Spanish History XIX Century (1833-1902)

 

During the XIX century there were three Carlists wars. They were Civil Wars inside Spain. Some people say the fourth "carlist" war was the Spanish Civil War of the XX Century. 

The first Carlist war was a civil war between absolutists and liberals. It was between 1833 and 1840. The liberals were supported by France, United Kingdom and Portugal. The liberals or Isabel II won the war. 

First Carlist War

In 1868 there was a revolution called "La Gloriosa" and from that year 1868 to 1874 there was a period of democracy called "El Sexenio Democrático". The revolution known as La Gloriosa began in 1868 with the pronouncement of the Navy in Cádiz, under the command of Admiral Juan Bautista Topete and the army led by Generals Juan Prim and Francisco Serrano.