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40,000 BCE
Appearence of the first people in the Basque lands
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Roman remains appear in Basque lands
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Jan 10, 716
Banu Quasi Muslim dynasty stays in Navarre
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Jan 10, 778
Battle of Orreaga against the Francs
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Jan 10, 824
Eneko Haritza - the first known king of Iruñea
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Jan 10, 1035
Antxo III Gartzeiz is the Basque king with most territories under his control
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Jan 10, 1152
Most of the northern Basque territories are under English control for 3 centuries, after Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England
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Jan 10, 1200
Gipuzkoa, Biscay and Araba are integrated into Castille
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Jan 10, 1452
End of the battles between “Ahaide Nagusiak”
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Jan 10, 1512
Castille conquers Navarre. The independent kingdom of Navarre is in the north of the Pyrenees
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Jan 10, 1522
Elkano, first man to circumnavigate the world
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Jan 10, 1545
Linguae Vasconum Primitiae, first printed book in Basque, by Bernard Etxepare
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Pierre de Lancre starts the witch-hunts
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After the French Revolution, the Northern Basque territories lose their foruak and privileges. France is divided into departments
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The First Carlist War
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Industrialisation begins in Biscay, while there is mass emigration to America
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After the Second Carlist War, Araba, Biscay and Gipuzkoa lose their foruak and privileges.
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Sabin Arana founds EAJ, the Basque Nationalist Party
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The first Basque Government ( Eusko Jaurlaritza)
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The Bombardment of Gernika
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As a consequence of the Civil War, thousands of Basque children were exiled to England, France, Russia...
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Creation of the First Ikastola, San Nikolas in Begoña, Biscay
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Legalisation of the “Ikurriña”
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Beginning of the Ikastolas’ JAIAK - first in Gipuzkoa, then in Biscay and Nafarroa and later in Araba and Iparralde
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Creation of the Autonomous Community of Euskadi
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Navarre becomes a Foral Community
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Creation of Basque-language television / ETB