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House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

Timeline of Events

1707

4.25.1707

The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.

1793

12.23.1793

The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendée during the French Revolution.

1848

1.12.1848

The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.