Events
200 BC
The Romans
Defeated the
Carthaginians409 AD
Visigoths
defeated the
Romans and
invaded Spain711 AD
The Moors
defeated the
Visigoths and
invaded Spain1492 AD
The Moors
were driven
out of Spain718 AD
Don Pelayo,
first leader in
the Reconquest
of Spain from the
Moors, defeated them in
the Battle of Covadonga1094 AD
El Cid (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar),
Spain's national hero,
continued the struggle
against the Moors and
captured Valencia from them1492 AD
Fernando and Isabel
completed the Reconquest
by driving the Moors from
Granada, the last remaining
Spanish remaining region
under Moorish control1588 AD
Felipe II and his
"Invisible Armada"
were defeated when
trying to invade England1898 AD
The Spanish-American War was
between the U.S. and Spain in which
the U.S. won and Spain gave up
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Phillipines
and Guam.1975 AD
Spain became a
Constitutional Monarchy1975 AD
Prince Juan Carlos
de Borbon was
procalimed king1982 AD
Felipe Gonzalez
Marquez became
prime minister1985 AD
Spain joined the
European Common
MarketPeriods
1100-700 BC
Phoenicians and Greeks
established colonies and
trading posts in Spain300-200 BC
Carthaginians
Invaded Spain200 BC-400 AD
The Romans ruled Spain for six centuries711-1492 AD
The Moors ruled large
areas of Spain for seven
centuries1516-1556 AD
Carlos V was one of the
most powerful Spanish
kings and during his reign,
Spain ruled most of Europe
and the New World1808-1814 AD
The War of
Independence
started with the
rebellion of the
people against
the French rule
under Napoleon1936-1939 AD
The Civil War was won when
General Francisco Franco and
his people overthrew the republic
and set up a dictatorship
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