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Sucesivas sublevaciones contra María Cristina de las ciudades más importantes, obligaron finalmente a esta a abdicar, renunciando al ejercicio de la regencia y a la custodia de sus hijas, incluida la Reina Isabel, en favor del general (12 de octubre de 1840).
Se conoce por Sexenio Democrático el periodo de la historia de España transcurrido desde el triunfo de la revolución de septiembre de 1868 hasta el pronunciamiento de diciembre de 1874 que supuso el inicio de la etapa conocida como Restauración .
Como toda investigación histórica fundada en una metodología de carácter científico, en El Ballet Romántico en España (1840-1859) se exponen hechos inéditos de marcada relevancia, acaecidos durante el período objeto de estudio.
Los Escipiones Cneo y Publio Cornelio llegan con sus tropas a Hispania, se establecen en Tarraco y vencen a Hannón en la batalla de Cissa, a Himilcón en el Ebro y a Asdrúbal en Dertosa, pero son derrotados y muertos por Asdrúbal Barca, Magón Barca, Asdrúbal Giscón e Indíbil en el Betis.
- Background: from Alliance with France to The Peninsular War
- Reign of Joseph I
- Second Government of Spain – Cortes of Cádiz
- The Allied Victory
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The abdications of Ferdinand VII and Charles IV
Spain had been allied with France against Britain since the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1796. After the defeat of the combined Spanish and French fleets by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, cracks began to appear in the alliance, with Spain preparing to invade France from the south after the outbreak of the War of the Fourth Coalition. In 1806, Spain readied for an invasion in case of a Prussian victory, but Napoleon's rout of the Prussian army at the Battle of Jena-Auerst...
The installation of Joseph Bonaparte
Charles IV hoped that Napoleon, who by this time had 100,000 troops stationed in Spain, would help him regain the throne. However, Napoleon refused to help Charles, and also refused to recognize his son, Ferdinand VII, as the new king. Instead, he succeeded in pressuring both Charles and Ferdinand to cede the crown to his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. The head of the French forces in Spain, Marshal Joachim Murat, meanwhile pressed for the former Prime Minister of Spain, Manuel de Godoy, whose ro...
The French occupation
Murat established a plan of conquest, sending two large armies to attack pockets of pro-Ferdinand resistance. One army secured the route between Madrid and Vitoria and besieged Zaragoza, Girona, and Valencia. The other, sent south to Andalusia, sacked Córdoba. Instead of proceeding to Cádiz as planned, General Dupont was ordered to march back to Madrid, but was defeated by General Castaños at the Battle of Bailén on 22 July 1808. This victory encouraged the resistance against the French in se...
The Josephine State had its legal basis in the Bayonne Statute. When Ferdinand VII left Bayonne, in May 1808, he asked that all institutions co-operate with the French authorities. On 15 June 1808 Joseph, the elder brother of Napoleon was made King. The Council of Castile assembled in Bayonne, though only 65 of the total 150 members attended. The A...
In 1810, the Cortes of Cádiz was created, it operated as a government in exile. The Cortes Generales had to move from Seville to Cádiz to escape the French advance (The French enforced the Siege of Cádizfrom 5 February 1810 to 24 August 1812, and the port city never surrendered.). Its members disbanded and transferred its powers to a Council of Reg...
In March 1813, threatened by the Anglo-Spanish army, Joseph had left the capital and the Allied offensive intensified and culminated in the Battle of Vitoria in June. French troops were finally evicted from Spain following the conclusion of the Siege of San Sebastián in September 1813, so removing any possibility of a return. In December 1813, the ...
The Monument to the Fallen for Spain ( Spanish: Monumento a los Caídos por España) or the Monument to the Heroes of the Second of May ( Monumento a los Héroes del Dos de Mayo ), popularly known as el Obelisco ("the Obelisk"), is a war memorial in Madrid, Spain.
España es un país perteneciente a la segunda generación de países industriales, la cual abarca de 1840 a 1930. Tras esto, tardaría unos 25 años más que países de Europa y América del Norte en entrar en la segunda fase de la revolución industrial, ya que lo hizo de 1960 a 1973.
