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The War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was an international conflict over the succession to the throne of Spain after the death of Charles II, which lasted from 1703 to 1713, although in Catalonia it lasted until 1714 and in Mallorca until 1715. It led to the establishment of the Bourbons in Spain. -
The Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a series of international conflicts between early 1756 and late 1763 to establish control over Silesia and for colonial supremacy in North America and India. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a historical process that France went through between 1789 and 1799 from which politics, society and the economy were transformed. -
THE SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
With Napoleon dominating Europe in battle, Carlos IV and his "valildo", Manuel Godoy; decided that they should ally with France and Napoleon rather than fight against them. The alliance failed and the war against France started. -
THE LOSS OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN AMERICA
...Same time,different place
During the war of Independence and the reign of Fernando VII, the inhabitants of Spain's American territories demanded independence.
All the political battles, wars and instability left Spain unable to defend its territories.
By the end of Fernando's reign in 1883 only Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philipines were under Spanish control. -
The First World War
The First World War, also called the Great War, was a global military conflict, although centered in Europe, that began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was known as a Nazi since 1921. In 1923 he was arrested and imprisoned for trying to overthrow the German government. His trial made him famous and gained him followers. Hitler took advantage of the time he spent in prison to express his political ideas in a book titled Mein Kampf (My Struggle). Hitler's ideological goals were territorial expansion, the consolidation of a racially pure state, and the elimination of European Jews and others perceived as enemies of Germany. -
Francisco Franco
It was characterized by being a regime of ultra-nationalist, Catholic and militarist ideology that carried out measures such as censorship of the media, the elimination of opposition parties and the creation of a single party: the National Movement. -
World War II
Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting World War II. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a period marked by a political-ideological conflict between the United States and the former Soviet Union (USSR).