Chronology
Chronology
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- 1640-1652
- War of the Reapers.
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- 1659
- Treaty of the Pyrenees.
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- 1687-1689
- Revolt of the Barretines.
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- 1700
- November 11. Death of Charles II.
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- 1701
- April 14. Philip V enters Madrid.
- September 7. Establishment of the Grand Alliance (England, Holy Roman Empire and United Provinces).
- October 12. Opening of the Catalan Courts, with Philip V in Barcelona.
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- 1702
- January 14. The Courts convened by Philip V close.
- May 15. The Grand Alliance declares war on Louis XIV.
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- 1703
- May 16 – November 18. Portugal and Savoy join the Grand Alliance.
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- 1704
- March 7. Archduke Charles disembarks at Lisbon, and the Peninsular War begins.
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- 1705
- June 20. Treaty of Genoa between the Catalan Austriacists and England.
- October 9. Allied victory in Barcelona.
- November 7. Archduke Charles enters Barcelona.
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- 1706
- April 3 – May 12. Bourbon siege of Barcelona.
- July 2. Having been recognised as sovereign over all the territories of the Crown of Aragon, Charles launches his first campaign in Castile and enters Madrid, where he is proclaimed king (Charles III).
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- 1707
- March 22. Charles III is forced to abandon Madrid and returns to Barcelona.
- April 25. Bourbon victory at the Battle of Almansa.
- June 28. Decree abolishing the fueros (privileges) of Valencia and Aragon.
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- 1708
- August 1. Royal wedding in Barcelona between Charles III and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick.
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- 1709
- April. Louis XIV’s troops withdraw from the Peninsula, and peace talks begin. The talks fail.
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- 1710
- July 27. Allied victory at the Battle of Almenar.
- September 28. Charles III enters Madrid for the second time.
- November 9. Charles III is forced to leave Madrid once more.
- December 8. Allied forces are defeated at Brihuega as they withdraw to Catalonia.
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- 1711
- April 17. Death of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- December 22. Charles leaves Catalonia to be crowned as Emperor Charles VI.
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- 1712
- August. France and Spain sign the armistice with England and begin peace negotiations.
- September. English troops abandon Catalonia.
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- 1713
- March 19. Empress Elisabeth of Brunswick leaves Barcelona.
- April 11. Treaty of Utrecht.
- June 22. Treaty of L’Hospitalet to evacuate imperial troops and the viceroy, the Count of Starhemberg.
- July 25. The Bourbon troops led by the Duke of Popoli lay siege to Barcelona.
- August 11 – October 5. Expedition led by the Generalitat military deputy, Antoni Francesc de Berenguer.
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- 1714
- March 6. Treaty of Rastatt.
- May 17. Battle of the Capuchin Monastery.
- July 6. The Duke of Berwick replaces the Duke of Popoli in leading the siege of Barcelona.
- August 12. First Bourbon attempt to storm the city.
- August 13-14. Battle of the Bastion of Santa Clara.
- September 4. The Catalan authorities decide to continue the resistance in Barcelona.
- September 11. Barcelona falls into the hands of the Bourbon armies.
- September 13. The Duke of Berwick enters Barcelona.
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- 1718-1719
- Paramilitary actions led by the Miquelet Pere Joan Barceló, el Carrasclet, against the Bourbon authorities and troops.
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- 1725
- April 30. Treaty of Vienna between Emperor Charles VI and Philip V.
