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Mendizabal Disentailment
Under Mendizábal's mandate as Minister of Finance in 1836, a process of confiscation began that lasted until 1844 under various governments. Treasury experts appraised the properties, which were subsequently auctioned, reaching an average bid of 220% over the initial price. -
Decree of confiscation of assets of religious orders
The decree of February 19, 1836 began the procedure of valuation, auction and sale of real estate properties, income, rights and actions of religious orders. Subsequently, the law of July 29, 1837 demonstrated that national assets susceptible to alienation, in six parts over the next six years from 1840, were those belonging to the secular clergy. -
Mendizabal
Juan de Dios Álvarez Méndez, Mendizábal governed from September 11, 1836 to August 18, 1837. -
Modérate Constitution
The constitution of 1845 was promulgated during the moderate decade, when Queen Elizabeth II commissioned the formation of a government only to the moderates. General Narváez presided over several governments. This constitution established shared sovereignty between the king and the Cortes elected by a very restricted vote. -
O'Donnell's Liberal Union is founded
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. -
Madoz Disentailment
The confiscation, established by the Law of May 1, 1855 (according to the Madrid Gazette of May 3, 1855), decreed the sale of all rural, urban, census and forum property owned by the State, the clergy and any other . entity considered dead hands. -
Unborn Constitution
The Spanish Constitution of 1856 was also known as the "non nata" because it was never promulgated due to the "counterrevolutionary coup" of General Leopoldo O'Donnell that put an end to the progressive biennium of the reign of Isabel II of Spain and decreed the closure the Constituent Cortes elected in 1854. -
Moyano Law
The Moyano Law establishes a centralized approach to education, concentrating educational powers under the General Directorate of Public Instruction within the Ministry of Development, instead of the Ministry of Grace and Justice. Furthermore, this law marks the definitive separation between ecclesiastical matters and educational matters. -
O’Donnelld
O'Donnell was president of the government three times and governed from 1858 to 1863. -
African War
The African War (1859-1860) was a war between the Kingdom of Spain and the Sultanate of Morocco, which ended with the Treaty of Wad-Ras, which declared Spain the winner of the war and imposed a series of compensations to Morocco. -
Ramón María Narváez
Narváez governed from July 10, 1866 to April 23, 1868. -
Differences moderate/progressives
Progressives primarily seek personal freedom, often prioritizing it over market economic freedom. Therefore, they promote reforms in social, economic, political and institutional areas. In contrast, the moderates advocated a Catholic confessional state and the strengthening of royal power through pure capitalism. -
Luis González Bravo
He governed from April 23, 1868 to September 19, 1868.