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The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment ( Spanish: Ilustración) came to Spain in the 18th century with the new Bourbon dynasty, following the death of the last Habsburg monarch, Charles II, in 1700.
The presence of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea dates from the late 18th century, and it was adopted as the official language when independence was granted in 1968. Spanish is widely spoken in Western Sahara , which was a protectorate/colony of Spain from the 1880s to the 1970s.
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'18th century' aparece también en las siguientes entradas: In the English description: baroque - Black Hole of Calcutta - Blackbeard - enlightenment - French and Indian War - Georgian - Illuminati - industrial revolution - macaroni - Revolutionary War - Robinson Crusoe - Rococo
One must remember that Spain in the 18th century was in a period of political, military, economic, and cultural decline. This climate led to a self-imposed ostracism.
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason and science. The British colonist Benjamin Franklin gained fame on both sides of the Atlantic as a printer, publisher, and scientist. He embodied Enlightenment ideals in the British Atlantic with his scientific experiments and philanthropic endeavors ...
History of Latin America - Spanish America, Bourbons, Revolution: A series of important changes occurring in Spanish America in the 18th century is often associated with dynastic changes in Spain—the replacement of the Habsburgs, who had ruled Spain since the early 16th century, by a branch of the French Bourbons in 1700.
Among transcribed works a useful starting point for the early Spanish Caribbean is the volume of Juan Bautista Muñoz’s manuscripts edited by Roberto Marte. 32 Muñoz was mainly responsible for creating the AGI in the late 18th century, bringing together Indies-related records from several sources (including the archives of the Casa de la ...