Events
Spanish Expelled
the Jews and
Moors (Muslims)In the 16th and
17th centuries,
Spain experienced
a Golden Age in the
arts.Northern Provences
United and declared
independence from
Spain.Publication of "Don
Quixote de La Mancha"
(the birth of the modern
European novel)Pope called on all
Catholic Princes'
to take up arms
against the mounting
power of Ottoman
EmpireAmerican mines
have supplied Spain
w/ 339,000 lbs of goldCharles agreed
to the Peace of
Augsburg
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