2 October 1700Treaty of PartitionCharles II
Charles II's final will rejects partition by naming Philip of Anjou heir to the undivided monarchy.
Historical records for Spain in 1700, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Charles II's final will rejects partition by naming Philip of Anjou heir to the undivided monarchy.
Charles II signs his final will naming Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as heir to the Spanish monarchy.
Charles II signs a final will naming Philip of Anjou as heir to the Spanish monarchy.
Portocarrero helps direct the government after Charles II's death and before Philip V reaches Spain.
Charles II dies childless in Madrid, triggering the succession crisis that leads to European war.
Charles II dies childless, ending the Spanish Habsburg line.
Charles II dies childless at Madrid, ending the Spanish Habsburg line and triggering the succession crisis.
The death of Charles II ends nearly two centuries of Habsburg rule in Spain.
Cardinal Portocarrero becomes a leading figure in the government after Charles II's death.
Charles II's death without children opens the succession conflict over the Spanish monarchy.
Charles II's death makes the partition treaties obsolete and opens the Spanish succession dispute.
Maria Anna of Neuburg becomes the widow of Charles II after his death.
Philip of Anjou is proclaimed King of Spain as Philip V.
Charles II is buried in the royal pantheon at El Escorial.
Philip V claims the whole Spanish inheritance under Charles II's will.
Portocarrero helps steer the Spanish council toward acceptance of the Bourbon succession.
Philip V becomes the first Bourbon monarch of Spain.
The Crown of Castile accepts Philip V as the heir named in Charles II's will.
Archduke Charles is advanced by the Austrian Habsburgs as a rival claimant to Spain.
Portocarrero supports the acceptance of Philip of Anjou as Charles II's successor.
Spanish ministers begin issuing government business in the name of Philip V.
Philip V prepares to leave France for his new Spanish kingdom.
Philip V's accession alarms powers opposed to a Bourbon union of France and Spain.
Philip V assumes the royal style of King of Spain while still at Versailles.
Manuel Arias participates in high-level Spanish deliberations over the succession.
The Count of Oropesa represents a faction wary of French influence at the Spanish court.
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