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Charles IV became King of Spain
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Napoleon enters Spain
Godoy was a very important minister of Charles IV but he supported Napoleon in the war against Britain -
Battle of Trafalgar
Some north European countries (mainly Britain) wanted to defeat Napoleon's empire (involves Spain and France) and they actually did in the Battle of Trafalgar -
Treaty of Fontainebleau
It is an agreement signed between Spain and France which allowed France to go through Spain in order to get to Portugal -
Napoleon reaches Lisbon
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Spanish War of Independence
The people in Madrid claimed in public that they rejected everything from Napoleon and he himself. That is why Spanish War of Independence started -
Joseph Bonaparte became King of Spain
Joseph Bonaparte is now the new king of Spain even though anyone in Spain at least in Madrid wanted neither him nor his brother Napoleon. All this happened after Napoleon made Charles IV abdicate -
Battle of Bailen
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Central committee was established
Central committee was established to organize everything because there was no "king" -
The Very First Spanish Constitution
It was made in the cortes of Cadiz and it established the next things (among others, these are the most important ones) :
constitunional monarchy
Popular sovereignty with limited male suffrage
Separation of powers
Equality and freedom -
Napoleon abdicates once France has definetely been defeated by Spain
Bye bye France... ;)
