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- This timeline of Spain includes the timeline of central, northern and western Spain. The sub-sections give an outline of the history of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia (until 1492), Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia (until 1516/1813) and the Balearic Islands (until 1802}.
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- 1st millennium BC: Proto-Celts migrate into present-day Spain.
- 11th century BC: The first contacts with Phoenicians take place along the Mediterranean coast.
- 1104 BC: Phoenicians found the first walled city Gadir (modern Cádiz).
- c. 1000 BC: The existence of Tartessos as first Iberian state is mentioned in writing sources as a centralized Monarchy under Phoenician influence.
- 6th century BC: Greeks found colonies at the Mediterranean coast. Carthago starts to take over Phoenician dominions.
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Carthaginian Empire
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- 226 BC: The Ebro Treaty establishes the Ebro River in Iberia as the boundary line between Rome and Carthage.
- 218 BC: The Carthaginian Empire conquers large parts of the Iberian peninsula
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Roman Republic
- 226 BC: The Ebro Treaty establishes the Ebro River in Iberia as the boundary line between Rome and Carthage.
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- 206 BC: The Roman Empire defeats the Carthaginian Empire and starts the conquest of the Iberian coast.
- 197 BC: The Roman Empire establishes the provinces of Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior.
- 174 BC: After a Celtiberian revolt Rome subdues the Celtiberians.
- 133 BC: With the conquest of Numantia, the Celtiberians are finally overcome. The Roman Empire gradually conquers the rest of the Iberian peninsula.
- 74/19 BC: The Roman Empire conquers the North-Western part of the Iberian peninsula.
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Roman Empire
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Gallic Empire
- 260: Hispania is part of the seccessionist Gallic Empire.
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Roman Empire
- 270: The Gallic Empire is limited to Gaul and Germania, restoring Roman rule in Hispania.
- 395: After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is partitioned in the (Eastern) Roman Empire and the (Western) Roman Empire. The Iberian peninsula becomes part of the Western part of the Empire. The Visigoths led by king Alareiks establish the Visigothic Kingdom in South-East Europe. The Visigoths move westwards in the direction of Italy and Gaul.
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Kingdom of the Hasdingi
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Visigothic Kingdom
- 417: King Wallia of the Visigoths settles as Roman ally in Gaul and establishes his court in Toulouse.
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Kingdom of Galicia
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Kingdom of the Vandals and the Alanes
- 419: The Suebes defeat the Hasdingi and the Vandals migrate to the south of the Iberian peninsula, where king Gunderic becomes king of the Vandals and the Alans.
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- 418: King Wallia invades Hispania, including Southern and Eastern Hispania, and defeats together with the Suebes the Alans and part of the Vandals, who migrate to the south of the Iberian peninsula, where king Gunderic becomes king of the Vandals and the Alans.
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- 419: The Suebes defeat together with the Visigoths the Hasdingi and the Vandals.
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- 457-469: Galicia is in civil war, with various kings claiming the throne.
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- 507: The Visigoths lose their capital Toulouse to the Franks. Their kingdom in Hispania remains intact.
- 511: King Theodericus of the Ostrogoths becomes regent of the Visigoths. He governs Visigothia through his vice-regent Theudis.
- 526: Theodoricus is succeeded as king of the Visigoths by his grandson Amalareiks.
- 531: After his assassination he is succeeded by former vice-regent Theudis.
- 552: The Roman Empire, also rendered as Byzantine Empire[1] conquers the southern Mediterranean coast and establishes the province of Spania.
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- 585: King Liubagilds of the Visigoths defeats king Audeca of Galicia and annexes Galicia.
- 603: Witteric overthrows king Liuva II.
- 624: The Visigothic Kingdom conquers the renmants of Spania.
- 631: Sisinanþs overthrows king Swinthila.
- 642: King Tulga is overthrown by Chindasuinth.
- 680: King Wamba is said to be poisoned and is was forced to step down as king upon his recovery. He is succeeded by king Erwig, who is considered a complete puppet of the bishops and nobility.
- 693: A rebellion by Suniefred against king Egica is surpredded.
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Arab Caliphate
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Kingdom of Asturias
- 718: Pelayo who resists the Umayyad rule, establishes and becomes the first king of Asturias.
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Emirate of Córdoba
- 756: The Ummayads establish the Emirate of Córdoba.
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Kingdom of the Franks
- 795: In the north the Ummayads are defeated by the Franks, that establishes the Marca Hispanica, a set of Frankish counties.
