Timeline of Spanish history
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This is a timeline of Spanish history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Spain.
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[edit] 15th century
- See also Spanish Empire, Spanish Golden Age
- 1469
- 19 October - marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon lays the foundation of the unification of Castile and Aragon into Spain.
- 1475–1479 - War of the Castilian Succession
- 1478
- Spanish Inquisition founded.
- 1479
- 4 September - By the Treaty of Alcáçovas, Portugal recognises Spanish control of the Canary Islands.
- 1492
- Christopher Columbus discovers the New World.
- Reconquista completed.
- History of the Jews in Spain: Jews are expelled from Spain by the Alhambra Decree.
- 1499
- Ferdinand II of Aragon allies with Louis XII of France in the Italian War of 1499-1504
[edit] 16th century
- See also Habsburg Spain
- 1561 - Philip II moves his court to Madrid.
- 1568–1648 - Dutch Revolt against Habsburg control of the Netherlands.
- 1580 - Iberian Union of the crowns of Aragon, Castile and Portugal until 1640.
- 1585–1604 - Anglo–Spanish War.
- 1588
- 8 August - Spanish Armada defeated in the English Channel.
[edit] 17th century
- 1618–1648 - Thirty Years' War
[edit] 18th century
- See also Enlightenment Spain
- 1701–1714 - War of the Spanish Succession
- 1761 - Spain declares war on Great Britain in the Seven Years' War.
- 1778 - Spain supports the United States in the American Revolutionary War.
[edit] 19th century
- 1808–1814 - Peninsular War.
- 1806–1807 - British invasions of the Río de la Plata
- 1808
- 2 May - Dos de Mayo Uprising in Madrid against the French occupation of the city.
- 1809–1824 - Bolivian Independence War
- 1811–1823 - Venezuelan War of Independence
- 1812 - Spanish Constitution of 1812
- 1815–1816 - Spanish reconquest of New Granada
- 1820–1823 - Spanish Civil War, 1820-1823
- 1833–1839 - First Carlist War
- 1846–1849 - Second Carlist War
- 1864–1866 - Chincha Islands War
- 1868–1878 - Ten Years' War with Cuba
- 1872–1876 - Third Carlist War
- 1873–1874 - First Spanish Republic
- 1898
[edit] 20th century
- See also Spain under the Restoration, Spain under Franco, Spanish transition to democracy, Spanish society after the democratic transition, History of Spain (1975–present)
- 1914–1918 - Spain remains neutral in World War I
- 1920–1926 - Rif War
- 1931–1939 - Second Spanish Republic
- 1936–1939 - Spanish Civil War
- 1937
- 1939–1945 - Spain remains neutral in World War II
- 1957–1958 - Ifni War
- 1959–1973 - Period of economic growth known as the Spanish miracle.
- 1975
- The Green March forces Spain to hand over its last remaining colonial possession, Western Sahara, to Morocco
- 19 November - death of Francisco Franco, the monarchy is restored with Juan Carlos I of Spain.
- 1978 - Spanish Constitution of 1978
- 1981
- 23 February - attempted coup known as 23-F.
- 1986
- Spain joins the European Union.
- 1992
- Summer Olympics held in Barcelona
[edit] 21st century
- 2002
- 2004
- 11 March - Madrid train bombings kill 191 and injure 2,050.

