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Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1085	May	25	Alfonso VI Takes Toledo Back From Moors
1086	Oct	23	Yusuf Ibn Tashfin Defeats Castilians At Az-Zallaqah
1118	Jan	06	Zaragoza Conquered By Alfonso The Battler
1300	Jun	15	The City Of Bilbao Is Founded
1487	May	07	Spanish Reconquista Commences At Siege Of Malaga
1491	Nov	25	Granada War Over
1492	Apr	30	Spain Grants Columbus Commission Of Exploration
1492	Jul	31	Alhambra Decree Expells Jews From Spain
1492	Aug	03	Columbus Sails From Palos De La Frontera
1493	Mar	15	Christopher Columbus Returns To Spain
1493	May	04	Pope Alexander VI Divides The New World
1494	Jun	07	Spain, Portugal Sign Treaty Of Tordesillas
1494	Jul	02	Treaty Of Tordesillas Is Ratified By Spain
1500	Dec	24	Castle Of St. George Captured By Venetian-Spanish Fleet
1513	Apr	02	Juan Ponce De León Sights Florida
1521	Apr	23	Spain's King Charles Defeats The Comuneros
1522	Apr	27	Spain Beats French/Venetians At Bicocca Battle
1524	Aug	28	Maya Rebel During Guatemala Spanish Conquest
1525	Feb	24	Battle Of Pavia: Spanish Defeat French
1534	Dec	06	Quito, Ecuador Founded By Spaniard De Belalcazar
1536	May	06	The Inca Besieged Cuzco
1539	Jan	14	Spain Annexes Cuba
1539	May	30	Hernando De Soto Lands At Tampa Bay
1539	Jun	03	Hernando De Soto Claims Florida For Spain
1544	Apr	11	French Defeat Spanish At Ceresole
1559	Aug	22	Spanish Archbishop Carranza Arrested For Heresy
1568	May	23	Spanish Netherlands Declare Independence
1571	Oct	07	Holy League Annihilates Turkish Fleet
1573	Jul	13	Siege Of Harlem Ends
1579	Jan	06	The Union Of Arras Is Signed
1580	Jun	15	Philip II Declares William The Silent Outlaw
1580	Aug	25	Spain Beats Portugal At Alcantara
1586	Jun	16	Phillip II Was Mary, Queen Of Scots Heir
1586	Sep	22	Spanish Defeat English And Dutch At Zutphen
1588	Jul	19	Spanish Armada Sighted In English Channel
1588	Jul	31	Spanish Armada Seen Off English Coast
1595	Jan	17	Henry IV Of France Declares War On Spain
1607	Jan	13	Spain Bankrupt, Bank Of Genoa Fails
1657	Apr	20	Robert Blake Destroys A Spanish Fleet
1657	Oct	30	Anglo-Spanish War: Spain Fails To Retake Jamaica
1658	Jun	25	Spanish Forces Fail To Retake Jamaica
1659	Nov	17	France And Spain Sign Treaty Of Pyrenees
1677	Apr	19	French Capture Cambrai From Spanish
1680	Aug	21	Indians Capture Santa Fe During Revolt
1701	May	15	The War Of The Spanish Succession Begins
1717	Aug	22	Spanish Troops Land On Sardinia
1718	Dec	17	British Declare War On Spain
1729	Nov	09	Treaty Of Seville Signed
1739	Oct	23	War Declared On Spain By Robert Walpole
1739	Nov	20	British And Spanish Clash At Porto Bello
1748	Oct	12	Britain And Spain Fight Battle Of Havana
1762	Jun	06	British Forces Capture The City Of Havana
1779	Jun	16	Spain Declares War On Great Britain
1782	Feb	05	Spanish Defeat British Forces
1797	Jul	25	Horatio Nelson Fails To Defeat Army At Tenerife, Spain
1798	Sep	03	Spain & Britain Battle Off Belize
1800	Oct	01	Spain Cedes Louisiana To France
1806	Jun	27	British Forces Invade Buenos Aires
1808	Jun	06	Joesph Bonaparte Becomes King Of Spain
1808	Jun	15	Joseph Bonaparte Becomes King Of Spain
