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Charles II
He was the last Spanish Habsburg,also he was in a poor status of health so was treated with extreme care as a child and did not learn to write and read until a late age and he was excluded from any kind of higher learning, with the result that as an adult he was kept away from the affairs of government. Charles was indeed easy to influence so he always followed the orders and suggestions from those around him. -
Painting about the War of Spanish Succession
This painting is painted by Jean ALaux and the name of the painting is Villars a Denain. -
Charles II Painting
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The War of Spanish Succession
This war started with the death of Charles II when he designated Philip Duc d'Anjou as his successor. In September 1701 the grand alliance of the Hague was formed between the United Provinces, England and Emperor Leopold I who was the one that started the war,The Bourbons had on their side the French army and the Spanish army was expanding.The Alliance had on their side the English Army and the Habsburg Army.The war continued until Louis XIV put the Treaty of Utrecht and Philip the V was King -
New Foundation Decrees (1707-1716)
They were decrees promulgated from Felipe V of bourbon,who was the winner from the Spanish succession war.He abolished the laws from the Kingdom of Valencia,the Kingdom of Aragon,the Kingdom of Mallorca and the Principality of Catalonia,all of these Kingdomms were integrants of the Aragon crown that decantated to the Archduke Carlos in the Succesision war. -
Treaty Of Utrecht (1713-1715)
It was Concluded between various European states it also helped to end the War of the Spanish Succession.This treaty also helped to have a period of peace between France,Britain,The Dutch Republic,Prussia,Portugal and Savoy. -
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Floridablanca(1728-1808)
He was an Spanish politician.He was named in 1772 ambassador and was the corresponded to try to improve the relationship between Charles III with the papacy.After that he was give the title of Count. -
Family Compacts (1733-1743-1761)
They were several alliances between Spain and France Bourbon branches,they made three compacts.The first one was the treaty of El escorial which occured on November 1733.The second was made on October 1743 by King Philip V of Spain and King Louis XV of France in the Treaty of Fontainebleau during the War of Austrian succesion,the third familiy compact was made on August 1761 by King Charles III of Spain and Louis XV in the Treaty of Paris. -
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Jovellanos
He was an Spanish politician and author,In 1797 he was the embajator of Russia and after a short period he was named secretary of justice but he lasted only one year.He came back to Gijon where he was bron to be named as counselor of the state but he also lasted a very short period.He was trasladated to bellver where he wrote a treaty of education. -
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Charles IV
He came to the throne before the french revolution and due t his low character his power transfered to his wife Maria Luisa de Parma and his valid Manuel Godoy.This events frustated the expectatives of his reign,when he died the economy got worse. -
Canal de Castilla
The main objective of the construction of this canal was to improve the transport and to be used as a river road,The marquess of the Ensada proposed to Ferdinand VI a network of roads and cannnals for navigation in Castilla and it was accepted and two yearls alter the construction of the canal started. -
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Charles III
He was the third son of Philip V he tried to recover the Spanish influence in Italy.He also made some social reforms such as eliminating the legal dishonour of labour.The first thing he did was to took part in the seven years war as Britain occupied Honduras as Spain had to fight to stop the british expansion throught the american colonies. -
Esquilache Riots
Occured in March of 1766 during the reign of Charles III caused mainly by the growing discontent in Madrid about the rising costs of bread.Esquilache's plan was to terminate the wearing of long capes and broad-brimmed hats by male people replacing these traditional garments with French-style capes and cornered hats. This reform was intended to modernize the appearance of conservative Spanish society and improve public safety the long capes were used t to facilitate the useof weapons -
Jesuits are expelled from Spain
Monarchies attempted to centralize and secularize political power viewed the Jesuits as being too international and being too strongly allied to the papacy the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish empire is generally known as Bourbon Reforms.The aim of the reforms was to curb the increasing autonomy and self-confidence of American-born Spaniards. -
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Joseph I
He was the oldest brother of Napoleon.His proclamation was hurry because the increase of violence that arrive to the raising of the 2 of May. -
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Ferdinand VII
His reign is divided into three periods:
The first one is the restoration of absolutism when after being named king he abolish the constitution of 1812 and ruled as an absolute monarch
The second one is when Riego in 1820 made a Pronunciamiento and as a result he restored the constitution
