Isabel de Farnesio, queen of Spain, second wife of Felipe V de Borbón and mother of Carlos III, was one of the most notable women of the 18th century . After the fall of the Habsburgs and the consolidation of the Bourbons, at the beginning of the century, a conflictive era opened up for Spain, of lo
The Spanish Civil War occurred between 1936 and 1939, caused by a climate of internal turmoil due to the countrys economic, political and social situation. There is a coup détat by General Primo de Rivera, in which measures are taken such as the suspension of the 1876 Constitution, the end of parli
Following the advice of his father, Carlos IV kept Floridablanca as chief minister. The Cortes, which were convened in September 1789 to recognize the heir to the throne, the future Ferdinand VII, heard a statement from Campomanes on agrarian reform, after which they were interrupted on the pretext
In Basel, the French Directory was relatively generous because it needed the Spanish navy, which was the third largest in the world. He returned to the traditional alliance of France and Spain against England, this started the alliance with Napoleon. This is the meaning of the San Ildefonso treaty (
The ever-increasing presence in Morocco forces an unbearable economic effort and throws the country into open war. More than 65,000 soldiers are sent there from 1912, when the protectorate is established. This is a conflict that nobody favors, except for the young officers of the Africanist army, wh
After the festive arrival of the new regime, a Provisional Government was formed, made up of conservative republicans such as its president, Alcalá-Zamora, centrists, such as Lerroux (Minister of State), or leftists, such as Azaña (Minister of War), even socialists like Francisco Largo Caballero (Wo
The reformist biennium It was a stage which began from the proclamation of the 14th of 1931 until the elections in November 1933 in which multiple changes and reforms took place in the state. The democratic path undertaken is evident both in the open holding of elections and in the process of draft
Alcalá Zamora and Torres (Niceto). First president of the Second Republic . He was born on July 6, 1877 in Priego (Córdoba). He studied law in Granada, where he was already a lawyer in 1893. He later obtained a doctorate in Madrid. In 1899, he entered the State Council. In 1905 he was elected deput
The conservative biennium spanned from November 1933 to February 1936. In the general elections held in November 1933 , in which for the first time, as a result of the 1931 Constitution, women exercise their right to vote, the CEDA wins. The result, however, is not broad enough to govern alone. In t
The Second Republic is a stage in the history of Spain which begins on April 14, 1931, the date of the proclamation of the Republic and ends on April 1, 1939 . In January 1930, he withdrew the confidence of all the sectors that had supported him. Primo de Rivera abandons power and moves to live in P
The Civil War has been the central episode of contemporary history. Misunderstandings and confrontations latent for decades led to it, and historical events that have developed since then have derived from it, including our most immediate present. It should not be understood, however, as some histor
Manuel Azaña Días was the second President of the Second Republic between the years 1936 – 1939. He was born on January 10, 1880 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). He studied Law in Madrid and Paris. His activity was divided between politics and letters. Between 1913 and 1920, he was secretary of the At
It is usually written that the House of Austria began to reign in Spain in 1516 with the advent of Carlos I. In reality, the first sovereign of the House of Austria was Felipe I el Hermoso, father of the Emperor . Philip I officially reigned for less than two years, from the death of Queen Elizabeth
The crisis of 1640 is known as a series of peninsular conflicts and others of an extra-peninsular nature. Among the internal conflicts, caused by the tensions between the Crown and the kingdoms and by a marked fiscal pressure, the following should be noted:Vizcaya riots against the levy of soldiers
The war of succession it was a conflict that lasted 12 years from 1701 to 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht. The testament of Carlos II did not provoke at first any opposition; All the sovereigns —with the exception of the Emperor— recognized the Duke of Anjou as King of Spain and, in April 1701, Feli
On his fourteenth birthday, on November 6, 1675, King Charles II came of age . The queen regent managed to extend the mandate of Valenzuela (valid of the queen regent Doña Mariana of Austria), who obtained more palatial positions as well as the greatness of Spain. However, relying on the discontent
In the mid-seventeenth century, the administrative organization of the American territories owed much to the contribution of the capital cities (Mexico and Lima) of the two viceroyalties (New Spain and Peru), which were capable of housing educational centers, of disseminating ideas, to promote cultu
The negotiations held in the city of Santa Fe not only served to close things in Granada, but also opened an exceptional page for the future:in the Capitulations of Santa Fe (April 17, 1492), the conditions of the agreement between the Catholic Monarchs and Christopher Columbus to reach the Indies f
In the second half of the 18th century, a new interest in continuing the exploration of the New World and expanding knowledge about the gigantic domains of the Spanish Crown in America developed in Spain. This phenomenon will cause a large sending of scientific expeditions, trips or commissions to A
Charles IIs testament favoring Philip of Anjou as successor to the Spanish throne as Philip V (1700-1746), included a clause that forced him to renounce the French crown, thereby avoiding the union of the two great European nations. However, Louis XIV issued letters patent to the Parliament of Paris
How many people in Japan have heard of a person named Numa? I dont know the name recognition in the world, but it is no exaggeration to say that there are few people who know it in Japan. But when I looked it up, this person was quite an excellent person. So this time, the story of Numa Pompil
Geographically Greece is a blessed and at the same time cursed place. Its position was, over the years, a trophy for all sorts of conquerors who wanted to control the passage to Asia or the Middle East, but also to gain access to the sea. By Giorgos Dymenos SOURCE:Gazzetta At the same time, th
Pedomazoma was the heaviest blood toll a nation was called upon to pay during foreign occupation. This is because his goal was not only to weaken the defeated but to strengthen the winner. Paedomazoma only sick brains like the Turks could have conceived as nothing similar, to this extent, has ev
The Vikings were people who inhabited Scandinavia, northern Europe, and who began incursions into different parts of the European continent from the 8th century onwards. The Vikings were a people who inhabited northern Europe (in Scandinavia), in a period known as the Viking Age, which spanned from