Spanish Empire timeline

  • Establishment of an Autoritharean Monarchy (exact date not found)
    1474

    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.
  • Isabel I of Castilla gets married to Fernando II of Aragón
    Oct 19, 1474

    Isabel I of Castilla gets married to Fernando II of Aragón

    Marriage of the two catholic kings uniting the reign of Castilla and Aragon.
  • Treaty of Alcáçovas
    Sep 4, 1479

    Treaty of Alcáçovas

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

    Dynastic Union

    Had much different things between the two reigns.
  • Strong Foreign Policy
    1492

    Strong Foreign Policy

    To conquer territories and enlarge their dominions.
  • Reconquista
    Jan 2, 1492

    Reconquista

    The end of the reconquista
  • Religious Unity
    May 31, 1492

    Religious Unity

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

    Annexion of Granada

    Annexation of Granada
  • Discovery of America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Colombus arrived to the Americas, discovering them for the first time in 1492.
  • Spanish expansion in the Americas
    Sep 25, 1493

    Spanish expansion in the Americas

    The start of the colonization of America
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jun 7, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    This was a treaty that divided the world to two countryes, Spain and Portugal
  • Canary Islands
    Jul 25, 1496

    Canary Islands

    The Canary Islands got conquered
  • Birth of Carlos
    Feb 24, 1500

    Birth of Carlos

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

    Annexation of Navarra

    Navarra became part of Spain
  • Carlos (Charles) I of Spain
    Jan 23, 1516

    Carlos (Charles) I of Spain

    Charles I begins to rule as king of Spain
  • Death of Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Jan 15, 1519

    Death of Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    The first explorer to travel across the Pacific Ocean beginning in the New world (America)
  • Charles V of Germany
    Jun 28, 1520

    Charles V of Germany

    Carlos I inherits the Holy Roman Empire, making him the Emperor of Germany
  • King Philip II
    Jan 16, 1556

    King Philip II

    Charles abdicated in favor of Philip, who became king Philip II of Spain
  • French invasion of Naples (no exact date)
    1557

    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
  • Battle  of San Quintín
    Aug 10, 1557

    Battle of San Quintín

    A counterattack aginst France as a response of the french invading Naples
  • Dutch revolt
    Apr 1, 1568

    Dutch revolt

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

    Iberian Union

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

    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