King Ferdinand VII abolishes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1812" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spanish Constitution of 1812">Spanish Constitution of 1812</a>, returning Spain to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Absolute monarchy">absolutism</a>.<sup about="#mwt74" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_4#cite_note-11" id="mwaw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwbA">[11]</span></a></sup>
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