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Feb 3, 711
Muslims from Africa take over Spain
Muslims took over Spain in 711 and created a very peaceful society. Over the years, the Muslim population on the Iberian Peninsula expanded to 5,000,000 people with some Jews and Christians. But eventually, more Catholics came and converted most of the country to Catholic -
Feb 3, 1208
Muslims founded Spain's first university
The university is called Palencia. It was founded by Alfonso VIII. Saint Dominic, who founded the Dominican Order, went to Palencia. -
Oct 5, 1469
Ferdinand and Isabella get married
They helped expand the country of Spain by uniting other kingdoms with them. They also sent a lot of conquistadors to help conquer America. They were also the people who told Christopher Columbus he could go on his mission for Asia. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus sails the ocean blue
In 1492, Christopher Columbus traveled from Spain to India and ended up in the Americas. He called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he was in India. He died still thinking he ended up in India -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
This said that Spain got the west part of South America and Portugal got the east part of South America. -
Spanish Armada tries to take over England
The Spanish Armada sent 500 ships to England. But, a bad storm came and destroyed many of those ships. Spain couldn't take over England and Spain lost a lot of sea power. -
Don Quixote was written
The author was Miguel de Cervantes. -
Spanish-American war starts
The causes of this war were that the US supported the independence of Cuba from Spain, and Spain sank the U.S.S. Maine. The US got a lot of Spain's territory like Puerto Rico. The treaty of Paris was signed the same year in 1898. -
King Alfonso XIII is forced to leave
King Alfonso XII was forced by Spain to leave after 55 years. Spain then became a republic. Some people in Spain didn't like it. This lead to the Spain Civil War. -
Spain Civil War Starts
This war started because people were arguing over if they should have dictatorship or not. General Franco, the leader of the nationalists, supported dictatorship. They won and Spain was under dictatorship for the next 40 years. -
Powerful Dictator Francisco Franco Dies
From ever since the Spanish Civil War ended in the 1940s, Spain was under dictatorship for the next 40 years. That dictator was Francisco Franco. He entered the infantry academy went he was just 14 years old. -
Spain joined NATO
NATO is a defense orginization. It is short for North Atlantic Treaty Orginization. There are 28 members and some of them are Canada, Italy, The United States, France, Greece, United Kingdom, and Portugal. -
Toxic Spill in Spain National Park
The cause was waste from a mineral plant owned by Canada. It had poisened about 1,000 hectares, or about 3,000 acres. Spain thought that Canada was committing a crime on nature and wanted their attorney general to take action. -
Spain was in deadly terrorist attack
This train bombing killed 191 people and injured about 1,800. The terrorists accused were men from northern africa. They were apparently inspired by al Queda. -
Spain wins World Cup
Spain won the world cup against Netherlands in the final. The World Cup was held in South Africa. This was Spain's first World Cup.
