Empires By Bethany.ellis 241 BCE Carthage begins to conquer Spain 218 BCE Second punic war in Spain started Period: 200 BCE to 1900 Spanish Empire 1137 The Kingdom of Aragon Is formed Apr 22, 1451 Isabella I is born Jun 20, 1454 John II dies 1469 Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon are married Dec 11, 1474 Henry IV dies and Isabella I is named queen 1479 Ferdinand and Isabella unite Spain 1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in New York Jan 2, 1492 Granada is reclaimed Aug 3, 1492 Christopher Colombus departs Nov 26, 1504 Isabella I dies 1556 Philip II becomes king of Spain 1565 Spanish establish St. Augustine 1848 Communist Manifesto published 1894 Nicholas II becomes Tsar 1895 Lenin exiled 1903 Bolshevik party forms 1905 Revolution and reform 1924 Lenin dies 1924 Stalin succeeds 1924 Trotsky fails 1928 industrialisation and collectivism Period: 1936 to 1941 The Great Purge 1941 Stalin died