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Spain in the 19th century was a country in turmoil. Occupied by Napoleon from 1808 to 1814, a massively destructive "liberation war" ensued.Following the Spanish Constitution of 1812, Spain was divided between the 1812 constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced ...
The Moriscos were descendants of Spain's Muslim population that had converted to Christianity in the early 16th century. 1618: Thirty Years' War: The war, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history, [9] began. 1621: Philip IV of Spain was crowned. [10] 1640: Portuguese Restoration War: The war began. The Iberian Union was dissolved ...
Pages in category "19th century in Spain" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España) entered a new era with the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg monarch, who died childless in 1700. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between proponents of a Bourbon prince, Philip of Anjou, and the Austrian Habsburg claimant, Archduke Charles.
Byzantine incursion against Visigoth Spain (694/702/703) Location: Southern Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea Visigothic Kingdom: Byzantine Empire: Visigothic victory Theodemir success in the defense of the Visighotic Mediterranean coasts. Muslim incursions on the Balearic Islands (8th century–10th century) part of Arab–Byzantine wars
At the beginning of the 20th century, Spain was still mostly rural; most of the large-scale, modern industry existed as textile mills around Barcelona in Catalonia and in the metallurgical plants of the Basque provinces and some shipyards around the country. The loss of Cuba and the Philippines benefited Spain by causing capital to return and ...
On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.
This independence led to the development of new national boundaries based on the colonial provinces, which would form the future independent countries that constituted contemporary Latin America during the early 19th century. [28] Cuba and Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until the 1898 Spanish–American War.