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- 814: Al-Hakam I crushed a rebellion of Iberian Muslims led by clerics.
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Kingdom of Pamplona
- 824: Íñigo Arista secedes from Francia and becomes king of Pamplona.
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- 850: Asturias is under king Ordoño I also known as Kingdom of León.
- 868: Vímara Peres conquers the region north of the Douro river and becomes count of Portugal as a fief of Asturias .
- 910: After the death of king Alfonso III Asturias is partitioned.
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Kingdom of León
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Kingdom of Asturias
- 910: Fruela II becomes king of Asturias.
- 914: Ordoño II becomes also king of of León.
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Kingdom of Galicia
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- 924: King Fruela II of Asturias becomes also king of León.
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- 924: King Fruela II of Asturias becomes also king of Galicia.
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- 925: Alfonso IV becomes king of León, including Asturias.
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Caliphate of Córdoba
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County of Castile
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- 929: King Alfonso IV becomes also king of Galicia.
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- 985: Bermudo II becomes king of León, reuniting Galicia with Leon.
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- 1005: Viguera is inherited by king Antso III.
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- 1009/1031: The Caliphate of Cordoba falls apart in various Taifas in present-day Spain and Portugal.
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Kingdom of Navarre
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Taifa of Toledo
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Kingdom of Castile
- 1037: Count Fernando I of Castile, becomes king of León and Galicia and of Castile.
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- 1037: Count Fernando I of Castile, becomes king of León and Galicia and of Castile.
- 1055: Badajoz becomes a tributary of León.
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- 1037: Count Fernando I of Castile, becomes king of León and Galicia and of Castile.
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- 1065: García II becomes king of Galicia.
- 1071: After Nuno Mendes tries to become king of Portual, he is overthrown by king García II. Portugal is dissolved. The same year García II is overthrown and Galicia is ruled by Sancho II and Alfonso VI.
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- 1072: King Sancho II defeats Alfonso VI and becomes also king of León. The same year he is assassinated. Alfonso VI becomes king of the three kingdoms.
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- 1072: King Sancho II defeats Alfonso VI and becomes also king of León. The same year he is assassinated. Alfonso VI becomes king of the three kingdoms.
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- 1072: King Sancho II defeats Alfonso VI and becomes also king of León. The same year he is assassinated. Alfonso VI becomes king of the three kingdoms.
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- 1076: Part of Navarre is annexed to Castile.
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- 1085: King Alfonso VI conquers the Taifa of Toledo and estabishes as fourth kingdom the Kingdom of Toledo.
- 1096: Henrique of Burgundy marries with Teresa, daughter of Alfonso VI and together they become counts of Portugal as a fief of Castian Galicia.
- 1099: Valencia is conquered by Castille.
- 1100: Castile loses Valencia to the Moroccan Empire.
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- 1134: The personal union between Navarre and Aragon ends. Gartzea IV becomes king of Navarre.
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- 1139: Count Afonso secedes Portugal from Galicia and León and becomes its first de jure king.
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- 1147-1149: Castile takes part in the Second Crusade in which parts of Iberia are conquered.
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- 1147-1149: León takes part in the Second Crusade in which parts of Iberia are conquered.
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- 1157: After the death of Alfonso VIII, Sancho III becomes king of Castile and Toledo.
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- 1157: After the death of Alfonso VIII, Fernando II becomes king of León and Galicia.
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- 1157: After the death of Alfonso VIII, Fernando II becomes king of León and Galicia.
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- 1158: The state of war between Sancho III and Fernando II is ended at the Treaty of Sahagún.
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- 1158: The state of war between Sancho III and Fernando II is ended at the Treaty of Sahagún.
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- 1158: The state of war between Sancho III and Fernando II is ended at the Treaty of Sahagún.
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Crown of Castile[2]
- 1230: King Fernando III of Castile becomes king of León and Galicia and unites his kingdoms into the Crown of Castile. Castile gets an estates assembly as advisory body to the king. Castile Badajoz.
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- 1305: After the death of the queen Jeanne, her son Louis becomes king Louis I of Navarre.
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- 1314: Louis becomes also king Louis X of France.
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- 1328: After the death of king Charles I his heritage is divided. Charles' daughter Jeanne becomes queen Joana II of Navarre, separate from France.
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- 1356: King Pere IV of Aragon and king Pedro of Castile commence the War of the Two Peters.
