History of Spain

PALEOLITHIC

100,000 BCE

Spain was populated with lots of all species of humans. That means a lot of art and culture preserved in our country. We can find firsts world art expressions in cave paintings where those humans used to represent animals and how were they hunt to give them luck. Also we've got some of the remains of some megalithic monuments that were used to remember the deaths, moreover they gave us new daily instruments made by ceramic and metals. They started to develop villages, agriculture and ranching.

NEOLITHIC

5500 BCE

We've got some of the remains of some megalithic monuments that were used to remember the deaths, moreover they gave us new daily instruments made by ceramic and metals. They started to develop villages, agriculture and ranching.

PRE-ROMANESQUE CIVILIZATIONS

800 BCE

Phoenicians brought the alphabet, the chicken and a new writing type. Greeks captured their art in some of their colonies. Carthaginian civilization inherited Phoenincian y Greek mines which used in their benefit. Spain was divided in Iberians, Celtics and celtiberians.

ROMAN EMPIRE

205

Romans conquered all the peninsula. Hispania,
put in a lot of things to Roman culture such as art, philosophy, olive oil, mines, roads, ... Equally, we took some things from Romans like art, culture, latin language, roman rights, religion and infrastructures.

XVI AND XVII CENTURIES MONARCHIES

1474

The Reyes Católicos got married and in 1492 they expelled Jews and Muslims from the peninsula conquering Granada. Moreover, they financed America's conquer trip made by Cristóbal Colón.

ANCIEN RÉGIME, REFORMISM AND ILUSTRATION

1700

Spain started a war against France because each country proposed one king to reign the peninsula., it was called La Guerra de la Sucesión Española. After Felipe of Borbón, who won the war, in Spain some economic, ideology and political reforms were made.

ANCIEN RÉGIME CRISIS

1788

Carlos IV maintained all the characteristics from previous reigns. Spain entered in a new war against Spain when Napoleón obliged them to participate in his plans to conquer the world. Spain colonies in America got the independence and our country lost a huge market.

SPANISH LIBERALISM

1833

Fernando VII started a period in Spain of economical, social and political changes that finally stablished capitalism bases in the country. Isabel II was exiled when people proposed to vote who could govern the country and she denied the proposal.

MODERN RESTAURATION

1875

Although Borbón dynasty came back to Spain and the try of building a democratic State didn't worked, our country didn't go backwards in their ideas. The country started to progress in workers rights and political independence.

ALFONSO XIII

1902

Spain was bogged down in agriculture even knowing that industry was better for the economy as they could see in other prosperous European countries. At this time Spain crisis could be noticed by anyone.

THE SECOND REPUBLIC

1931

Spain tried to do what all countries wanted to. The aim was to advance and maintain a stability in the country by proclaiming the republic. It finished in a divide Spain who wanted to keep the old ideas and other who wanted to develop new ideas for the country. Meanwhile Europe was devoted by the totalitarism.

SPANISH CIVIL WAR

1936

Spain started a civil war between the two ideological sides that conformed the country.

FRANCISCO FRANCO DICTATORSHIP

1939

Franco proclaimed himself absolute governor of Spain. He tried to be recognized internationally but he only achieved to restrict people liberty.

SPANISH TRANSITION

1975

Spain obtained again a democracy gradually and population started be recognized with their rights in 1978 Constitution.

DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION

1982

Spain begin his modernization made by both parts of the Spanish ideology until today.

NOWADAYS

2020

Wa are in an extraordinary situation because we are living together with a pandemic situation.