The Catholic Kings

Isabel I and Fernando II were the Catholic Kings . They unified the divided Spain and they defeated the Muslim Empire. (1492) coincided whith America discovery. Also they have three childrens : Juana , María and Juan, that were kings of other countries.

THE REIGN OF JUANA I DE CASTILLA

• Juana ´´The crazy Queen`` this name come to the history of her marrriage whit Felipe ´´ The Handsoon`` unfaithful and abusive, in this times this was normal, but her perseverance became she queen ,(1505), although she was very unhappy all her reign.

LONDON TEATRYIn London, (1604) King Jacob I of England and King Philip III of Spain signed a perpetual peace , including an end to pirecy and the commitment that the British didn´t lend their support to the Dutch rebellion against Spanish rule, putting thus end the fighting between the two nations point.

Succesion WarThe War of Spanish Succession , which began in 1701 , the win after beating Felipe V troops , commanded by General Berwick, the Archduke Charles in the important and momentous battle of Almansa (Albacete , Spain ) . The triumph of this day will allow Carlos V seize much of Valencia and Aragon and Lleida , putting in time, the end point of the war .

Indepence WarIn Spain , the people of Madrid throng to the Royal Palace to prevent the French move to Bayonne to members of the royal family. The soldiers fired into the crowd to disperse . Before long, the capital of the kingdom becomes a battlefield. Late in the afternoon the rebellion is put down and the general Murat ordered the execution of many citizens. These facts lead to the fuse is lit throughout Spain and thus begins the War of Independence . Finally , the French will be expelled from Spain after the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813 and in October the Allies cross the Pyrenees harassing the French to ask for peace.

´´LA PEPA´´The Spanish Constitution of 1812.2 popularly known as La Pepa or The Constitution of Cadiz , 3 was enacted by the Parliament of Spain , extraordinarily gathered in Cadiz, on 19 March 1812. It has held great historical importance because it the first constitution promulgated in Spain , 4 in addition to being one of the most liberal of his time. Regarding the origin of his nickname, Pepa , is not yet clear , but it seems that was an indirect appeal after its repeal to refer to it , because it was enacted on the day of San José . It was officially in effect only two years since its enactment until its repeal in Valencia on May 4, 1814 .

CIVIL WARThe Spanish Civil War was a social , political and military conflict which would also impact later in an economic crisis that erupted in Spain after the partial failure of the coup on 17 and 18 July 1936 carried out by a part the army against the government of the Second Spanish Republic. After blocking the Strait and subsequent airlift that , thanks to the rapid cooperation of Germany and Italy , the rebel troops moved to the peninsula in the last weeks of July, 3 April began a civil war ending on April 1, 1939 with the last part of war signed by Francisco Franco , declaring victory and establishing a dictatorship that lasted until his death in 1975 .

Spanish ConstitutionBorn of legal reform by the Spanish Parliament that led to the law for political reform , and the result of negotiations between the various political parties that emerged after the general elections in Spain in 1977; Magna Carta , reaching an agreement and where politicians participated representing the vast plurality of different political ideologies, This constitution welcomes the parliamentary monarchy as a political form of the State; assumes the assumption of the democratic, social and rule of law values , and the recovery of the territorial organization of the republican constitution of 1931 .