Juan Carlos I

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

7 dated entries naming Juan Carlos I, drawn from 6 separate years between 1938 CE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Juan Carlos, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Juan Carlos of Spain in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

1938January 5 – King Juan Carlos I of Spainsource
1962May 14 – Juan Carlos of Spain marries the Greek Princess Sophia in Athens.source
1969July 22 – Spanish dictator and head of state Francisco Franco appoints Prince Juan Carlos to be his successor as head of state following his death.source
1975October 30 – Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state after General Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern. His death on November 20 effectively marks the end of the dictatorship established following the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.source
1975November 22 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of General Francisco Franco; he will reign until his abdication in 2014.source
1981February 23 – 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt ("23-F"): Antonio Tejero, with members of the Guardia Civil, enters the Spanish Congress of Deputies and stops the session where Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo is about to be named president of the government. The coup fails after being denounced by King Juan Carlos.source

21st century

2014June 19 – Felipe VI becomes King of Spain upon the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I.source

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