Spain in the XIX century by low-key vic

King Carlos IV

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 16:08:02 UTC

He didn't agree with the ideals of the French Revolution, and joined an international coalition to fight against France, but the later defeated Spain in the France Convention (1793-1795).

(1808-1825) Independence of the American colonies

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(1808) Napoleonic invasion

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José ''Pepe Botella'' Bonaparte

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Napoleon forced Fernando VII and Carlos IV to abdicate in favour of him, after the population called of the king and the prime minister, Manuel Godoy.

(1808-1814) War of Independence

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 16:29:07 UTC

(1812) Cádiz Constitution

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 16:31:13 UTC

It subscribed to national sovereignty, division of powers, universal male suffrage and more. Most importantly, its laws were made to abolish the Ancient Regime,.

Fernando VII ''The Desired''

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 16:31:40 UTC

But he was rather considered ''Undesired'' for all the following things:

(1814-1820) El sexenio absolutista

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:07:02 UTC

After he became the king, he dissolved the Cortes and annulled the constitution, and made the Ancient Regime to come back.

(1820-1823) Trienio liberal

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:10:48 UTC

Colonel Riego led a pronunciamiento which forced the king to accept the Constitution of Cádiz, which started this triennium where all the lost rights were restored.

(1823-1833) La década ominosa

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:18:38 UTC

Fernando VII got back his absolut power and the Ancient Regime, this time facing a few problems which only got worse when he named his new born daughter, Isabel, the heir for the crown instead of his brother Carlos María Isidro.

Isabel II

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:27:17 UTC

She was three years old when his father named her the queen, so her mother, María Cristina, became regent.

(1833) First Carlist War

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:30:31 UTC

Her uncle, Carlos, declared war in which he lost after seven years to the Isabelinos, and then signed a peace treaty with the Embrace of Vergara and then went into exile to France.

Constitution of 1837

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 17:42:37 UTC

During the regency of María Cristina, she was forced to become progressive; the Ancient Regime and absolutism drifted away. And even if the Constitution of 1837 was approved, a lot of other things went incredibly wrong, as she was then forced to resign in 1840, and she left to France.

Espartero was regent for a little while before a pronunciamiento that made him resign, and he left to London.

(1844-1854) Década moderada

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 18:17:24 UTC

Isabell II is considered a grown up so she becomes the queen at 13 years old, with General Narvaez as her first minister, who centralized the Spanish liberal system (and made it conservative).

Constitution of 1845

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 18:18:54 UTC

This constitution was approved and stablished the sharing of the executive power between the Cortes and the queen, restricted suffrage and reduced some rights and freedoms.

(1854-1856) Progressive biennium

mantecadoicecream — 2024-02-07 19:01:03 UTC

The confiscation of Madoz and the Railway Law also took place during this period.

(1868-1875) Sexenio democrático

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Constitution of 1876.

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(1895-1898) War in Cuba and the Philippines

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(1888) Founding of UGT

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(1910) Founding of CNT

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