Lecture: "The end of the Spanish Empire in the Pacific"
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- February 18, 2025
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Since the last third of the 19th century, a series of political changes have taken place in Spain, creating great instability not only in the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, but also in the so-called Spanish overseas provinces: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, the Island of Guam, the Marianas, the Carolinas, etc.
The conference by José Enrique Gil-Delgado will focus on covering the history of that period of time (1875 to 1900) in what were the Spanish provinces of the Pacific. The Philippine Islands will logically be the main topic on which the conference will focus, talking about their history, geography, political-religious organization, gastronomy, languages, the presence of Spanish in the administration, philately and numismatics, the first secessionist movements (the KATIPUNAN) and the three important military historical milestones that concluded with the "Treaty of Paris (December 10, 1898: The siege of Novaliches, the siege of Báler and the battle of Cavite, which led to the takeover of the archipelago by the United States. (May 1, 1898).
To conclude the conference, we will discuss a "geographical-political" curiosity related to the small archipelagos in the Pacific that, because they were not mentioned in the Treaty of Paris, in theory still belong to SPAIN today.
Day: Tuesday, February 18
Time: 19:30 h
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- Postal address Biblioteca de Castilla y León - Plaza de la Trinidad, 2. municipality of Valladolid . NaN. Valladolid