Arsenio Martínez Campos in his later years

Arsenio Martínez Campos was a Spanish officer, who pronounced against the First Spanish Republic and was later Captain of Cuba. (Segovia, Spain, 14 December 1831 - Zarauz, Spain, 23 September 1900). Military and a politician, he took part in the wars in Africa, Mexico, Cuba and the last Carlist war. Flag of the Spanish First Republic The First Spanish Republic lasted only two years, between 1873 and 1874. ... Roman aqueduct in Segovia (19th Century view) Gothic Cathedral of Segovia Categories: Spain geography stubs | World Heritage Sites in Spain | Cities in Spain ... For other uses, see number 14. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s - 20s - 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s Years: 18 19 20 21 22 - 23 - 24 25 26 27 28 Events Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

On 1854 he was named member of the Mayor Spanish State (Estado Mayor). Later he would become professor in its academy. On 1860 he was destined to Africa, in a joint expedition alongside France and Britain, and also took part in the Mexican campaign of 1862 under General Juan Prim. A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Joan Prim, Spanish general and statesman Joan Prim, Marquis of los Castillejos, Count of Reus (December 12, 1814 – December 30, 1870), Spanish soldier and statesman, was the son of Lieut. ...

After the Revolution of 1868, he asked to be designated to Cuba, where he fought against the rebels in 1869, with a brilliant campaign which granted him the rank of brigadier. On 1872, he returned to Spain, where he backed the pronouncement by Manuel Pavía. Here, he took charge of several brigades to fight the Carlist risings with little success. After this, he was put in charge of the Valencian army, which had to face the independentists of Alicante and Cartagena. Brigadier is a rank in the British military, Australian Army, New Zealand Army, Canadian Armed Forces and several other Commonwealth armies ranking above Colonel and immediately below Major-General. ... Carlism was a conservative political movement in Spain, purporting to establish an alternative branch of the Bourbons in the Spanish throne. ... The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ... View on Alicante and the Mediterranean Alicante (Spanish) or Alacant (Valencian) is the capital city of the province of Alicante, in the south of the Valencian Country, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ... For other places of the same name, see Cartagena Cartagena is a seaport in southeast Spain on the Mediterranean Sea, in the autonomous community of Murcia. ...

The chaotic situation in which Spain was caused him to conspirate against the Republic and in favour of Alfonso XII, son of the exiled Isabel II. On the 29 December 1874, Martinez Campos pronounced in Sagunto Alfonso XII as King of Spain. Later he was named General Captain of Catalonia after defeating the carlists in Catalonia and Navarre. In the Restoration, he was destined to Cuba in 1876 as General Captain, and he signed a peace treaty (paz de Zanjón) in 1878 with a policy of granting Cuba more autonomy. Flag of the Spanish First Republic The First Spanish Republic lasted only two years, between 1873 and 1874. ... Alfonso XII of Spain (November 28, 1857 _ November 25, 1885), was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup detat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. ... Isabella II (October 10, 1830–1904), Isabel II in Spanish, was queen of Spain. ... For other uses, see number 29. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Saguntum, now Sagunt, (Castilian Sagunto) is an ancient city in the fertile district of Camp de Morvedre in the province of Valencia in eastern Spain. ... The Spanish monarchy, referred to as the Crown of Spain (Corona de España) in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the office of the King or Queen of Spain. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ... The Restoration was the name given to the period that began in 29 December 1874 after the First Spanish Republic ended with the restoration of the throne to Alfonso XII afer a coup detat by Arsenio Martínez Campos, and ended on the 14 April 1931 with the proclamation... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Returning to Spain, and after presiding over a conservative government in 1879 as Cánovas's puppet, he was forced to leave the Conservative Party, after he favoured granting total freedom to all races in Spain. He turned to the liberal lines, being Minister for War under Sagasta founding the Academia Militar General. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Antonio Cánovas del Castillo - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Práxedes Mateo Sagasta Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903) born on July 21, 1825 at Torrecilla de Cameros was a Spanish politician who was president of the government in eight occasions between 1870 and 1902. ...

On 1893 he was designated as general-in-chief of the African army, and achieved a peace treaty (peace of Melilla) with the Sultan of Morroco in 1894. The same year (1893), he suffered an assasination attempt. Two years later he returned to Cuba, but faced with the need to toughen the measures against the rebels, at the time backed by the United States, he left his post, and returned to Spain, where he was named president of the Supreme of War and Navy until his death in 1900. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Melilla, known in Arabic as مليلة, and in Tamazight as Tamlit is a Spanish autonomous city on the coast of eastern Morocco, in North Africa. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...