A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . MazauletCarcassonne / I i\ Maladetta jii;.™.l-Xongitude 77 East fioiiv--^—.,M>-. 530 THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR Revolution in Spain. — After a revolution which resulted inthe flight of Queen Isabella from Spain, a war of faction , the second son of the King of Italy, accepted thecrown, but was compelled to abdicate. Don Carlos, son of thefirst cousin of the late Queen, began a contest in the north, andfor a while was successful in his efforts to raise himself topower. Alfonso, the youthful son of Isabella, was, h
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . MazauletCarcassonne / I i\ Maladetta jii;.™.l-Xongitude 77 East fioiiv--^—.,M>-. 530 THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR Revolution in Spain. — After a revolution which resulted inthe flight of Queen Isabella from Spain, a war of faction , the second son of the King of Italy, accepted thecrown, but was compelled to abdicate. Don Carlos, son of thefirst cousin of the late Queen, began a contest in the north, andfor a while was successful in his efforts to raise himself topower. Alfonso, the youthful son of Isabella, was, however,proclaimed king by General Campos; the army pronounced inhis favor, and Don Cq^rlos driven out of the country. Alfonsodied in 1885. In 1886 his son, the infant King Alfonso XIII.,attained to the throne. The Ottoman Empire. — In 1875 certain Turkish provincesaided by the little independent kingdom of Montenegro, andby Servia, rebelled against the intolerable oppression of theSultan. The three European emperors moved the Sultan topledge himself to an extensive programme of reforms in therevolted provinces — a pledge which there was no in
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