1771. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


1771

Charles created a new order of nobility open to the bourgeoisie.	1

1773

Mutiny in Barcelona after a system of selecting one of every five men by lot to serve in the army (the quinta) was introduced. It was suspected immediately.	2

1779, June

Spain joined France in the War of American Independence against Britain (See 1776–83).	3

1780

Education reorganized. Only members of the teaching guild allowed to teach in Spain. This measure demonstrated the growing interest in education through the end of the 18th century.	4

1783

Declaration indicating that labor did not demean either the family or person who performed it.	5

1785

The title hidalgo restricted to those who earned it through their merits.	6

1785

Archive of the Indies founded in Seville.	7

1790

King began awarding prizes in manufacturing and exporting.	8

1793

Godoy presented with a memorial by disciples of the Pestalozzi method of education (See 1734, 1737). (Pestalozzi was a Swiss educator.) Godoy had established the Royal Pestalozzi Institute, but the memorial did little to further the cause.	9

March 7

FRANCE DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN (See Feb. 1). Spain allied itself with Great Britain (March 13) and invaded Roussillon and Navarre. The French took the offensive, invading Catalonia and Guipúzcoa (1794–95).	10


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