1808	Nov	23	French, Poles Defeat Spanish At Tudela
1809	Mar	27	Franco-Polish Force Defeats Spanish
1809	Mar	28	Medellin Battle: France Defeats Spain
1810	Jul	20	Independence From Spain Declared By Bogota Citizens
1810	Sep	16	Father Hidalgo Begins Mexico's Fight For Independence
1811	May	15	Paraguay Declares Independence From Spain
1811	May	16	Albuera: Spain, Portugal, UK Defeat French
1811	Jul	05	Venezuela Declares Independence From Spain
1812	Mar	19	The Spanish Constitution Of 1812 Was Put Forth By The Cadiz Cortes
1813	Feb	20	Belgrano Defeats Royalist Army
1814	May	04	King Ferdinand VII Signs Decrete
1816	Jul	09	Argentina Declares Independence From Spain
1817	Feb	08	Las Heras And San Martin Liberate Chile
1819	Feb	22	USA Purchased Florida For Five Million Dollars
1819	Aug	07	Boyaca: Bolivar Triumphs Over Spain
1820	Oct	09	Guayaquil Becomes Independent
1821	Jun	24	The Decisive Battle Of Carabobo Takes Place
1821	Jul	28	Peru Declares Independence From Spain
1821	Sep	15	Several South American Countries Declare Independence
1821	Sep	27	Mexico Independent From Spain
1825	Aug	06	Bolivia Gains Independence From Spain
1848	Oct	28	The First Railroad In Spain Opened
1859	Oct	22	Spain Declares War On Morocco
1865	Dec	05	Peru Allies With Chile In Chincha Islands War
1868	Sep	19	La Gloriosa
1868	Nov	04	Cuba Revolts Against Spain
1871	Jan	02	Amadeus I Becomes King Of Spain
1873	Feb	11	King Amadeo I Of Spain Abdicates
1873	Sep	07	Emilio Castelar Y Ripoll Was A President
1888	Sep	08	Spaniard Peral's Was The First Practical Submarine
1898	Apr	25	Spanish-American War: U.S. Declares War
1898	Jun	10	U.S. Marines Arrive In Cuba
1898	Jun	21	The United States Captures Guam From Spain
1898	Aug	12	Armistice Ends The Spanish-American War
1898	Oct	18	U.S. Takes Possession Of Puerto Rico
1899	Jan	01	Spanish Rule Ends In Cuba
1912	Nov	27	Spain Declares A Protectorate In Morrocco
1920	Sep	20	Foundation Of The Spanish Legion
1931	Oct	01	Spain Adopted Women's Suffrage
1931	Dec	09	Cortes Approves Establishment Of Second Spanish Republic
1936	Feb	16	Popular Front Elected In Spain
1936	Jul	18	Spanish Civil War Triggered By Army Uprising In Spanish Morocco
1937	Mar	18	Guadalajara: Spanish Defeat Italians
1937	Apr	01	Nazis Bomb Spain
1938	May	25	313 Dead In Alicante Bombing
1939	Feb	05	Franco Becomes 68th Leader Of Spain
1956	Apr	07	Morocco Not Protected By Spain Anymore
1961	Feb	27	Spanish Trade Union Organisation Is Inaugurated
1968	Dec	16	Vatican Revokes Edict Of Epulsion
1973	Dec	20	Spanish Prime Minister Assassinated In Madrid
1975	Nov	14	Spain Abandons Western Sahara
1977	Jan	24	Madrid Massacre During Spanish Democracy Transition
1978	Dec	27	Spain Becomes A Democracy
1980	Feb	28	Andalusia's Approves Of Its Statue Of Autonomy
1981	Feb	23	Antonio Tejero Attempts Coup In Spain
1986	Jan	01	European Community Admits Spain And Portugal
2006	Dec	30	Madrid–Barajas Airport Is Bombed
2007	Nov	10	Incident Between Spanish And Venezulan Rulers
2014	Jun	19	Spanish King Juan Carlos Abdicates Throne
2015	Jan	26	Fatalities, Injuries Occurred In Spanish Flight Crash

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