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Charles II death
He died without a heir.
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Philip V of Spain
He died in 1746, with an interruption, that caused abdication in his son, Louis I. -
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The reign of Philip V
He become the first king in the House of the Bourbons in Spain.
His grand-father, Charles II, was the last monarch of the House of the Bourbons, so Philip V became his succesor. -
Pragmatic Sanction
It was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure that the hereditary possessions of the Habsburgs could be inherited by a daughter.
The Head of the House of Habsburg bore the title of Archduke of Austria and ruled the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Bohemia, Italian territories and the Austrian Netherlands. This measure does not concern the dignity of Roman Emperor, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, which remained elective, although the Archduke of Aus -
Louis I of Spain
He only ruled over Spain as a king 229 days, because he died with only 17 years. -
Francisco de Goya
He was born in Fuendetodos (Zaragoza), and his live depended on his drawings, such as La Maja Desnuda, one of his most important drawings. -
Ferdinand VI of Spain
He ruled over Spain for 13 years, until he died in 1759, with 45 years. -
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Reign of Ferdinand VI
He was the forth child of Philip V, and his first wife, Marie Louisa Gabriel de Saboy.
He married in the San Juan Bautista Church in 1729. -
Canal de Castilla
It was one of the most important buildings of hidraulic ingeneer, realised in the middle of the 18th century. -
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Seven Years War
With the main conflict being in the seven-year period 1756–1763.
It involved most of the great powers of the time and affected Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines.
The war was driven by the antagonism between Great Britain and the Bourbon Dynasty(in France and Spain). -
Charles III of Spain
He was the fifth son of Philip V of Spain.
He was 15 years old when he become Duke of Parma and Piacenza. -
Esquilache Riots
It was the denomination of the revolt, that took place in Madrid, 1766, when Charles III was King of Spain.
People were angry because of the Popular Movilization, which it was a masive movement. -
Jesuits
They were expelled because of a political doctrine, called Regalism, that the Jesuits didn´t agree with that movement.
They were the Jesus´s Company. -
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Royal Tapestry
during the 18th century, the tapestry went leaving, used as something that hangs in front of a wall to attach to it, like a framed picture. -
Charles IV
He access to the throne with a high experience in political issues of the State.
His father was Charles III. -
Manuel Godoy
He became the Prime Minister of the State, because of the soberane, Charles IV, who had continued filling him with honors. -
The execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was arrested, with his family, in a prison.
He tried to saved them before the National Convention, but finally, he was condemned, and executed by the Guillotine.
He became the first victim of the Reign of Terror.
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War of Pyrenees
The war was fought in the eastern Pyrenees, the western Pyrenees, at the French port of Toulon, and at sea.
It was a war against the First French Republic, that lasted 2 years, from 1793 until 1795.
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Spanish defeat of Trafalgar
Initiated by the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, Naples and Sweden, to try to take out Napoleon Bonaparte from the Imperial Throne, and to disolved the French Military influence, that existed in Europe.
The Battle of Trafalgar occurs off the coast of Cape Trafalgar, in Los Caños de Meca.
The Spanish fleet at Cádiz was composed of 15 ships. -
Napoleonic troops in Spain
More than 100,000 troops arrived to Spain, under the pretext of supporting the invasion. -
Treaty of Fontainebleau
In it, the French-Spanish joint military invasion of Portugal,
and allowed for this step of Spanish territory by French troops, becoming the forerunner of the later French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula and the War of Independence. -
Ferdinand VII
He was the successor of Charles IV and Mary Louisa of Parma.
He was prisoned in the War of the Independence in Valençay, when he was recognised as legitime King of Spain. -
The 2nd May uprising
The occurred in Madrid.
Protest repressed by Napoleonic forces in the city, spread across the country a wave of proclamations of outrage and public calls for armed insurrection that would lead to the War of Spanish Independence. -
Abdications of Bayonne
They are named like that because of the succesive resignations of Charles IV, and his son, Ferdinand VII, that,after, led the throne to Napoleon Bonaparte, which he led it to his brother, José Bonaparte. -
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Absolutism of Ferndinad VII
Is written mostly by liberals, but a group of absolutists deputies had already shown their reaction to it. To these all, the institutions of the Old Regime and the Church, which does not accept the abolition of the Inquisition, freedom of thought and the attack on their properties are added, dragging the masses to support the absolutist return. -
Riego´s Pronunciamiento
It was a military coup d´etat, conducted by Major Rafael de Riego on January 1, 1820.
The ruling arose among the officers of the troops to combat the American Uprising, because of the existence of a major upset in the army at the end of 1819, by the exclusion of liberal government. -
First Carlist War(1833-1840).
Supporters of Infante Carlos María Isidro de Borbón and an absolutist regime, Elizabethan and defenders Elizabeth II and regent Maria Cristina de Borbón, whose government was originally absolutist moderate and eventually became liberal for popular support. -
Second Carlist War(1846-1849).
Due to the failure of attempts to marry Isabel II with the Carlist pretender, Carlos Luis de Borbón, who had been sought by various moderates Isabel singularly Jaime Balmes and Juan Donoso Cortés, and Carlist. However, Isabel II ended up marrying his cousin Francisco de Asís de Borbón. -
Juan Prim´s death
Juan Prim y Prats was a Spanish soldier and liberal politician of the nineteenth century who became President of the Council of Ministers of Spain. In his military career he participated in the First Carlist War and the War of Africa, where he showed relevant leadership, courage and recklessness. After the Revolution of 1868 became one of the most influential men in Spain at the time, sponsoring the inauguration of the House of Savoy in the person of Amadeo I. He was killed shortly after. -
Third Carlist War(1872-1876).
During this conflict, Carlist forces managed to occupy several towns in the interior of Spain, the most important ones being La Seu d'Urgell and Estella in Navarre. Isabella II was in exile, and Amadeo I, proclaimed king in 1870, was not very popular. -
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Estanislao Figueras
Estanislao Figueras y de Moragas was a Spanish politician who served as the first President of the First Spanish Republic.
He led the Republican Party after Queen Isabella II was overthrown in 1868. -
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Francisco Pi i Margall
Francesc Pi i Margall was a liberal Catalan statesman and romanticist writer. He was briefly president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic in 1873.
Throughout his life he would promote republicanism and social objectives through the federal idea. -
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Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso
Nicolás Salmerón Alonso was a Spanish politician, president of the First Spanish Republic.
When the revolution of September 1868 broke out, he was at Almería recovering from a serious illness.
Salmerón was elected to the Cortes in 1871, and though he did not belong to the Socialist Party, defended its right to toleration. -
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Emilio Castelar y Ripoll
Emilio Castelar y Ripoll was a Spanish republican politician, and a president of the First Spanish Republic.
From that moment he took an active part in politics, radical journalism, and literary and historical pursuits. -
Restoration of the Monarchy
The Restoration was the name given to the period that began on 29 December,1874, after the First Spanish Republic, ended with the restoration of the monarchy under Alfonso XII, after a coup d'état by Martinez Campos, and ended on 14 April,1931 with the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic.