- 1369: Enrique II dethrones and kills Pedro in the Castilian Civil War and brings the House of Trastámara to the throne. King Fernando of Portugal disputes the Castillian throne and both pretenders commence the Fernandine Wars.
- 1373: With the Treaty of Santarem the war between Castile and Portugal ends. Enrique remains king of Castile.
- 1375: The war between Aragon and Castile ends with the peace of Almazán, leaving no clear victor.
- 1382: The Third Fernandine War between Fernando and Enrique's successor Juan ends after a victory with the Treaty of Salvaterra. Fernando recognizes Juan as king of Castile.
- 1383: King Juan of Castile marries with the daughter of King Fernando, princess Beatriz. This means that he becomes heir of the Portuguese throne after the death of Fernando the same year. The Portuguese nobility resist Juan becoming king of Portugal.
- 1385: The Castillian army is not only defeated at Aljubarrot, but also annihilated. João is recognized as king of Portugal.
- 1402: Castile conquers Lanzarote.
- 1405: Castile completes the conquest of Fuertaventura.
- 1435: An uprising in Galicia that started in 1431, is suppressed.
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- 1448: Portugal claims the Canary Islands.
- 1462: Castile conquers Gibraltar, part of Granada.
- 1470: Another uprising in Galicia that started in 1467, is defeated.
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- 1474: After the death of king Enrique IV , Isabel I becomes queen of Castile. Her husband Fernando II of Aragon becomes jure uxoris as Fernando V king of Castile.
- 1475: The War of the Castilian Succession commences between his daughter Juana, married to king Afonso of Portugal, and his half-sister, Isabel. Portugal and France intervene in favour of Juana and Aragon in favour of Isabel.
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- 1479: After her death, her grandson François Fébus becomes king of Navarre, count of Foix and viscount of Béarn.
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- 1479: The War of the Castilian Succession ends with the Treaty of Alcáçovas, confirming Isabel as queen of Castile. By treaty the Canary Islands are awarded to Castile. Fernando II becomes king of Aragon, creating a personal union between Aragon and Castile.
- 1487: Gran Canaria is conquered by Castile
- 1491: The Treaty of Granada between sultan Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad of Granada and queen Isabel with king Ferrando relinquishes the sovereignty of Granada to Castile.
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- 1506: Philipp I of the House of Habsburg succeeds in getting also de facto power in Castille. He dies the same year and is succeeded by Juana who remains queen of Castile. Fernando rules Castile together with Juana.
- 1512: The southern part and historical core of Navarre is invaded by Castile and Aragon.
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Kingdom of Spain
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- 1522: Castile annexes the southern part of Navarre. The northern half continues as Navarre. Carlos conquers Milan and returns it to duke Francesco II Sforza.
- 1523: A uprising in central Castile is defeated. A republican uprising in Valencia is suppressed.
- 1525: The Spanish and Austrian forces of Carlos defeat at Pavia France and capture king François.
- 1526: With the Treaty of Madrid king François surrenders his claims to Italy, Flanders, and Burgundy in order to be released from prison. The same year pope Clemens VII, alarmed at the growing power of the emperor, forms the League of Cognac together with France, England, Venice, Florence and Milan. Spain puts a garrison in Siena.
- 1529: The Treaty of Zaragoza attributes the Moluccas to Portugal and Philippines to Spain. With the conclusion of the Treaty of Cambrai, the League collapsed and Karl V wins the war in Italy. Spanish dominance in Italy commences.
- 1536: After the death of duke Francesco II Sforza of Milan, king François of France claims Milan. He conquers Savoy.
- 1538: The Truce of Nice ends the war between François and Carlos over Northern Italy. Savoy with Piedmont are acquired by France.
- 1540: Carlos becomes duke of Milan.
- 1542-1546: King François of France recommences the war, but fails to conquer Milan. Despite huge losses, the status quo ante bellum is restored.
- 1544: The French army defeats at Ceresole an Spanish-Austrian army, but France fails in winning the war, that ends in 1546 inconclusive.
- 1552: King Henri II of France declares war on emperor Karl V with the intent of recapturing Italy. The Sienese expel the Spanish garnison. A war with Siena commences.
- 1554: Crown prince Felipe II of Spain becomes king jure uxoris of [[user:electionworld/sandbox/United Kingdom#1554|England] by marriage with queen Mary of England.
