Spain

Spencer's Spain Time line

By Spencer12345
  • Jan 1, 711

    Moors Invasion

    Moors Invasion
  • Feb 3, 711

    African muslims take over

    African muslims take over
  • Feb 4, 1209

    First university in Spain

    First university in Spain
  • Oct 19, 1469

    The King and Queen get married

    The King and Queen get married
    Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon were married, laying the foundation for the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon into Spain.
  • Dec 10, 1474

    Isabella Reigns

    Isabella Reigns
    The reign of Isabella began.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Reaches America

    Columbus Reaches America
    Columbus arrives in the Bahamas. Europeans are in the Americas to stay. Columbus eventually makes four voyages to the New World, but dies dejected and forgotten in Valladolid, Spain in 1506.
  • Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Treaty of Tordesillas
    The Treaty of Tordesillas is signed, dividing newly discovered overseas lands between Portugal and Spain.
  • Nov 8, 1519

    Cortes Captures Tenochtitlan

    Cortes Captures Tenochtitlan
    Fall of Tenochtitlan: Hernán Cortés and approximately 100 Spaniards capture the capital of the Aztec Empire.
  • Jun 30, 1520

    Night of Tears

    Night of Tears
    La Noche Triste: The "Night of Tears" in which almost two thirds of Cortés's men (nearly 800 in total) are killed as they try to escape Tenochtitlan after the death of Moctezuma.

  • Don Quixote was written

    Don Quixote was written
    Don Quixote, Spanish in full El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, novel published in two parts (Part I, 1605; Part II, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes, one of the most read classics of Western literature.

  • The Pope rebellion

    The Pope rebellion
    The Popé rebellion begins as Pueblo Indians under Native American Chief Popé attack Santa Fe, driving the Spanish from the area. Spanish colonists react by ending the encomienda system in 1717, allowing Pueblos to own land, and baptizing babies at birth.

  • Spanish War of Independence

    Spanish War of Independence
    Madrid rises against Napoleon's occupying troops, beginning the Spanish War of Independence. Spanish colonies in South America use the opportunity to start agitating for independence themselves.

  • A loss of colonie's

    A loss of colonie's

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    RANGEEND_MEXICAN_WAR The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War. The United States annexes all or part of New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. The land area of the United States grows by nearly a third in one day.

  • Major plane crash

    Major plane crash