1823 in Spain

Events in the year 1823 in Spain.

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Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	Other events of 1823 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand VII^[1]
• Prime Minister: Víctor Damián Sáez (starting 19 November)

Events

• January 23 - secret treaty signed at Verona, Italy, allowing French intervention in Spain to restore Ferdinand VII to absolute rule ^{[citation needed]}
• January 28 - King Louis XVIII of France announces creation of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis^{[citation needed]}
• February - French legislature, controlled by Ultra-Royalists vote to support the intervention^{[citation needed]}
• April 6 - French cross the river Bidasoa on the Franco-Spanish border^{[citation needed]}
• April 7 - French troops enter Spain mostly unopposed^[2]
• May 24 - French Troops take Madrid^[2]
• August 31 - Spanish liberal revolutionaries suffer a major defeat against the French at the Battle of Trocadero^[3]
• September 23 - Cadiz falls to the French, ending the liberal revolution and restoring Ferdinand VII to the throne^[3]

Births

Main article: births in 1823

Further information: Category:1823 births

Deaths

• November 7 - Rafael del Riego, liberal politician, general and revolutionary; executed by Ferdinand VII for leading the liberal revolution against him (b. 1784)^[4]