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406
The decline of the Roman Empire in Spain marks a period of invasions by Germanic tribes such as the Suevi, Vandals and Alani. Though the Roman era ends in Spain at this date, the Roman influence on Spanish culture is still present to this day.
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Jun 10, 653
The 8th Council of Toledo completes and approves the great legal code, Forum judicum, which combines the Roman code and Visigothic laws. It remains the basic secular code for Christians until the 13th century, CE.
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May 11, 1030
The dissolution of the caliphate of Córdoba into 23 taifas, or republican oligarchies. The King of Seville manages to grab some of the powers of the now-defunct caliphate and assert some measure of central authority.
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Aug 18, 1035
Castile, due to a political marriage of convenience, is united with Navarre. In 1035, by the testament of King Sancho III (the Great) of Navarre and Count of Castile, Castile is made fully independent with Fernando I (no nickname) as its king. By the same
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By the end of the fifth century, CE the Visigoths control (poltically and militarily, anyway) all of the Iberian peninsula.
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The reign of Leovigild, the most important and capable of Visigothic rulers.
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Wilfred "The Hairy," (a name he was proud of?) Count of Barcelona, wins Catalan independence. At the same time, the Basques of Navarre emerge as a strong Christian state with its capital at Pamplona.
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United under count Fernán González, the counts of Castile win their semi-independence from the Kingdom of León (formerly the Kingdom of Asturias). A border province dotted with fortifications (castles), and somewhat isolated from León by mountains, Castil
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Charlemagne takes Barcelona. He is granted the title of "Holy Roman Emperor" by Pope Leo III in order to guarantee his protection of Rome from the invading Lombards.
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Charlemagne gains control of all of Cataluña, which is designated, "The Spanish Mark" or "March" until 874.
