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2500 BCE
First metalworking
Since the times of the first metalworking the land between tow oceans and two continents. -
1100 BCE
Kingdom of Tartessos
They settle in southern Spain influenced by the Phoenician and the Greek. -
900 BCE
Phoenician settle the Iberian peninsula
Found Cádiz -
800 BCE
Foundation of Hispalis
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264 BCE
Begin of the Punic War (1st)
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218 BCE
2nd Punic war
During the 2rd Century BC the Romans beat the Carthaginian in the two Punic Wars. -
210 BCE
Romans settle in Andalusia
They found and dominate for 700 years the Baetica province -
476
Foundation of the Visigoth kingdom
It was a prosperous period -
711
Arabs arrive in Spain
It was an importan period in the Iberian peninsula. Trade, science, handicraft and arts experience a long succeedful period. -
Jan 2, 1492
Capitulation of King Boabdil
The last Moor king Boabdil hands over the city of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Fernando in January 1492 and moves to the Alpujarra mountains. -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus reaches the West Indians
With the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus begins the golden age of Andalusia. -
1503
Seville an important city
Seville becomes the main place for all trading activities with the West Indies and the cultural center of Spain. -
Spanish War of Succession
The 18th Century begins with the Spanish War of succession, in whose process Gibraltar becomes British. -
Wars against Napoleon
The 19th Century Andalusa is involved in the Napoleonic Wars, which impacts the entire continent -
First Spanish Constitution
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First Spanish Republic
The first republic is restored after two years by the monarchy -
Restauration of the monarchy under Alfonso XII
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Second Republic
After the dictatorship of Primo de Riveras follows the Second Republic -
Civil War
Spain does not participate in the two World Wars, but since 1936 the Civil War destroys large parts of the country. In his consequence the victorious general Franco governs the country up to his death in the year 1975 -
Juan Carlos I. King of Spain
The coronation of King Juan Carlos I and mainly the restauration of the democracy open new possibilities for the different regions -
Andalusia, an autonomous region
Andalusia receives the status of an autonomous region -
Expo in Seville
The Universal Exposition of Seville
