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Feb 24, 1500
Charles V is born
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Oct 24, 1503
Isabella of Portugal is born
She was Philip II mother -
Period: Feb 18, 1516 to Nov 17, 1558
Mary I of England life span
She was Philip's second wife, she died at 42, four years after her wedding with Philip -
May 21, 1527
Philip II is born
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Period: May 21, 1527 to
Philip II life span
The son of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Philip inherited his father's Spanish Empire in 1556 and succeeded to the Portuguese throne in 1580 following a dynastic crisis. Under Philip II, Spain reached the height of her influence and power, sometimes called the Spanish Golden Age, and ruled territories in every continent then known to Europeans. This policy was partly the cause of the declaration of independence that created the Dutch Republic in 1581. -
Period: Oct 15, 1527 to Jul 12, 1545
Maria Mannuela of Portugal life span
She was Philip's first wife. She died at 17, only two years after her wedding with Philip -
May 1, 1539
Isabella of Portugal death
She was Philip II mother -
1540
Philip received the Ducy of Milan
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1543
Maria Manuela (first wife)
Maria Manuela was Philip's first wife, he married her on 1543 and she died on 1545, at 17 years old. She was also his double first cousin. -
Period: Apr 2, 1545 to Oct 3, 1568
Elisabeth of Valios life span
She was Philip's third wife, and she died at 23, nine years after her wedding with Philip -
Jul 8, 1545
Charles, Prince of Austria is born
He is Philip II son -
Period: Nov 2, 1549 to Oct 26, 1580
Anna of Austria life span
She was Philip's last wife, and she died ten years after her wedding with Philip, at just 30 -
Period: 1550 to
Increase in wealth allows Spain to build a large and strong army
With American mines providing Spain with an estimated 339,000 pounds of gold and 16,000 tons of silver bullion, Spain was able to support an army of about 50,000 soldiers. With this strong and large standing army, Spain had an advantage that their enemies didn't have. -
1554
Mary of England (second wife)
Philip II marries his second wife, she was born on February 18, 1516 and died on 17 November 1558, four years after her marrting Philip. -
Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Nov 17, 1558
King of Ireland and England
Philip's father arranged his marriage to 37-year-old Queen Mary I of England, Charles' maternal first cousin. His father ceded the crown of Naples, as well as his claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, to him. Their marriage at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 took place just two days after their first meeting. Lord Chancellor Gardiner and the House of Commons petitioned Mary to consider marrying an Englishman, preferring Edward Courtenay. -
1555
Philip recieved the Franche-Comté
That year at the Battle of Nancy during the Burgundian Wars, the last duke, Charles the Bold, was killed in battle. Although the county, along with the Duchy, was seized by King Louis XI of France, in 1492 his son Charles VIII ceded it to Philip of Austria, the grandson and heir of Charles the Bold. When Philip's son, Emperor Charles V, inherited the Spanish throne in 1516, the Franche-Comté, along with the rest of the Burgundian lands, passed to the Spanish. -
1556
Phillip II inherites Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and all Spanish Dominions in Ital y and America
When Charles V retired his position, he gave his son, Philip II, control of all the Spainish Dominions in Italy, the American colonies, Spain, and the Spanish Netherlands. Both father and son were very similar and successful leaders. -
Period: Jan 16, 1556 to
King of Spain
Philip the Prudent or Philip II of the House of Habsburg, was unarguably the most important ruler in Spanish history. It was under his reign that Spain reached the height of its influence and power, and also of its artistic, literary, and musical excellence. -
1557
Victory of the Battle of St. Quentin
The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557, was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A Habsburg Spanish force under Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeated a French army under the command of Duke Louis Gonzaga and Duke Anne de Montmorency. -
1557
First bankruptcy
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Sep 21, 1558
Charles V death
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1559
Elisabeth of Valios (third wife)
She was Philips third wife, and she was born on 2 April 1545, and died on 3 October 1568, at 23, nine years after her weding with Philip. -
1559
Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis
The Duchy of Milan and the Habsburg Netherlands were left in personal union to the King of Spain but continued to be part of the Holy Roman Empire. With the end of the personal union of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain , France was open to peace talks. The condition of economic and religious turmoil in which the war resumed forced the parties to make peace in 1559. -
1560
Monarchy reform
The Tridentine Reformation or Counter-Reformation, defended at all costs in Spain by Philip II, will fight against any hint of heterodoxy within the Catholic Church. Control over the most diverse displays of popular religiosity will become tighter through existing institutions such as the Tribunal of the Inquisition. -
1563
El Escorial
Philip ordered this place tu be built, and he called it "El Escorial", it was his residence, it took manny years and lots of money to build. -
Period: Apr 23, 1563 to
El Escorial construction
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Dec 4, 1563
End of the Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. Prompted by the Reformation, the Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions that clarified virtually every doctrine contested by the Protestants. -
Aug 12, 1566
Isabella Clara Eugenia is born
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Oct 23, 1566
Dutch revolt
There were angry protestant mobs that when through catholic churches. Philip raised taxes in the Netherlands, just so he could get rid of Protestantism. People did not agree with him so they rebelled. As a result he executed the rebellions killed over 1,5000 people in just one day -
1570
Anna of Austria (fourth and las wife)
She was Philip's last wife, she was born on 2 November 1549, and died on 26 October 1580, exactly ten years after her weding with King Philip II. She was also his niece -
Jun 30, 1570
King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students.
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1571
Philip II helps the Pope
The pope called all Catholic princes to work together against the Ottoman Empire. With Philip II very dedicated to his religion, he sent more then 200 Spanish and Venetian ships to battle near Lepanto, defeating a large Ottoman fleet. -
Dec 4, 1571
Ferdinand, Prince of Austria is born
He was Philip's son, and he died at 7 years old -
May 9, 1573
Large increase in billion shipments to Spain from the South America
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Aug 12, 1573
Charles Lawrence, of Austria is born
He was Philip's son, and died two years after begin born -
1575
Second bakruptcy
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Aug 15, 1575
Diego, Prince of Austria is born
He was Philip's son, but died at 7 -
1576
Third bakruptcy
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Apr 14, 1578
Philip III of Spain is born
He is Philip II son, and next King -
1580
Philip II seizes control of Portugal
When his uncle, King of Portugal, passed away without a heir, Philip II took control of the empire, making him a very successful ruler and him having an empire that circled the globe. -
Period: Sep 12, 1580 to
King of Portugal
He ascended the thrones in 1621 and reigned in Portugal until 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez, and his rule over Spain during the Thirty Years' War. -
Oct 11, 1580
Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on the head of Prince Willem of Orange.
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Philip decided to invade England
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Philip II launhes the Spanish Armada
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Philip II of Spain had Lanuza, the leader of the revolt of Aragon, beheaded.
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King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands.
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First bakruptcy
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Fourth bankruptcy
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Catalina Micaela of Spain is born
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Peace of Vervins
Philip II had to accept (Peace of Vervins) his succession as Henry IV of France -
Philip II death
Philip II died in his house, El Escorial. He had a delicate health during his whole life, nevertheless, the las ten years he was extremily sick, and lost movement on his right hand, begin incapable of signing documents, he died with a cricifix on his hand at 5a.m.
