Murcia 18-19 Century

This victory marked a turning point in the War of Succession and began advancing the cause of Bourbon at the national level, culminating in the battle of Almansa.

During the 18th century, Murcia experienced significant economic expansion. The basis of this growth was rooted in an agricultural-based momentum, as well as the increase of the cultivated area.

Ruptures caused a greater length of the garden of Murcia and rain-fed crops in the field, something that led to the emergence of human settlements in these areas (the source of many of the existing districts).

During the civil war, the city remained loyal to the Republic until March 29, 1939 (two days before the contest), when the Fourth Division took Murcia Navarre.

After the end of the Franco dictatorship and the new territorial autonomies, the city became capital of the autonomous community of Murcia. Murcia has experienced an economic and demographic boom that has allowed it to emerge as the seventh Spanish municipality by population size.

Eighteenth Century

In the year 1705 Luis Moncada and was appointed bishop of Cartagena Belluga. In the context of the War of Spanish Succession was the architect of the triumph of the Bourbon cause in the city, which faced several Austrians who were pro-Regidors.

In 1706 Murcia organized the defens to advance the cause AUSTRAC in the southeast. Faced with a city surrounded by troops, Belluga ordered the intentional flooding of the garden to prevent Murcia from taking and organizing militia and defeated them at the Battle of the Garden of the bombs on the outskirts of Murcia.

In the late 18th century, the Murcian Monin Jose Redondo, conde de Floridablanca was appointed minister of Charles III. Floridablanca favored the land on which he was born, especially in the infrastructure such as canal Regueron, which diverted the river Guadalentin to flow into the Segura River downstream from Murcia and reduce potential flooding in the city.

Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

With the outbreak of the War of Spanish Independence in 1808, the city of Murcia was a Supreme Board sought to extend its authority throughout the kingdom of Murcia in the absence of real power.

In 1810 they saw the entry of French troops from Sebastiani, and on April 24 the city was suddenly sacked. In January of 1812 the French troops of General Soult also entered the city. In the streets of San Nicolas was an encounter between soldiers and the militia of Soult General Martin of the Carrera, who died in that battle.

In 1863 trains began running between Murcia and Cartagena, and in 1865 the city was connected by a rail that led to Albacete and Madrid. The arrival of the means of transport was an urban extension to the south and further developed above Barrio del Carmen.

In the summer of 1873, the city joined the Canton Murciano, proclaimed in the cantonal uprising of Cartagena.

On October 15, 1879, what is known as the flood of Santa Teresa, took place. It is one of the largest floods in the history of Murcia, the region of Murcia, and the river Segura and produced nearly 800 deaths.

As the historian Rodriguez Llopis says, by the end of the century, there were 70,000 inhabitants in Murcia. Against this background of wealth, Murcia continued to have an important role in the silk trade; in fact, in 1770 it settled in the Real Fabrica de Murcia spun Sedas of Piedmont.

The buoyant economy was reflected in the arts and urbanism in the city. This was the era of Baroque churches and palaces and the sculptor Francisco Salzillo. The expansion led to the first human settlement on the right bank of the Segura, now known as the Barrio del Carmen.

In February 1820, after the uprising of irrigation, Viscount de Huertas orchestrated with farmers in the garden to assault some of the military in the prison in order to release political prisoners. In March, along with leading merchants, they forced the council to swear to the constitution of 1812.

With the creation of the current provinces in 1833, Murcia became capital of the same name, while the ancient kingdom of Murcia was divided into the provinces of Murcia and Albacete.