Timeline Monday 7 April 1823

Events on Monday 7 April 1823 1

• 1823 French invasion of Spain Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis restore Ferdinand VII A French army authorized by the Congress of Verona crossed into Spain to crush the liberal Trienio Liberal government and restore the absolute rule of King Ferdinand VII. French forces took Madrid and besieged Cadiz, where the liberal Cortes and the captive king were based. The campaign ended Spain's constitutional experiment and ushered in a decade of repressive absolutist rule.