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| 1771 |
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| Charles created a new order of nobility open to the bourgeoisie. | 1 |
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| 1773 |
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| Mutiny in Barcelona after a system of selecting one of every five men by lot to serve in the army (the quinta) was introduced. It was suspected immediately. | 2 |
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| 1779, June |
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| Spain joined France in the War of American Independence against Britain (See 1776–83). | 3 |
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| 1780 |
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| Education reorganized. Only members of the teaching guild allowed to teach in Spain. This measure demonstrated the growing interest in education through the end of the 18th century. | 4 |
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| 1783 |
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| Declaration indicating that labor did not demean either the family or person who performed it. | 5 |
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| 1785 |
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| The title hidalgo restricted to those who earned it through their merits. | 6 |
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| 1785 |
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| Archive of the Indies founded in Seville. | 7 |
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| 1790 |
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| King began awarding prizes in manufacturing and exporting. | 8 |
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| 1793 |
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| Godoy presented with a memorial by disciples of the Pestalozzi method of education (See 1734, 1737). (Pestalozzi was a Swiss educator.) Godoy had established the Royal Pestalozzi Institute, but the memorial did little to further the cause. | 9 |
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| March 7 |
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| FRANCE DECLARED WAR ON SPAIN (See Feb. 1). Spain allied itself with Great Britain (March 13) and invaded Roussillon and Navarre. The French took the offensive, invading Catalonia and Guipúzcoa (1794–95). | 10 |
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