Polity · 1873 – 1874
First Spanish Republic
西班牙第一共和国
Polity · 1873 – 1874 · Century precision · 40.42° N, 3.70° W
The First Spanish Republic was the political regime of Spain from 11 February 1873 to 29 December 1874. It was founded after King Amadeo abdicated on 10 February, when a parliamentary majority of radicals, republicans and democrats proclaimed a republic. The brief republic was torn between federal and unitary ideas, and it legislated in its short life the end of compulsory conscription, the regulation of child labour and the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico. It inherited a state of war, the Third Carlist War running since 1872 and the Ten Years' War in Cuba since 1868, and the Cantonal Rebellion of 1873 added a third war on the federalists. In January 1874 General Manuel Pavía's coup ousted the government and gave way to a military dictatorship under General Francisco Serrano, and in December General Arsenio Martínez Campos proclaimed Alfonso XII king at Sagunto, ending the republic and opening the Bourbon Restoration.
Key facts
- Amadeo I abdicated on 10 February 1873 and a republic was declared the next day
- It was a parliamentary coalition of radicals, republicans and democrats
- It was riven between federalist and unitary republicans
- It ended compulsory conscription, regulated child labour and abolished slavery in Puerto Rico
- It inherited the Third Carlist War and the Ten Years' War in Cuba
- The Cantonal Rebellion broke out in 1873 and the 1874 Pavía coup brought Serrano's dictatorship
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Notable figures
- Estanislao Figueras
- Francisco Serrano
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