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Sandhurst Manifiesto
The sandhurts was a manifiesto that it was written by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo as a political manoeuvring. In it, he promised a constitutional government. -
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Alfonso XII of Bourbon
In 1875 the monarchy was restored under Alfonso XII of Bourbon (1875-1885), son of Isabella II. -
PSOE
The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) was founded by Pablo Iglesias in 1879 and was consolidated by the huge surge in the labour movement during this period. -
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Regency of María Christina
After the death of Alfonso XII, the throne was taken by the regency of María Christina (1885-1902) while her son was still a child. -
Bases de Manresa
The Bases de Manresa was written by Prat de la Riba and in it was written the demande of official status for the Catalan language, the establishment of Catalan political parties and courts, and Catalan autonomy. -
Teatry of Paris
In the crisis of 98, Spain was forced to sign the 1898 Treaty of Paris, where they recognised the independence of Cuba, Puerto Rico
and the Philippines. Spain was forced by the US because Spain sinked of the US Navy battleship Maine in the Havana Harbor in April of 1898 according to the United States. -
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Reign of Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII took the throne in 1902 in a political environment characterised by the crisis of Cánovas del Castillo’s political system, the influence of regenerationism and the deaths of Cánovas (1897) and Sagasta (1903). He reigned until April 14,1931; at that time the Second Republic was declared -
Tragic week of 1909
The tragic week of 1909 was violents protest in Barcelona due to
the call up of many men for the war in Morocco of which the majority were fathers. -
Disaster of Annual
The Annual Disaster was a serious Spanish military defeat in the Rif War and an important victory for the Rifians commanded by Abd el-Krim. -
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Dicatorship of Primo de Rivera
The General Primo de Rivera took the power due to a coup d'état (September 13,1923) and in Junuary of 1930, due to the 1929 economic crisis, the rise in unemployment, the spread of the labour movement, nationalist problems and rejection by many intellectuals, Primo de Rivera was forced to resign. -
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Second Spanish Republic
The second republic was proclaimed in 1931 and after that a provisional government was formet, made up of Republicans, socialists and nationalists who held elections for the Constituent Cortes. It ended on 1 April 1939 with the ended of the Civil War and the bigging of the Franco dictatorship -
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic
Later of the exile of the king Alfonso XIII was proclamated the Second Spanish Republic on 14 April 1931. -
October Revolution
The October Revolution was series of strikes and actions by left-wing parties because the new government halted the majority of the previous politics reforms. CEDA then demanded positions in the government. -
Tragic Spring
It consisted of a wave of attacks and street violence
between staunch falangist, communist and anarchist activists in 1936. -
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Spanish Civil War
The spanish Civili War began in Melilla, Tetuan and Ceuta with the coup d'état.The next day it spread throughout Spain, having success in rural areas, yet failing in the more industrialised urban areas. The country was divided into two zones, the Republican zone and the ‘Nationalist’ zone, and the military coup turned into a long Civil War. The Civil War ended on 1 April 1939 with the defeat of the republic. -
Bombing of Gernika
Was a air attack by the German air force’s Condor Legion on 26 April 1937. The German air force enabled the insurgents to control key industrial and mining areas in the Civil War. -
End of the Civil War
The war ended due to the win of the nationalist side.
