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778 BCE
Caesaraugusta is attacked by the Carolingian army
The Caesaraugusta is actually Zaragoza now. What happen was Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Emperor. He settled the army veterans from the Cantabrian Wars. -
230 BCE
Barcelona Founded
Carthaginians founded Barcio/Barcelona. -
206 BCE
Hispana becomes a part of the Roman Empire.
It took the Romans two centuries to gain complete control of Spain. Rome ruled it for 500 years. -
Period: 409 to 470
Germanic peoples conquer Spain
With Roman control of Spain in chaos due to civil war, German groups the Sueves. These were followed by the Visigoths, who invaded first on behalf of the emperor to enforce his rule in 416. Later that century to subdue the Sueves, they settled and crushed the last imperial enclaves in the 470s, leaving the region under their control. -
Oct 19, 1469
King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella marry
King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella marrying united the Christian portions of Spain. They only wanted Christians to live in Spain. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus sets sail
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain to discover a new world. He set sail from Palos, Spain with 3 small ships. They were named the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the NIna, -
British defeats the Spanish Armada
Spain is no longer a sea power after British defeats them. After eight hours of furious fighting, a change in wind direction had the Spanish to break off from the battle and retreat toward the North Sea. Its hopes of invasion crushed, the rest of the Spanish Armada began a long and difficult journey back to Spain. -
War of Spanish Succesion
A major European conflict in the early 18th century caused by the death of the last Habsburg King of Spain, the childless Charles II in 1700. -
Spain declares war on Great Britain
Spain declares war on Great Britain creating a de facto alliance with the Americans -
Dos de Mayo Uprising
It was a rebellion by the citizens of Madrid against the French occupation, provoking a brutal repression by the French troops and starting the Independence War. -
Battle of Bailén
It was the first open conflict between the French Army and the Spanish army, who were in inferiority. France was defeated and, because of this, Napoleon took it as an insult and decided to come personally to finish the conflict in Spain. -
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Colonies claim their independence from Spain
Venezuela declares its independence from Spain. Other colonies soon claimed their independence. After Spanish lost the Spanish American War in 1898, Spain gives up their control of Cuba, Philippines, and other colony possessions. -
Battle of Luchana
t occurred at Bilbao during the night. The Carlists were besieging Bilbao and were defeated at this battle, causing the retire of the army. -
The Convention of Vergara
It was a treaty successfully ending the First Carlist War, signed by Rafael Maroto for the Carlisists and Baldomero Espartero for the Isabelines. This writing acknowledged Isabella as queen of Spain. -
III Spanish Constitution
Sovereignity was shared between the crown and the Parliament; suffrage was extremely limited. -
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Reign of María Cristina of Habsburg
María Cristina was pregnant wen the king died so she ruled while his son grew up. During her reign ther was a sistem based in pacific turn changing the power between Liberalists and Conservatives. -
Spanish American War
Spain declared war on the US on April 24, followed by a US. declaration of war the next day. The Spanish American War was a problem fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
Treaty of París
The teatry puts an end to the war between the United States of America and Spain. Spain has to give the independence to Cuba, Puerto Rico and Filipinas. This event marked the end of the Spanish Empire. -
Spanish Flu Pandemic
The 1918 flu pandemic was a deadly and unusual influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It killed more people than World War I did. -
Francisco Franco became Dicator
Francisco was the Spain dictator for 36 years. Spanish general and the Caudillo of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He came from a military, he became the youngest general in Spain. He also became one of the youngest generals in Europe in the 1920s. -
Spain becomes a democracy
Spain was allowed to vote. They became a democracy after the death of Francisco Franco in 1975. -
Madrid train bombings
At Atocha station, explosions killed 192 people and injured around 2,000. The investigation by the Spanish judiciary found that the attacks were directed by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist.
