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Events on Saturday 19 March 1808 1
1808Aranjuez MutinyPopular uprising forces Charles IV of Spain to abdicateA riot at the royal palace of Aranjuez, fueled by resentment against chief minister Manuel de Godoy, forced King Charles IV of Spain to dismiss Godoy and abdicate the throne. His son Ferdinand VII succeeded him, but the crisis left the Spanish crown vulnerable to Napoleon's intervention weeks later.