1823 in Spain
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Events in the year 1823 in Spain.
Incumbents
- King: Ferdinand VII[1]
- Prime Minister: Víctor Damián Sáez (starting 19 November)
Events
- January 23 - secret treaty signed at Verona, Italy, allowing French intervention in Spain to restore Ferdinand VII to absolute rule
- January 28 - King Louis XVIII of France announces creation of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
- February - French legislature, controlled by Ultra-Royalists vote to support the intervention
- April 6 - French cross the river Bidasoa on the Franco-Spanish border
- April 7 - French troops enter Spain mostly unopposed[2]
- May 24 - French Troops take Madrid[2]
- August 31 - Spanish liberal revolutionaries suffer a major defeat against the French at the Battle of Trocadero[3]
- September 23 - Cadiz falls to the French, ending the liberal revolution and restoring Ferdinand VII to the throne[3]
Births
Deaths
- November 7 - Rafael del Riego, liberal politician, general and revolutionary; executed by Ferdinand VII for leading the liberal revolution against him (b. 1784)[4]
References
- ^ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ferdinand VII". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 October 2021. Accessed 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b Goldstein, Eric (1992). Wars and Peace Treaties; 1816-1991. Routledge. pp. 3–4. doi:10.4324/9780203976821. ISBN 0-415-07822-9.
- ^ a b Kohn, George (1999). Dictionary of Wars (revised ed.). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 9781135955014.
- ^ "Rafael del Riego y Flórez". Real Academia de la historia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.