APPENDIX I.

PROVINCES OF SPAIN AND THEIR POPULATION IN 1877.

Provinces.Inhabitants. Per square
Kilometer.
Alava93,19130
Albacéte219,12214
Alicante408,15475
Alméria349,85441
Avila180,45723
Badajoz432,80919
Barcelona835,306108
Burgos332,46123
Cacéres306,59415
Cadiz430,15859
Castellon283,96145
Ciudad-Real260,64113
Cordova385,58228
Corunna595,58575
Cuenca237,49714
Gerona299,00251
Granada477,71937
Guadalajara201,28816
Guipúzcoa167,20788
Huelva210,64120
Huesca252,16517
Jaën422,97232
Leon350,21022
Lerida285,29723
Logroño174,42534
Lugo410,38742
Madrid593,77577
Malaga500,23168
Murcia451,61139
Navarre304,18429
Orense388,83555
Oviedo576,35254
Palencia180,78522
Pontevedra451,946100
Salamanca285,50023
Santander235,29944
Saragossa400,26623
Segovia149,96121
Seville505,29136
Soria153,65415
Tarragona330,10552
Teruel242,29617
Toledo334,74423
Valencia679,03060
Valladolid247,45331
Vizcaya189,95486
Zamora250,00423
16,053,96132
Balearic Isles289,03560
Canaries280,38837
16,623,38433
In area of surface Spain ranks the5th of European States.
In number of population 7th"
In density of population to the square mile14th"
In extent of colonies 5th"
Rates of women to men, 1044 to 1000.
The infantile mortality is said to be 24½ per cent. in first year.
Expectation of life at 2 years old is said to be 49 years; the average 41.

APPENDIX II.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF SPANISH HISTORY.

A.D.
Visigoth kings rule from414 to 711
Entry of Moors, battle of Guadelete, death of last Visigothic king31 July, 711
Reconquest begun by Pelayo at Covadonga in the Asturias719
Toledo captured by Alphonso VI.1085
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa1212
Final union of Leon and Castile1230
Alphonso X. (Law Codes: The Fuero Real and Las Siete Partidas)1252
Union of Aragon with Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella1474
Inquisition established (first Auto de Fé, 1488)1484
Conquest of Granada1492
Discovery of America1492
Expulsion of Moors from Castile, 1501; from Granada1502
Conquest of Naples and Sicily1504
Austrian Dynasty:—Philip I. and Joanna1504
Charles I. (Emperor of Germany, Charles V.)1516
War of Comunidades of Castile, Battle of Villalar1521
Battle of Pavia, Francis I. prisoner1525
Capture of Tunis1535
Abdication of Charles I.1556
Philip II.:—Greatest extension of Spanish monarchy, comprising
Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia,
Milan, Roussillon, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Franche-Comté, Tunis, Oran, the Canaries, Fernando
Po, St. Helena, The Americas, Philippine Isles, &c.
Insurrection of Low Countries1566
First rebellion and expulsion of Moriscos1568
Battle of Lepanto1571
League of Provinces and independence of Holland,25 Jan., 1579
Conquest of Portugal (1580-1640)1580
Defeat of Armada1588
Death of Philip II.1598
Final expulsion of Moriscos1609
Insurrection of Catalonia1640
Loss of Portugal1640
Battle of Rocroy1643
Peace of the Pyrenees and marriage of Louis XIV.1659
Death of Charles II., last of Austrian dynasty29 Oct., 1700
Bourbon Dynasty:—War of Succession between Archduke Charles and Philip V., 1701-13
Loss of Gibraltar1704
Treaty of Utrecht1713
Salic Law voted in Cortes1713
Abolition of Constitution of Catalonia1716
Charles III.1759
Family Pact1761
Expulsion of Jesuits1767
Siege of Gibraltar1782
Charles IV.1788
Godoy, Prince of Peace1795
Battle of Trafalgar1805
Abdication of Charles IV.1808
Ferdinand VII., Renunciation at Bayonne1808
Joseph Bonaparte, King (1808-14)
Uprising of Spain2 May, 1808
Peninsular War, 1808-14
Expulsion of French1814
Cortés of Cadiz, suppression of Inquisition, of Feudal Rights, and establishment of Constitution1812
Return of Ferdinand VII., Inquisition re-established, and Constitution abolished1814
Insurrection of Riego, new Constitution (1820-23)1820
Invasion of French, violation of Constitution1823
Loss of American colonies.
Buenos Ayres1811
Chili1818
Columbia1819
Mexico1821
Peru1824
Absolutism till death of Ferdinand VII. (1823-33).
Birth of Isabella II., abolition of Salic Law, expulsion of Don Carlos1830
Death of Ferdinand VII.1833
Regency of Christina, the queen-mother, 1833; expelled 18401833
First Carlist War, 1833-39.
Majority of Isabella II.1844
War with Morocco1860
Insurrection and expulsion of Isabella1868
Provisional Government, 1868-701868
Amadeo I., November, 1870, to February, 18731870
Republic, Cantonalist insurrections1873
Second Carlist War, 1873-76.
Alphonso XII.Dec., 1874
Don Carlos entered France, February, 18761876
Abolition of Basque Fueros1876
Downfall of Cánovas del Castillo1881