- 1555: Siena surrenders to Spain. Spain cedes Siena to Florence, but keeps Porto Ercole and surroundings as the State of Presidi, governed from Naples.
- 1556: Carlos abdicates and Felipe II becomes king of Spain and brings the Southern Netherlands and Northern Netherlands under Spanish rule.
- 1558: After the death of Mary, Felipe II loses the English throne.
- 1559: With the Peace of Cateau Cambrésis, the Italian Wars conclude. France renounces its claim in Italy. Spain becomes dominant in Italy.
- 1566: With resistance by protestants against the catholic Spanish rule starts the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the rebels in the →Netherlands.
- 1568: Moriscos in Granada commence a rebellion.
- 1571: The Morisco rebellion is defeated.
- 1580: King-cardinal Henrique of Portugal dies. Felipe II claims the throne and becomes by force king Filipe I of Portugal, which is in the War of the Portuguese Succession disputed by António. Portugal remains a separate kingdom.
- 1581: The Northern Netherlands secede from the Spanish Netherlands.
- 1585: England supports with a military expedition the rebels in the Netherlands. It leads to a war between England and Spain.
- 1594: A rebellion starts in Ireland, supported by Spanish troops against English rule in Ireland.
- 1601: England defeats at Kinsale Irish and Spanish forces in Ireland, driving the Gaelic aristocracy out of Ireland and destroying the Gaelic clan system.
- 1602: The March of Finale is bought by king Felipe III.
- 1604: The Treaty of London ends the hostilities between England and Spain.
- 1605: Spain occupies Monaco.
- 1614: The Spanish occupation of Monaco ends.
- 1618: Spain is allied with emperor Ferdinand II in his Thirty Years' War with the protestant states in the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1625: France conquers from Spain Saint-Domingue.
- 1628-1631: Spain is as supporter of Ferrante II Gonzaga, duke of Guastalla, in its claim of Mantua, involved until 1631 in the War of the Mantuan Succession.
- 1640: After a plot, João de Bragança is acclaimed king João IV of Portugal. This leads to the Portuguese Restoration War between king Felipe IV of Spain and João IV, leading to the confirmation of the kingship of João IV of Portugal. The Portuguese city of Ceuta in Morocco sides with Spain. It is officially ceded to Spain in 1668 by the Treaty of Lisbon.
- 1641: Pau Claris i Casademunt proclaims the Catalan Republic. The Catalans defeat at Montjuïc. Shortly after, the local clergy and aristocracy half-heartedly accepts king Louis XIII of France as prince Lluís of Catalonia.
- 1642: Roussillon is conquered by France.
- 1647: The Neapolitan Republic secedes.
- 1648: The rule of king Felipe IV is restored in Naples. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain as a major European power. The Dutch independence is recognized.
- 1652: Spain captures Barcelona and overthrow prince Lluís. Catalonia is reincorporated into Spain.
- 1655: England conquers from Spain Jamaica.
- 1659: The Treaty of the Pyrenees ends the war between France and Spain with the French annexation of Southern Flanders and Roussillon.
- 1668: With the Treaty of Lisbon king Carlos II of Spain recognizes the sovereignty of Afonso IV's over Portugal and its colonies. The Treaty of Aachen ends the War of Devolution between France and Spain over the Spanish Netherlands and outlines the boundaries between France and the Spanish Netherlands.
- 1672: Brandenburg, the Habsburg Empire and Spain join as allies the Netherlands in the Franco-Dutch War.
- 1678: The Treaties of Nijmegen end after a French victory the war between France and the Netherlands and its allies. France wins territories in the Spanish Netherlands.
- 1683: France commences the War of the Reunions and invades the Spanish Netherlands, conquering part of it. The Ottoman Empire attacks the Habsburg Empire and almost captures Vienna. In reaction Spain joins an alliance to fight in the Great Turkish War the Ottoman Empire and its vassal states, that defeats the [Ottoman Empire at the second siege of Vienna.
- 1684: The Truce of Ratisbon ends the war between France and Spain
- 1688: After king Louis XIV of France crosses the Rhine an grand alliance of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, Spain, England and Savoy gets into the [[War of the Grand Alliance with France.
- 1689: An uprising in Catalonia, prompted in 1687 by the quartering & upkeep of Spanish soldiers, and intensified by French agents, is suppressed.
- 1693: An uprising Valencia, prompted by feudal taxation, is defeated.
- 1697: The Treaty of Rijswijk ends the War of the Grand Alliance between France and the grand alliance.
