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Charles II
He was the King of Spain, Naples and Sicily, and the son of Philip IV, and the last Habsburg ruler. He inherited his throne in 1665 at the edge of four. His dead triggered the War of Spanish Succession -
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War of Spanish Succession
It was a war between Austria and France over which of them would rule spain. Austria a England supported Charles III. France fought England and Austria. By 1714 Charles brother died, so he inherited power on Austria. As a result there was a unión between France and Spain. -
New foundation decrees
It was a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Felipe V during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. They suppressed the institutions, privileges, and the ancient charters (Spanish fueros) of almost all the areas that were formerly part of the Crown of Aragon. The decrees ruled that all the territories in the Crown of Aragon were to be ruled by the laws of Castilla. -
Treaty of Utrecht
The treaty of Utrecht series of individual peace treaties signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht. It recognized Queen Anne as the sovereign of England and ended French support of the Jacobite party to the British throne.
Spain was forced to cede Flanders, Milan, Naples, Sardinia, Sicily and Menorca. Moreover, Gibraltar was taken by England. -
Family Compacts 1733
France backed Spain's right to recover possesions in Italy in return for Spain's support in the War of the Polish sucession. Italy became an obsessive factor in its foreign policy and Isabel Farnese of Parma schemed to obtain Italian Kingdom for her two sons. The Compact proved beneficial. In 1734, Spanish troops recovered Naples and Sicily and Isabel's older son Charles was crowned King of Naples 8 the future Charles III) -
Family Compacts (1743)#2
In support of France's involvement with the Austrian War of Sucession, resulted in the installation of Charles's younger brother Philip as duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1748. -
Canal de Castilla
The main goal of this construction was to serve as a waterway of communication and transport which would solved the problem of isolation to which the Castilian and Leonese plateau was subjected. Firstly it was a plan to improve Spain’s economy. -
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Charles III
Charles III was the King of Spain. He was the son of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth. Charles was recognised as Duke of Parma and also the King of Naples and Sicily. He became King of Spain when Ferdinand died. -
Family Compacts (1761)#3
The seven Years War involved a wide-ranginbattle between Britain and France for colonial supremacy, and Austrian and Prussian conflicts over domination of German lands. Britain gave support to Prussia, France to Austria. Spain's involvement was not overly wise, but there was considerable fear in Madrid that a British victory over the French would expand British power and increase pressure on Spanish territory in North and Central America. -
Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain
The Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish Empire in 1767 as a result of a series of localized political moves rather than a theological controversy. Monarchies attempting to centralize and secularize political power viewed the Jesuits as being too international, too strongly allied to the papacy, and too autonomous from the monarchs in whose territory they operate -
Esquilache Riots
They took place in March 1766 during the rule of Charles III of Spain. They were caused mostly by the growing discontent in Madrid about the rising costs of bread and other foods, they were triggered by a series of measures regarding Spaniards' apparel that had been represented by Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marqués de Esquilache, a Neapolitan minister that Charles favored. -
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Jovellanos
Jovellanos was the main figure of the age of Enlightenment in Spain. In 1801,he was accused of introducing a copy of "El contrato social" into Spain. -
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Floridablanca
He was a Spanish statesman and minister to Charles III and Charles IV of Spain. He took an important role in elimate the jesuits. Charles III granted him the title of count of Floridablanca. -
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Charles IV
Was King of Spain. He turned the government over his wife and his lover. He was forced to give his throne to his son. After some years both of them were dethroned by Napoleón. -
Execution of Louis XVI
On July 14, 1789, violence emerged when Parisians stormed the Bastille. In June 1791, the royal pair were forced to flee to Austria. In August 1792, the royal couple was arrested and put in the jail. Louis was condemned to death. On January 21, he walked to the guillotine and he was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette, was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she went with her husband to the guillotine. -
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War of the Pyrenees
In 1793, a Spanish army stayed on the Eastern of the Pyrenees. The French army drope the spanish back to Catalonia. The French army began to win and on several years they controlled a portion of Spain. Spain gave part of Santo Domingo. -
Treaty of San Ildefonso (Main one)
There were several agreements that were called Treaty of San Ildefonso, because they were signed in the Royal Palace of San Ildefonso, but it is this one of 1800 that supposed the loss by Spain of the extensive territory of the Louisiana. There were several treaties of san Ildefonso, but the most important was made with France.
