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Gibraltar captured by Muslim commander Tariq Ibn-Ziyad.
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Spain recovers Gibraltar from the Moors.
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Isabella I, queen of Castile and Aragon, annexes Gibraltar to Spain.
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The English capture Gibraltar during War of Spanish Succession
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Spain cedes Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht.
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Britain designates Gibraltar a British crown colony.
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Civilian population temporarily evacuated to make Gibraltar a military fortress during the Second World War. Discontent at the slow pace of repatriation after the war becomes one of the sources of demands for self-government.
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First Legislative Council convened.
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Spanish government begins a campaign through the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation for the handover of Gibraltar to Spain.
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Referendum: Residents vote resoundingly in favour of continued British sovereignty.
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Referendum: Residents vote resoundingly in favour of continued British sovereignty.
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Britain introduces full internal self-government under a new constitution, with an elected House of Assembly. Spain closes its border with Gibraltar, withdraws its labour force and cuts transport and communication links in protest.
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Gibraltar joins the European Economic Community alongside Britain
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Lisbon agreement between the British and Spanish government initiates the gradual re-establishment of talks over Gibraltar.
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Gibraltarians granted full British citizenship after a campaign against the British Nationality Act, which had proposed removing their right of entry to Britain.
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Spain opens the border to pedestrians under limited conditions.