The third one is the victory of absolutism when Ferdinand asks the Holly Alliance to re-establish the absolutism this brought ten years of repression and persecution. -
Charles III Painting
This is a painting of Charles III -
Execution of Louis XVI
He arrived in the wrong city in the wrong preiod so he founded himself overwhelmed by events beyond his control. Ascending the throne in 1774 he married Marie Antoinette.In 1788, Louis was forced to reinstate France's National Assembly (the Estates-General) which quickly curtailed the king's powers.He tried to escape but he was caught and sended to prision after a time Marie Antoinette was executed and Louis XVI was also executed. -
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War of the Pyrenees
The war was fought in the eastern Pyrenees, the western Pyrenees the port of Toulon and at sea. In 1793 a Spanish army invaded Roussillon in the eastern Pyrenees and maintained itself on French soil through 1794. The French army drove the Spanish back ito Catalonia and inflicted a serious defeat.After February 1795, the war in the eastern Pyrenees became a stalemate. In the western Pyrenees, the French began to win in 1794. By 1795, the French army controlled a portion of north Spain. -
Treaty of San ildelfonso
A treaty between Spain which was represented by Chares IV of Spain and the French army which was represented by Alexander Berthier.This treaty was made secretely,as Spain had to give France 6 ships with 74 cannons each ship also Spain had to give France the colonie of Luisiana and the last agreeement was that the Frenche empire created a new territory in the Italian Peninsula. -
Napoleon is crown as Emperor
It took place in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,Napoleon was the first french ma who held the tittle emperor since 100 years before.France was at war with most of Europe, and Napoleon returned home from his Egyptian campaign to take over the reigns of the French government and save his nation from collapse. -
Battle of Trafalgar
It was a naval battle iniciated by Great Britain,Austria,Russia,Naples and Swedden to try to overthrow Napoleon from the throne and disolve the french military empire from Europe. -
Goya's painting
This is a painting called El 2 de Mayo de 1808 and was painted by Francisco Goya. -
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Peninsular War
It was a military confilct between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.THis war started when The French armies invaded and occupied Portugal and the troops turned on Spain.The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814. -
Jovellanos Painting
This is a painting of Jovellanos -
First Spanish Constitution
It was promulgated in 1812 by the Cortes of Cádiz,which defined Spanish and Spanish-American liberalism for the early nineteenth century.t was a response to the constitutional crisis caused by the forced abdication and exile of Spain's legitimate monarch, Ferdinand VII, in 1808. -
Adbications 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.Napoleon's designation of his brother, Joseph, as King of Spain was resisted by the Spanish people and led to the Peninsular War. -
Treaty of Fontainebleau
It was an agreement signed in Fontainebleau between Napoleon and representatives from the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Prussia.With this treaty the allies ended Napoleon's rule as emperor of France and sent him into exile on Elba. -
Charles IV painting
This is a painting of Charles IV -
Riego's Pronunciamiento
It took place in Las Cabezas de San Juan a village of Sevilla the military revolt of the conolel Rafael de Riego who had received the order to run an expedition against the insurgents in the American colonies. -
Cien Mil hijos de San Luis
The colonel Rafael Riego pronounce and proclamated the restoration of the Cadiz constitution and the restoration of the constitutional authorities starting the liberalism movement in Spain. -
Ferdinand VII
This is a painting painted by Goya -
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The Three Carlists Wars (1833-1839) (1846-1849) (1872-1876)
A series of civil wars in Spain during the 19th century although the main reason was the fight for the throne it also represented the two ideologies that were in Spain during these century.The first war took place in Navarra and in "El Pais Vasco".The second war the Carlists were a minor force about the liberalism movement.In the third war Amadeus of Savoy introuduced a resurrection in the carlist army, -
Joseph I painting
A painting of Joseph Bonaparte -
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Amadeus of Savoy
His reign in Spain lasted only two years and it wwas marked by the politic inestability suffered in this period.One of the main crisis during his reign was the independent conflict that occured in Cuba and a Carlist war that started in 1872.His reign was from 1871 to 1873. -
Spanish Glorius Revolution
Was a military sublimation that took place in Spain and suposed the dethronement and exile of the queen Isabella II. -
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First Republic
A politic system that was established in Spain that lasted one year.In only 11 months 4 presidents in the ejecutive power until a coup d' etat occured by the general Pavia. -
AMadeus of Savoy photo
A photo of Amadeus of Savoy -
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Cuban War
It was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880).The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands against Spain.
