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HISTORY OF ANDALUSIA

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  • 2500 BCE

    First metalworking

    First metalworking
    Since the times of the first metalworking the land between tow oceans and two continents.
  • 1100 BCE

    Kingdom of Tartessos

    Kingdom of Tartessos
    They settle in southern Spain influenced by the Phoenician and the Greek.
  • 900 BCE

    Phoenician settle the Iberian peninsula

    Phoenician settle the Iberian peninsula
    Found Cádiz
  • 800 BCE

    Foundation of Hispalis

    Foundation of Hispalis
  • 264 BCE

    Begin of the Punic War (1st)

    Begin of the Punic War (1st)
  • 218 BCE

    2nd Punic war

    During the 2rd Century BC the Romans beat the Carthaginian in the two Punic Wars.
  • 210 BCE

    Romans settle in Andalusia

    Romans settle in Andalusia
    They found and dominate for 700 years the Baetica province
  • 476

    Foundation of the Visigoth kingdom

    Foundation of the Visigoth kingdom
    It was a prosperous period
  • 711

    Arabs arrive in Spain

    Arabs arrive in Spain
    It was an importan period in the Iberian peninsula. Trade, science, handicraft and arts experience a long succeedful period.
  • Jan 2, 1492

    Capitulation of King Boabdil

    Capitulation of King Boabdil
    The last Moor king Boabdil hands over the city of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Fernando in January 1492 and moves to the Alpujarra mountains.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus reaches the West Indians

    Columbus reaches the West Indians
    With the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus begins the golden age of Andalusia.
  • 1503

    Seville an important city

    Seville an important city
    Seville becomes the main place for all trading activities with the West Indies and the cultural center of Spain.

  • Spanish War of Succession

    Spanish War of Succession
    The 18th Century begins with the Spanish War of succession, in whose process Gibraltar becomes British.

  • Wars against Napoleon

    Wars against Napoleon
    The 19th Century Andalusa is involved in the Napoleonic Wars, which impacts the entire continent

  • First Spanish Constitution

    First Spanish Constitution

  • First Spanish Republic

    First Spanish Republic
    The first republic is restored after two years by the monarchy

  • Restauration of the monarchy under Alfonso XII

    Restauration of the monarchy under Alfonso XII

  • Second Republic

    Second Republic
    After the dictatorship of Primo de Riveras follows the Second Republic

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    Spain does not participate in the two World Wars, but since 1936 the Civil War destroys large parts of the country. In his consequence the victorious general Franco governs the country up to his death in the year 1975

  • Juan Carlos I. King of Spain

    Juan Carlos I. King of Spain
    The coronation of King Juan Carlos I and mainly the restauration of the democracy open new possibilities for the different regions

  • Andalusia, an autonomous region

    Andalusia, an autonomous region
    Andalusia receives the status of an autonomous region

  • Expo in Seville

    Expo in Seville
    The Universal Exposition of Seville