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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between the 1812 constitution's liberal principles and the absolutism personified by the rule of Ferdinand VII, who repealed the 1812 Constitution for the first time in 1814, only to be forced ...
During the War of the Spanish Succession, a European coalition tried to keep Spain out of French hands. The War of the Austrian Succession grew out to an almost pan-European land war, spreading to colonies in the Americas and India. [94] War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), after the death of king Charles II of Spain
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Austrian Habsburgs .
1648–1659 Franco-Spanish War – 108,000 killed in action [1] 1648–1657 Khmelnytsky Uprising; 1651 Kostka-Napierski Uprising; 1651–1986 Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War; 1652–1674 Anglo-Dutch Wars; 1653 Swiss peasant war of 1653; 1654 First Bremian War; 1654–1667 Russo-Polish War; 1654–1660 English-Spanish War – 15,000 ...
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought between proponents of a Bourbon prince, Philip of Anjou, and the Austrian Habsburg claimant, Archduke Charles. After the wars were ended with the Peace of Utrecht, Philip V's rule began in 1715, although he had to renounce his place in the succession of the French throne. Spain entered a period of ...
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He was elected King as Amadeo I of Spain on November 3, 1870. He landed in Cartagena on November 27, the same day that Juan Prim was assassinated while leaving the Cortes. Amadeo swore upon the general's corpse that he would uphold Spain's constitution. He lasted two years, after which the parties formed the first Spanish Republic. That in turn ...
The Habsburg dynasty became extinct in Spain with Charles II's death in 1700, and the War of the Spanish Succession ensued in which the other European powers tried to assume control of the Spanish monarchy. King Louis XIV of France eventually lost the War of the Spanish Succession. The victors were Britain, the Dutch Republic and Austria.