Timeline: Spanish History

Timeline: Spanish History

1714-1875

1868 - 1874

17-18th century

1833 - 1868

1788 - 1833

El Sexenio Democrático

The Bourbonic Reforms

Isabel II

Carlos IV and Fernando VII

Isabel II

When Isabel II inherited the crown, she was still a minor, so she had two regents: first, her mother María Cristina (1833–1840) and, then, General Espartero (1840–1843).

• Constitutions: Two constitutions were established during Isabel’s regency and reign. In 1837 and in 1845. They had a liberal system.

• Centralism: moderantism imposed a strongly centralised government.

• Desamortizaciones: land was expropriated by the state to be sold at public auction.

• Military victory over the Carlists: The Carlists supported absolutism, while Isabel’s supporters wanted a transition to moderate liberalism. This led to the First Carlist War (1833–1840), which was won by Isabel’s supporters.

• Establishment of a constitutional monarchy

• Two-party system. During Isabel II’s reign, there were two political parties that represented the two types of liberalism: the Moderate Party and the Progressive Party.

Fernando VII

The constituion ''la pepa''

Fernando made the restoration of absolutism in 1814. He also restored the Constitution of 1812. This marked the start of the Trienio Liberal, an unstable period because of conflict between moderate liberals and radical liberals and absolutists.Because of the Trienio Liberal, Fernando had to leave Spain and go to France.

The name of ''La Pepa'' became because it was sign the 19th March in Cádiz. The Constitution was moderate and it mark the end of absolutism. This made a separation between monarchy and religion. This Constitution failed beause it was illegal.

CArlos IV

guerrillas

Carlos IV’s reign began in 1788. When Napoleon came to power (1799), Spain’s new prime minister, Godoy, returned the alliances with France. Two years later, Godoy and Napoleon signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau. The heir to the throne, Fernando, was a personal enemy of Godoy’s so he therefore led an uprising, the Revolt of Aranjuez (1808).

The Spanish army’s first defeats led to the people forming guerrillas, armed groups that made surprise attacks on the French army. In 1814, after six years of extreme violence, pillaging and destruction, the French army withdrew from Spain.

kings

Felipe V (1700 - 1746) Luis I (1746) Fernando VI (1746 - 1759) Carlos III (1759 - 1788) Carlos IV (1788 - 1808) Fernando VII (1808; 1813 - 1833) Isabel II (1833 - 1868)

sexenio democrático

Spain had a democratic liberal regime, but severe political conflicts.

• The Revolution of 1868: General Juan Prim organised the Revolution of 1868, known as La Gloriosa. Isabel II went into exile in France and the Sexenio Democrático began. In 1869, Spanish Parliament approved a new constitution.

• The democratic monarchy under Amadeo I (1871–1873): The Constitution of 1869 established a democratic monarchy, but the Parliament did not want a Bourbon monarch. They selected Amadeo of Savoy, as the new king.

• The First Republic (1873–1874): There were four presidents during this 11-month period: Figueras, Pi I Margall, Salmerón and Castelar. However, none of them managed to resolve the political disagreement