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1700 | King Charles II of Spain dies, setting the stage for the War of the Spanish Succession |
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1701 | War of Spanish Succession |
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1702 | 4 November - Queen Anne's War begins when the French and their Indian allies attack some New England settlements in the frontier GO ! |
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1703 | Archduke Charles proclaimed King of Spain in Madrid |
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1712 | Peace congress opens at Utrecht |
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1713 | 11 April - The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne's War |
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1718 | England declares war on Spain |
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1719 | France declares war on Spain |
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1724 | Philip V of Spain abdicates; his successor Luis I dies, Philip King again |
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1725 | Treaty of Vienna guarantees the Pragmatic Sanction |
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1729 | Treaty of Seville between France, Spain, and England |
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1731 | The infamous Rebecca Incident near Havanna Cuba sets the stage for the War of Jenkin's Ear |
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1731 | Treaty of Vienna between England, Holland, Spain, and the Holy Roman Emperor |
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1739 | War of Jenkins Ear begins
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1740 | War of the Austrian Succession |
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1742 | Peace of Berlin ends First Silesian War |
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1744 | King George's War (ends 1748) American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession GO ! |
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1744 | Second Silesian War begins |
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1746 | Philip V of Spain dies; succeeded by Ferdinand VI |
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1748 | 18 October - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends King George's War, restoring the status quo ante in the colonies; general recognition of Pragmatic Sanction and of Francis I as Holy Roman Emperor |
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1752 | Treaty of Aranjuez between Spain and the Holy Roman Empire |
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1754 | The Seven Years (French and Indian) War unofficially begins |
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1759 | King Ferdinand VI of Spain dies; succeeded by Charles II |
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1763 | The Seven Years war ends with the Treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg GO ! |
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1776 | March/May France and Spain secretly provide support to American colonists through fictitious companies |
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1779 | Spain declares war on Britian |
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1779 | 21 June - Spain enters the American colonist's war against Great Britain |
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1780 | Rebellion in Peru against Spanish rule |
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1795 | Treaty of San Lorenzo between U.S. and Spain settles boundary with Florida |
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1796 | Spain declares war on Britain |
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1804 | Spain declares war on Britain |
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1808 | Joseph Bonaparte becomes king of Spain, Joachim Murat becomes King of Naples |
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1808 | Rebellion in Madrid: King Joseph flees; Napoleon takes city |
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1809 | Ecuador gains independence from Spain |
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1810 | Venezuela breaks away from Spain |
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1811 | Paraguay independent of Spain |
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1818 | Chile proclaims its independence |
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1819 | Florida purchased by U.S. from Spain |
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1820 | Revolution in Spain - King Ferdinand VII forced to restore Constitution of 1812 |
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1821 | Peru proclaimed independent from Spain, followed by Guatemala, Panama, and Santo Domingo |
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1833 | Isabella II proclaimed Queen of Spain, with her mother Maria Christian as regent |
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1834 | Quadruple Alliance: Britain, France, Spain and Portugal |
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1834 | Carlist Wars begin in Spain |
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1843 | Military revolt in Spain drives General Espartero from power: Isabella II declared of age and Queen of Spain |
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1868 | Revolution in Spain; Queen Isabella II is deposed and flees to France |
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1870 | Bismarck's "Ems Telegram" |
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1870 | Isabella of Spain abdicates in favour of Alfonso XII |
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1870 | Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern accepts Span. throne but is forced to withdraw by the head of the House of Hohenzollern, King William I, following Fr. protest |
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1871 | William I, King of Prussia, proclaimed Ger. Emperor at Versailles, Peace of Frankfurt |
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1872 | Civil war in Spain - Carlists are defeated and Don Carlos escapes to France |
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1873 | Republic proclaimed in Spain |