- 1699: The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
- 1701: After the death of king Carlos II his succession is disputed between Philippe of Anjou and Leopold of Habsburg. In the following War of the Spanish Succession, Philippe is supported by France. Leopold is supported by the Holy Roman Empire (including Austria, Prussia, Brunswick-Lüneburg and Bavaria (until 1704), England with Scotland, the Dutch Republic, Savoy and Portugal.
- 1704: England conquers Gibraltar in South Spain.
- 1708: Minorca becomes a British possession.
- 1713: The Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of the Spanish Succession. Philippe becomes as Felipe V king of Spain, but has to any claim to the throne of France. Spain loses Sicily to Savoye and Sardinia, Naples, Milan as well as the Spanish Netherlands to Habsburg Monarchy. Gibraltar and Minorca fall to Great Britain. Finale is ceded to |Genoa.
- 1716: Aragon and Castile unite de jure as Kingdom of Spain. The constituent kingdoms are abolished.
- 1718: King Felipe V of Spain claims as grandson of Louis XIV the French throne. This leads to the War of the Quadruple Alliance with an alliance of France, Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, England and Savoy.
- 1720: The war ends with victory of the alliance, confirmed with the Treaty of The Hague, in which Felipe V renounces the French throne.
- 1727: Spain and Great Britain commence a war over Gibraltar and possessions in South America.
- 1729: With the Treaty of Seville (1729) Great Britain maintains control over Port Mahon at Minorca and Gibraltar.
- 1733: After the death of Friedrich August of Poland, Spain supports Stanisław Leszczyński in his succesful War of the Polish Succession against Friedrich August II of Saxony to become king of Poland.
- 1735: Spain defeats emperor Karl VI, ruler of Austria, and conquers Naples and Sicily. The Spanish prince Carlos, duke of Parma and Piacenza, of the Bourbon family becomes king of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in a dynastic union with Spain.
- 1740: Spain disputes in the War of the Austrian Succession the succession of Maria Theresia as archduchess of Austria and her husband Franz Stefan as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1748: The Treaty of Aachen ends the War of the Austrian Succession. Austria renounces Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla to Spain.
- 1756: Austria's desire to recover Silesia from Prussia leads France and Austria to put aside their rivalry. A Seven Years' War involving most European great power and affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India and the Philippines commences between two coalitions, led by the Great Britain (incl. Prussia, Portugal, Brunswick-Lüneburg and other small German states) on one side and led by France (incl. Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Spain and Sweden on the other.
- 1763: The war ends with a Status quo ante bellum in Europe and a transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. France cedes possessions east of the Mississippi and Canada as well as in India to Great Britain and cedes Louisiana west of the Mississippi to Spain. Spain cedes Florida to Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris confirms the British-Portuguese victory over France and Spain.
- 1782: Minorca returns to Spain.
- 1796: Spain allies itself in the Treaty of Ildefonso allies itself with France and declares as part of the War of the First Coalition war on Great Britain.
- 1798: British rule over Minorca is restored after an invasion.
- 1802: Spain cedes Louisiana to France. The United Kingdom cedes Minorca to Spain.
- 1804: Spain gets a revolutionary provisional parliament assembling in Cádiz with representatives of the provinces and members elected in Cádiz to substitute for the provinces that cannot send representatives.
- 1807: A joint French-Spanish army invades and conquers Portugal.
- 1808: A mutiny at Aranjuez leads to the abdication of king Carlos IV. He is succeeded by Fernando VII. France turns on Spain, previously its ally. It invades Spain and installs a French client government. Joseph Bonaparte, brother of emperor Napoléon]] becomes king José of Spain. This leads to the Peninsular War between Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the newly installed government of Spain and France. An uprising in Madrid is suppressed by French troops. France defeats at Évora a Spanish-Portuguese army.
- 1810: Chile becomes independent.
- 1811: Paraguay becomes independent.
- 1812: The parliament in refuge in Cádiz approves a liberal constitution that provides in a parliament elected on a indirect universal male suffrage and a government responsible to the parliament. Catalonia is annexed to France.
- 1813: Spanish rule in Catalonia is restored.
- 1814: France is finally defeated in the War of the Sixth Coalition. Napoleon goes into exile on Elba. France loses the annexed territories. Spain restores its independence, king José is succeeded by Fernando VII. Fernando VII refuses to accept the constitution and installs with Francisco Javier de Elío an absolutist rule.
