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In 1469 Isabel I of Castile is married with Fernando II of Aragon, called the Catholic Kings united the kigdoms of Castile and Aragon
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Christopher Columbus believed than you could arrive in Asia by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to the west. On 3 August 1492 Columbus set off with three caravels from the port of Palos de la Frontera in Huelva
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During their reign the Canary Island became part of Spain and in 1492 the catholic kings conquest Granada. The same years Christopher Columbus discovered America.
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Two moths later on 14 October the expedition reached land. Columbus thought he had arrived in Japan but in actual fact he had landed on an island in the Caribbean.
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In 1516 he became the king of Spain Frustrated by the expanding Lutherans Carlos I decived to abandon the throne. He divided his empire bewteen his brother and his son Felipe II
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In 1556 Felipe II became rule of the largest empire of the largest empire of its time.
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In 1566 the Netherlands rose up against Spsnish rule. The northern provinces declared independence but king did not accept it
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In 1571 he defeated the Turks at the Battle of lepanto.
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In 1580 the empire expanded more when the kingdom of Portugal came under Spanish rule.
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Although the armada was a powerful fleet of warships it was defeated in 1588
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After the death of Felipe II in 1598 the Spanish Empire weakened and began to break up.
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In 1700 King Carlos II died without leaving a succeddor
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The War succession ended in 1713 with the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht
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In 1808 the Riot of Aranjuz forced Carlos IV to aducate. His son became the next King Fernando VII
