BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGES

Concordia de los Toros de Guisando

1468

Treaty, Jura or Concordia de los Toros de Guisando are historiographic names for a meeting that took place on September 18 or 19, 1468 on the hill of Guisando (along with the Toros de Guisando, a group of stone bulls or boars of origin pre-Roman, in the current town of El Tiemblo in Ávila)

Catholic Morachs marriage

Oct 19, 1469

The marriage took place on October 19, 1469 in Valladolid and was immediately consummated.

Enrique IV dies

1474

It is tempting, and this has been done throughout history, to unite both ends to present Isabel and Fernando as assassins, responsible for the death of Infante Alfonso, King Enrique IV of Castile, the worthy Juan Pacheco or the Aragonese Carlos de Viana, but the reality is that there is no proof

Acuerdo de segovia

1475

The Concord of Segovia was a treaty signed, on January 15, 1475, by Isabel and her husband Fernando (represented by Cardinal Mendoza and Archbishop Carrillo respectively). In this treaty, the role that Fernando would assume in the administration and kingdom of Castile was fixed.

War of the Castillan Succession beggins

1475

The War of the Castilian Succession was the military conflict contested from 1475 to 1479 for the succession of the Crown of Castile fought between the supporters of Joanna 'la Beltraneja', reputed daughter of the late monarch Henry IV of Castile, and those of Henry's half-sister, Isabella, who was ultimately ...

Battle of Toro

1476

The battle of Toro was fought in the vicinity of that town on March 1, 1476, between the troops of the Catholic Monarchs on the one hand and those of Alfonso V of Portugal and Prince Juan

Spanish Inquisition established

1478

The Spanish Inquisition was a judicial institution (a system of courts) set up to try and root out heretics (non-Catholics) on the Iberian Peninsula. Those suspected of heresy were tortured, killed, fined, or jailed by the Inquisition.

Treaty of Alcáçovas

1479

Treaty signed between the Catholic Monarchs and Alfonso V of Portugal (September 4, 1479). It meant mutual recognition of the Portuguese conquests on the African coast and the Castilian conquests in the Canary Islands, while sentencing Juana la Beltraneja to take the veil.

War of granada starts

1482

On January 2, 1492, Muhammad XII of Granada (King Boabdil) surrendered the Emirate of Granada, the city of Granada, and the Alhambra palace to the Castilian forces. ... The bulk of the troops and funds for the war came from Castile, and Granada was annexed into Castile's territory.

Conquest of Granada

Jan 1, 1492

El 25 de noviembre de 1491 se formalizaban las condiciones de rendición o capitulaciones en el campamento real de la Vega, cerca de Santa Fe. El 2 de enero de 1492 las tropas cristianas entraron en la ciudad, precedidas por varios destacamentos que tomaron las principales fortalezas y torres del recinto amurallado

Expulsion of the Jewis

1492

On March 31, 1492, shortly after the end of the Granada War, the Catholic Monarchs signed the decree of expulsion of the Jews in Granada, which was sent to all

Discovery of América

Dec 10, 1492

The discovery of America by Columbus. Columbus' discovery of America was accidental. Columbus' discovery of America was accidental.

Treaty of Tordesillas

1494

On June 7, 1494, representatives of Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragón (the Catholic Monarchs) and Juan II of Portugal met in Tordesillas, a town in Valaldolid, to put an end to the disputes that were taking place over control of the New World. ...

Conquest of Canary Islands

1496

The Betancurian Conquest. The first period of the conquest of the Canaries was carried out by the Norman nobles Jean de Bethencourt and Gadifer de la Salle. Their motives were basically economic: Bethencourt possessed textile factories and dye works and the Canaries offered a source of dyes such as the orchil lichen.

Forced conversion of Muslims

1501

Islam. Islamic law prohibits forced conversion, following the Quranic principle that there is "no compulsion in religion" (Quran 2:256). However, episodes of forced conversions have occurred in the history of Islam.

Death of Isabel I

1504

At the climax of her long struggle to bring pagan worship to the kingdom of Israel, where the Hebrew God, Yahweh, is the only deity, Queen Jezebel pays a terrible price. Thrown from a high window, her unattended body is devoured by dogs, fulfilling the prediction of Elijah, Yahweh's prophet and Jezebel's nemesis

Laws of Toro

1505

The Bull Laws arrive and demand the triple requirement of being born alive, being baptized and living 24 hours. Over time, the requirement of baptism will disappear from the legislation and those of having a human form and living 24 hours apart from the mother will survive.

Expansion of Castilla in northern África

1505

The Reconquista dramatically decreased the population of the three main cities of the Moorish Caliphate - Granada, Cordoba, and Seville. This represents a very particular shock in the sense that these were cities with a vast majority of Muslim population, which was then replaced by Christian residents.

Felipe I Died and Fernando II regent

1506

He was King of Castile and León (as Ferdinand V) from 1475 to 1504, alongside his wife Queen Isabella I. From 1507 to 1516, he was the Regent of the Crown.

Conquest of Navarra

1515

The Spanish conquest of the Iberian part of Navarre was initiated by Ferdinand II of Aragon and completed by his grandson and successor Charles V.

Carlos I becomes king

1516

In 1516, inheriting the dynastic union formed by his maternal grandparents Isabella I and Ferdinand II, he became king of Spain as co-monarch of the Spanish.

Fernando II death

1516

Ferdinand was King of the Crown of Castile until Isabella's death in 1504, when their daughter Joanna became Queen. That year, after a war with France