Treaty of San Ildefonso consist on, preliminary agreement by which Spain ceded Louisiana and the Duchy of Parma to France in exchange for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. -
Napoleon is crowned as emperor
Napoleon was already the dictator of France. On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself as an emperor, and made Josephine empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. During the coronation he took the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself. -
Battle of Trafalgar
The British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Although Lord Nelson was killed in the battle, he was largely credited for defeat Napoleon’s plans to concentrate a fleet in the Channel for the invasion of Britain. -
Abdications of Bayonne
The Abdications of Bayonne were a series of forced abdications of the Kings of Spain. Napoleon forced Charles IV and Ferdinand VII to abdicate and were captured in Bayonne. Napoleon entitled his brother, Joseph, as King of Spain led to the Peninsular War. Napoleon was eventually forced to release Ferdinand, and, on December 11, 1813, he chose Ferdinand as the King of Spain. -
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Peninsula War
It was part of the Napoleonic Wars. It was a war between France and Great Britain, Spain, Portugal. This war started when Spain and France occupy Portugal and then France turned into Spain. -
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Joseph I
He was the older brother of Napoleón, who made him King of Spain. Spanish people didn´t want him, so hes abandon and Ferdinand VII was restored as the King. -
The Treaty of Fontainebleau
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement established in Fontainebleau, France between Napoleon I and representatives from the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Prussia. The treaty was signed at Paris by the plenipotentiaries of both sides, and ratified by Napoleon on 13 April. With this treaty, the allies ended Napoleon's rule as emperor of France and sent him into exile on Elba. -
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Ferdinand VIII (First period)
He was King of Spain, but he was forced to abdicate because of napoleon but he returned because people didn´t like Joseph. He restored royal absolutism. -
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Ferdinand VII (second period)
He persecute all those who had collaborated with the French. There was a revolt and people revolt or stayed neutral. The frightened Ferdinand gave in and in March took the oath to the constitution. -
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Ferdinand VII (third period)
He restored Ferdinand to the throne. They gave up and freed Ferdinand. His rule became less harsh and liberals were back to the country -
Riego's pronunciamento
The Riego’s pronunciamento, was a military "coup d'etat", carried out by the commander Rafael de Riego on January 1, 1820 in Cabezas de San Juan, Sevilla. The pronunciamiento was among the officers of the troops that had to fight against the American uprising. After the emergence of a proclamation the constitution was restored. -
Cien mil hijos de San Luis
King Ferdinand VII asked France for help to fight the liberals and restore absolutism.The French army intervened with the help of the Duke of Angouleme, who put himself in charge of the One Thousand Sons of St. Louis.This ended with a pact in which Ferdinand VII pledged to defend the freedom of the Spaniards according to the constitution of 1812. -
Salic Law
It was a rule of succession in certain royal and noble families of Europe, forbidding women to succeed to the titles or offices in the family. This law was abolished by Ferdinard VII with a pragmatic sanction. This sanction allowed his daughter, Isabella, to be queen after his death. Carlos was against this sanction and claimed for his rights. This brought the Carlist War. -
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Isabella I
She was queen of Spain. She came to the throne as an infant. Her succession was diputed by the Carlists who refuse to recognize a women sovereign, this led to the Carlists was. At the end his son became the King. -
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First Carlist War
It was a civil war with the Carlist figthing in the name of the Bourbons against Queen Isabelle II in favoure of ultraconservative religious and political values over the relative liberalism.Thi conflicts led to more. -
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Second Carlist War
It was a short civil war between the Catalonians from Carlist against the government. It was spread to Galicia. -
Spanish Glorious Revolution
It was a revolution started by the Spanish liberal movement as an answer to the increasingly conservative and dictatorial monarchy of Isabella II. As a result, Queen Isabella II was dethroned. Leaders of the revolution eventually recruited Amadeo of Savoy as king. His reign lasted two years, and he was replaced by the first Spanish Republic. Until leaders in 1875 proclaimed Isabella's son, as King Alfonso XII in the Bourbon Restoration. -
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Amadeus of Savoy
He was an Italian Prince. He reign briefly as King of Spain. He was elected as Spanish Monarch following the deposition of Isabella II. There were rebellions and also the Cuban Independence so he finally returned to his country. -
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Third Carlist War
Carlist forces wan to occupy some parts of spain and they want some support. They proclamed the restoration of the fueros abolished at the beginning of the 18th century -
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First Republic
Was characterised by instability and violence. The first republic was governed by 4 distinct presidents. And Francisco Serrano led a unified republic. -
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The cuban war
Was the last of three liberation wars, the other two beeing the Ten years war. It scalated to the Spanish-American war. Ended with the Spanish colonial rule in the Americas.
