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This was a treaty between the democratic and the progresive parties at Ostend, Belgium. One of the member of the progresist party was Juan Prim whom took the iniciative to depose the Queen of Spain.
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From 1840 no revolution is more
important than the one that brought about the Revolution of 1868, when Queen Isabella was dethroned by the people -
The unionists under the comand of Francisco Serrano united against oficialism.
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On the date Leopold O'Donnel, Prime Minister of Spain, died. This caused an uprising in the Unión Liberal and made for them to join the revolution and to overthrow Isabella II.
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Under the comand of admiral Juan Bautista Topete, naval forces arrived to Spain, and the revolutionaries were defeated by the Queen's army.
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In 1868 Queen Isabella crossed into France and retired from Spanish politics to Paris
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This event took place in a bridge over the Guadalquivir river in Alcolea, Cordoba.
In the battle, the revolutionary forces defeated the Queen's governmental forces, so she was exiled -
After Isabella`s exile, the general Prim was forced to find a new monarch to rule in Spain. But, Amadeo was proclaimed king democrately after Prim`s death.
