the 19th century. From Liberals to Liberal Fusionist Party 1808-12: Until 1839 the Spanish liberals were not organized in a well-established party, but formed their own factions. During the War of Independence and the Constitution of Cádiz the term Liberals (Liberales, 1812-1820) was used to describe the diverse range of currents influenced by the Enlightenment and French Revolution and united in rejecting the absolutism of the Bourbon monarchy. 1820-39: Between 1820 and 1839 the Liberals split into two factions. The 'Radicals' (Exaltados), known as Veinteanistas (Supporters of 1820) were inspired by French Jacobinism and Radicalism and wished to draft a new more progressive constitution based on universal suffrage; the 'Moderates' (Moderados), closer to classical liberalism, were known as Doceanistas (Supporters of 1812) as they wished simply to restore the more limited constitution of 1812. 1839-1879: Finally in 1839 most of the Radicals and Moderates organized themselves into a loose parliamentary group known as the Progressives (Progresistas, 1839-1880), led by people like Baldomero Espartero, Salustiano Olózoga, Juan Prim, Práxedes Sagasta and Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la Torre. Out of this current various factions splintered off to form successor parties: the in 1843, the ⇒Democratic Party in 1854 the ⇒Liberal Union; in 1869 the Democratic Radical Party; in 1879 the ⇒ Democratic Progressive Party. 1880: The majority of Liberal currents united in the Fusionist (i.e. merged) Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Fusionista), led by Sagasta, though some more Radical factions remain outside the party 1882: A left-wing faction of the party established the ⇒ Dynastic Left, most of its members returned between 1884 and 1886 to the Liberal Fusionist Party 1890: The ⇒ Possibilist Democratic Party joined the party 1907: A left-wing faction of the party seceded as the ⇒ Monarchist Democratic Party 1918: A faction seceded as the ⇒ Liberal Left 1923: The party disappeared due to the Miguel Primo de Rivera coup Democratic Party 1843: The left-wing of the ⇒ Progressives established the Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata) as a rally of left-wing liberals and moderate socialists 1868: The republican wing formed the ⇒ Federal Republican Party 1871: The party disappeared and remnants of the party continue as a monarchist party Liberal Union 1854: Moderate ⇒ progressives established the Liberal Union (Unión Liberal), led by Leopoldo O'Donnell 1868: The party merged with the conservative Moderates into the Liberal Conservative Party Federal Republican Party 1868: The republican wing of the ⇒