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Carlos IV arrives to the Spanish throne. He will be the king for 19 years before everything breaking out. -
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France. -
During the French Revolution, in 1793, Carlos’s cousin Louis XVIII got beaheded. https://youtu.be/sCeRnbhvSnk -
The French-Spanish troops lose against the English on the naval battle. https://youtu.be/FThk189-8zc -
The Spanish kings and Napoleon reach an agreement. Napoleon will invade Portugal and his troops will pass through Spain. -
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With the rumor of the Spanish Monarchy leaving Spain, Aranjuez’s inhabitants decided to revolt against Godoy, they burn his palace. This led to Carlos IV abdicating and giving the throne to his son, Fernando VII https://youtu.be/MFooAlVqol8 -
The French troops which were going to Portugal and had been settling little groups in strategic points enter Madrid. -
Madrid citizens, seeing what has happened decide to revolt against the French troops that had invaded Spain. This war was unfair, as the French Troops were the strongest army in the world in that moment and the Spanish were just regular people. -
The Abdications of Bayonne happen. In this event, the Spanish King and Queen met Napoleon Bonaparte in Bayonne. They later reached and agreement in which they abdicated from the throne, letting Napoleon Bonaparte as the King of Spain, role which he gave to his brother Jose Bonaparte. https://youtu.be/7_RYiHz52Fk -
On March 19th 1812 the first Spanish constitution was created. Created in Cadiz, it set the bases of the liberalism in Spain and ended the absolutism https://youtu.be/r6ThsfKWkQk -
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Fernando is back in Spain, with him, the absolutism comes back as he abolishes the 1812 constitution and liberalism -
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