Spanish Empire timeline

  • 1474

    Establishment of an Autoritharean Monarchy (exact date not found)

    Establishment of an Autoritharean Monarchy (exact date not found)
    It was a plan to get the power of the nobles down giving the kings unlimited power. Collected taxes and made a professional army and began the Santa Hermandad.
  • Oct 19, 1474

    Isabel I of Castilla gets married to Fernando II of Aragón

    Isabel I of Castilla gets married to Fernando II of Aragón
    Marriage of the two catholic kings uniting the reign of Castilla and Aragon.
  • Sep 4, 1479

    Treaty of Alcáçovas

    Treaty of Alcáçovas
    By this traty, Portugal recognised the Spanish control of the Canary Islands
  • Oct 19, 1479

    Dynastic Union

    Dynastic Union
    Had much different things between the two reigns.
  • 1492

    Strong Foreign Policy

    Strong Foreign Policy
    To conquer territories and enlarge their dominions.
  • Jan 2, 1492

    Reconquista

    Reconquista
    The end of the reconquista
  • May 31, 1492

    Religious Unity

    Religious Unity
    Creation of the Tribunal of the Inquisition.
    Jews and Muslims forced to convert to christians or leave.
  • Jun 2, 1492

    Annexion of Granada

    Annexion of Granada
    Annexation of Granada
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Discovery of America
    Colombus arrived to the Americas, discovering them for the first time in 1492.
  • Sep 25, 1493

    Spanish expansion in the Americas

    Spanish expansion in the Americas
    The start of the colonization of America
  • Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Treaty of Tordesillas
    This was a treaty that divided the world to two countryes, Spain and Portugal
  • Jul 25, 1496

    Canary Islands

    Canary Islands
    The Canary Islands got conquered
  • Feb 24, 1500

    Birth of Carlos

    Birth of Carlos
    The birth year when Carlos I of Spain and V of Germany was born
  • Jul 25, 1512

    Annexation of Navarra

    Annexation of Navarra
    Navarra became part of Spain
  • Jan 23, 1516

    Carlos (Charles) I of Spain

    Carlos (Charles) I of Spain
    Charles I begins to rule as king of Spain
  • Jan 15, 1519

    Death of Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    Death of Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    The first explorer to travel across the Pacific Ocean beginning in the New world (America)
  • Jun 28, 1520

    Charles V of Germany

    Charles V of Germany
    Carlos I inherits the Holy Roman Empire, making him the Emperor of Germany
  • Jan 16, 1556

    King Philip II

    King Philip II
    Charles abdicated in favor of Philip, who became king Philip II of Spain
  • 1557

    French invasion of Naples (no exact date)

    French invasion of Naples (no exact date)
    The french invasion of Naples, wich stopped by the victory of the spanish in the battle of Saint Quintín
  • Aug 10, 1557

    Battle of San Quintín

    Battle  of San Quintín
    A counterattack aginst France as a response of the french invading Naples
  • Apr 1, 1568

    Dutch revolt

    Dutch revolt
    A revolt that began against Habsburg control over the Netherlands
  • Aug 4, 1580

    Iberian Union

    Iberian Union
    The Iberian Union of the crowns of Castilla, Aragón and Portugal was established
  • Jul 26, 1581

    Dutch Republic

    Dutch Republic
    The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands declared their independence against Spanish rule
  • Anglo-Spanish War

    Anglo-Spanish War
    A war between England and Spain
  • Spanish Armada defeat

    Spanish Armada defeat
    The Spanish Armada (Armada Invencible) failed to land in England and was defeated in the English Channel
  • English Armada defeat

    English Armada defeat
    The English Armada (known as the Counter Armada) was defeated
  • Death of Felipe II and Start of Felipe III

    Death of Felipe II and Start of Felipe III
    Death of Felipe II, making Felipe III the king of Spain