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Mar 10, 1451
Birth of Isabella I of Castile
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Apr 22, 1452
Birth of Ferdinand II of Aragon
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1469
Marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand, uniting Castile and Aragon
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Nov 1, 1478
Spanish Inquisition established
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1492
Expulsion of Jews from Spain under the Alhambra Decree
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1492
Columbus reaches the Americas under Spanish patronage
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Apr 25, 1492
End of the Reconquista: conquest of Granada
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Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas divides the New World between Spain and Portugal
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1500
Birth of Charles I (Ghent, Flanders)
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Nov 26, 1504
Death of Isabella I
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Jan 25, 1516
Charles becomes King of Spain
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Mar 14, 1516
Death of Ferdinand II. Their grandson Charles I becomes King
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1517
Martin Luther's 95 Theses spark Protestant Reformation
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Jun 28, 1519
Charles elected Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V)
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1520
Comuneros Revolt in Castile; crushed by Charles start
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1521
Comuneros Revolt in Castile; crushed by Charles end
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May 25, 1521
Diet of Worms: Charles condemns Luther
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Feb 24, 1525
Battle of Pavia: Charles defeats Francis I of France
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May 6, 1527
Sack of Rome by Charles's troops
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May 21, 1527
Birth of Philip II (in Valladolid)
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1535
Charles conquers Tunis from the Ottomans
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Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
allows rulers in the Holy Roman Empire to choose Catholicism or Lutheranism -
1556
Charles abdicates:
-Philip II (his son) receives Spain, the Netherlands, Naples, and the Americas
-Ferdinand I (his brother) receives the Holy Roman Empire -
1556
Philip II of Spain Reign start
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1557
Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over France
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Sep 21, 1558
Charles I of Spain/Charles V DEATH
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1561
Philip moves the capital to Madrid
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1568
Beginning of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule
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Oct 7, 1571
Battle of Lepanto
Naval victory over the Ottoman Empire -
1580
Iberian Union: Philip becomes King of Portugal
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Spanish Armada defeated by England
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Death of Philip II; succeeded by Philip III
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Philip II of Spain Reign end
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End of the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule
