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1875
 
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The return to Spain of Isabella's son, as Alfonso XII, offers an end to forty years of royal feuding       
1878
 
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The Ten Years' War ends in Cuba, with Spain promising extensive reforms including the abolition of slavery    See in Google maps   
1879
 
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The young daughter of an amateur archaeologist discovers the first known example of prehistoric art, in a cave at Altamira in Spain      
1883
 
    
Antoni Gaudí begins a life-long commitment to the building of a modern cathedral in Barcelona, El Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia       
1884
 
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Spain begins to colonize the Western Sahara, subsequently known as the Spanish Sahara      
1894
 
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The Basque Nationalist Party is founded, beginning more than a century of separatist unrest in northwest Spain      
1897
 
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The Spanish governor in Cuba is recalled to Spain, for pioneering the concept of the concentration camp   See in Google maps   
1898
 
   
The Philippines declare independence from the colonial power, Spain, with whom they are at war      
1898
 
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In the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, Spain cedes Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA    See in Google maps   
1898
 
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The agreement ending the Spanish-American War includes Spain selling the Philippines to the USA for a payment of $20 million