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The Anglo–Spanish War begins
It was a conflict between Spain and England. -
The Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel.
The Spanish Armada was a Spanish Fleet of 130 ships. The Armada chose not to attack the English fleet at Plymouth, then failed to establish a temporary anchorage in the Solent, after one Spanish ship had been captured by Sir Francis Drake in the English Channel. -
The Anglo-Spanish War ended
The war was brought to an end with the Treaty of London, negotiated in 1604 between representatives of Philip III and the new king of England, James I, and was very favorable to Spain. -
The Thirty Years War Began
Spain was interested in the German states because it held the territories of the Spanish Netherlands in the western part of the Empire and states within Italy that were connected by land through the Spanish Road. The Dutch revolted against Spanish domination during the 1560's, leading to a protracted war of independence that led to a truce only in 1609. -
The Thirty Years' War Ended
One of the most destructive conflicts in human history, it resulted in eight million fatalities not only from military engagements but also from violence, famine, and plague. -
The War of the Spanish Succession Began
It was triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700. His closest heirs were members of the Austrian Habsburg and French Bourbon families; acquisition of an undivided Spanish Empire by either threatened the European balance of power. -
The War of the Spanish Succession Ends
In return for confirmation as King of Spain, Philip V renounced his place in the line of succession to the French throne, both for himself and his descendants; Spain retained the bulk of its possessions outside Europe, while its territories in Italy and the Netherlands were divided between Austria, Britain and Savoy. -
The Ten Years War Began
The war was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. -
The Ten Years' War Ended
The Spanish exploited regional divisions, as well as fears that the slaves of Matanzas would break the weak existing balance between whites and blacks. The Spanish changed their policy towards the Mambises, offering amnesties and reforms. -
The Spanish-American War Began
It was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898.Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.