16th Century By lfernandezr Apr 22, 1451 Isabella De Castille Mar 10, 1452 Birth of Ferdinard II of Aragon Oct 19, 1469 Marriage of Isabella and Ferdinard initing Castile and Aragon Nov 1, 1478 Spanish Inquisition established Mar 31, 1492 Expulsion of jews from spain under the alhambran decree Mar 31, 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas under spanish patronage Apr 25, 1492 End of Reeconquista: conquest of Granada Jun 7, 1494 Treaty of tordesillas Feb 24, 1500 Birth of Charles I Nov 26, 1504 Death of Isabella I Mar 14, 1516 Death of Ferninard II. Their grandson Charles I becomes king Sep 17, 1516 Charls becomes king of spain Aug 31, 1517 Martin Luthers 95 Theses spark protestant reformation Sep 28, 1519 Charles elected by the Holy Roman Emperor (Charles V) Apr 16, 1520 Comuneros Revolt in Castille Crushed by Charles May 25, 1521 Diet of worms Charles condemns Luther Feb 24, 1525 Battle of Pavia Charles defeats Francis I of france May 6, 1527 Sack of Rome by Charles Troups May 21, 1527 Birth of Phillip II 1535 Charles conquers tunis fro the ottomans Sep 25, 1555 Peace of Augsburf allows rulers in the holy roman empire to choose Catholism of Lutherism 1556 Charles abdicates Sep 29, 1557 Battle of St Quentin 1561 Phillip moves to capital of madrid 1577 Iberian union Phillip becomes king of protugal Sep 13, 1598 Death of Phillip II