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Jan 1, 711
The Muslims won the Battle of Guadalete
The Battle of Guadalete was fought in 711 or 712 at an unidentified location between the Christian Visigoths of Hispania under their king, Roderic, and an invading force of Muslim Arabs and Berbers under Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad. -
Jan 1, 722
Pelaio defeted Muslims at battle of Covadonga
The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711. Taking place about a decade later, most likely in the summer of 722, the victory at Covadonga assured the survival of a Christian stronghold in northern Iberia, and today is regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista. -
Jan 1, 750
Umayads assassinated except Abd-al-Rahman
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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 756
The independent Emirate
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Jan 1, 756
Abd-al-Rahman became emir of Cordoba
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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1035
Sancho III
Sancho III Garcés , called the Great, was King of Navarre from 1004 until his death and claimed the overlordship of the County of Castile from 1017 to his death, appearing in a charter as "king in Castile". Between 1015 and 1019, he conquered Sobrarbe and Ribagorza. -
Jan 1, 1031
Caliphate diveded in taifas
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Jan 1, 1035
Castile became an independent kingdom
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Jan 1, 1085
Christians conquered Toledo
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Jan 1, 1118
Alfonso I the Battler conquered Zaragoza
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Jan 1, 1137
Crown of Aragon was created
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Jan 1, 1147
Almohad came power
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Jul 16, 1212
Christians defeated Almohad at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
VideoThe Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. The forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile were joined by the armies of his Christian rivals, Sancho VII of Navarre, Pedro II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal in battle against the Berber Muslim Almohad rulers of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. -
Jan 1, 1230
Ferdinand III founded Crown of Castile
Saint Ferdinand III (5 August 1199 – 30 May 1252), was the King of Castile from 1217 and King of Galicia and Leon from 1230. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale. He finished the work done by his maternal grandfather Alfonso VIII and consolidated the Reconquista. In 1231, he permanently united Castile and Galicia-León. He was canonized in 1671 and, in Spanish, he is Fernando el Santo, San Fernando or San Fernando -
Jan 1, 1273
The Honourable Council of Mesta was created
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Jan 1, 1492
Al-Andalus became Christian
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Pelaio was chosen king of Visigoths
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The Kingdom of Asturias stretched from Galicia, in the west, and from Alava, in the east
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Abd-al-Rahman III inherited throne
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Abd-al-Rahman became caliph
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Hisham became caliph
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Wilfred the Hairy united the Catalan countries
One of the legends that has arisen around his person is that of the creation of the coat of arms from which the Catalan flag (the Senyera) derives today. After being wounded in battle (some versions say against the Moors; others, the Normans), the Frankish king Charles the Bald rewarded his bravery by giving him a coat of arms. -
Aragon came under the rule of Navarre
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Fernán Gonzalez
Fernán González was the first independent count of Castile, son of Gonzalo Fernández de Burgos, who had been named count of Arlanza and the Duero around the year 900, and by tradition a descendant of semi-legendary judge Nuño Rasura -
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Alfonso III
Little is known about Alfonso except the bare facts of his reign and of his comparative success in consolidating the kingdom henceforth known as "of Galicia" or "of Oviedo", during the weakness of the Umayyad princes of Cordoba. He fought against and gained numerous victories over the Muslims of al-Andalus, nonetheless his kingdom was always inferior to that of the Cordobans, and he was thus forced to pay them tribute.
