabel II ascended the throne 1868 Isabel II abdicated and was expelled from Spain 1870 Amadeo de Saboya was crowned king 1873 Spanish republic was proclaimed 1874 Return the monarchy. Alfonso XII 1885 Death Alfonso XII 1898 Spain lost Cuba (disaster of 98) 1902 Alfonso XIII "turno pacífico" 1923 Primo de Rivera gave a coup d'etat 1930 Primo de Rivera resigned 1931 Second Republic 1936 Franco led a coup against the Republic 1936 Spanish civil war start 1939 Finished Spanish civil war 1939 Franco was proclaimed dictator 1955 Was joined the United Nations 1975 Franco died 1975 Juan Carlos I was proclaimed king 1975 Start transition of dictatorship to democracy 1977 Adolfo Suarez as President of the Government 1978 New constitution 1981 Adolfo Suarez resigned 1981 Calvo Sotelo was his sucessor 1982 Finish transition 2014 Felipe VI was elected King