- 1814-1818: Chile is occupied by Spain.
- 1815: A liberal pronunciamiento fails.
- 1816: Rio de la Plata becomes independent.
- 1819: After several secession attempts in Venezuela and New Granada, Gran Colombia becomes independent.
- 1820: Rafael del Riego succeeds in overthrowing the absolutist government. The constitution of 1812 is restored.
- 1821: Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic become independent.
- 1822: An attempt to restore the absolute monarchy fails.
- 1823: King Louis XVIII of France mobilizes an army to help to help the Spanish royalists to restore king Fernando VII to the absolute power of which he had been deprived. In the upcoming decades many attempts to overthrow governments take place.
- 1825: Bolivia becomes independent.
- 1833: After the death of Fernando VII the First Carlist War commences between the forces behind regent Maria Cristina for his daughter Isabella II and the forces behind his brother Carlos, the carlists.
- 1834: The constitution of 1812 is restored with a limited suffrage.
- 1836: Regentess Maria Cristina restores the 1812 constitution.
- 1839: The carlists are defeated at Ramales and the war ends with the Convention of Vergara.
- 1840: General Baldomero Espartero overthrows Maria Cristina and becomes regent himself.
- 1843: Baldomere Espartero is overthrown and Isabella II is declared an adult and starts reigning herself.
- 1849: A carlist uprising is defeated.
- 1854: General Leopoldo O'Donnell stages a revolutionary coup in Madrid.
- 1856: O'Donnell stages another coup and brings himself to power.
- 1859: Spain declares war on Morocco.
- 1860: With the Treaty of Wad-Ras Morocco recognizes Ceuta, Melilla and Sidi Ifni as part of Spain.
- 1861-1865: Spain occupies the Dominican Republic.
- 1868: The Glorious Revolution in Spain deposes Queen Isabella II. Cuban separatists commence a Ten Years' War against Spain. Couto Misto, occupied since 1864, is divided between Portugal and Spain.
- 1869: Spain becomes a constitutional monarchy in which the parliament is elected on a universal male suffrage.
- 1870: Isabella abdicates and the Italian prince Amadeo is elected king.
- 1872: Carlos VII of Bourbon-Parma starts the Third Carlist War as pretender to the throne.
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Spanish Republic
- 1873: King Amadeo abdicates and the parliament proclaimes the republic. Spain gets a constitution that provides in a unicameral parliament elected on a universal male suffrage and a government responsible to the parliament.
- 1874: A revolutionary uprising is defeated.
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Kingdom of Spain.
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Spanish Republic
- 1931: The dictatorship is overthrown. After elections, king Alfonso XIII abdicates and Spain becomes a republic. A provisional government is formed. The Galician Republic secedes unilaterally from Spain and is reincorporated the same day. A constituent assembly is elected in free multi-party elections on a universal male suffrage. The new constitution stipulates a parliament elected in multi-party elections on a universal suffrage. The government is responsible to the parliament.
- 1933: An anarchist uprising is suppressed easily.
- 1934: An uprising, mainly in Asturias, commences and is suppressed.
- 1936: In rebellion against the republic government nationalist forces start the Spanish Civil War. The nationalists proclaim the Spanish State. The war involves large numbers of non-Spanish citizens who participate in combat and advisory positions. Nazi Germany and fascist Italy intervene in the war to support the nationalists. During the war from time to time the left is divided between moderate republicans, anarchists and various communist factions who fight each other.
- 1937: The Sovereign Council of Asturias and León, established in 1936, secedes unilaterally and unrecognized from Spain and is the same year defeated by the nationalist side in the Spanish civil war.
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Spanish State
- 1939: The nationalists defeat the republicans. Spain has the Chief of the Spanish State, Francisco Franco, as head of state. Parliament is abolished. Spain is governed in a one-party system in which opponents are persecuted. Spain withdraws from the League of Nations. Republican guerilla resistance remains active until 1965.
- 1940-1945: Spain remains neutral during World War II.
- 1942: Spain gets a corporative assembly.
- 1955: Spain joins the United Nations.
- 1956: Spain ends it protectorate over Morocco.
- 1958: Spain cedes Cape Juby to Morocco.
- 1959: The Basque Country and Freedom (ETA) is founded as a separatist movement of the Basque Country.
- 1968: ETA enacts its first in a long row of attacks on government officials. Spainish Guinea becomes independent as Equatorial Guinea.
- 1969: Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco.
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Kingdom of Spain
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