Spain's Gradual Decline Timeline

  • 1580

    1580- The Iberian Union of the crowns of Aragon, Castile and Portugal was established.

  • 1585- Anglo–Spanish War (1585): The war began.

  • 1588- The Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel.

  • 1598- Philip III of Spain was crowned.

  • 1604-Anglo-Spanish War (1585): The war ended.

  • 1618- Thirty Years' War: The war began.

  • 1648- The Treaty of Westphalia was signed.

  • 1778- American Revolutionary War: Spain supported the United States.

  • 1898- Spanish–American War: The war began.

  • 1898-Spanish–American War: The war ended.