Spain
711
The Muslims take over Spain
1031
Ummayad Caliphate in Spain breaks up
1212
The Almohade dynasty of Muslim Spain is
defeated at Toledo by the Christians
1479-1504 Ferdinand II and
Isabella I rule over all of Spain
1492
Granada is taken and the Muslims there are
expelled
1492
Columbus "discovers" the New World
1519
Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor Charles V
of the Holy Roman Empire
1571
The Spanish and other Christians defeat the
Ottomans at Lepanto
1588
The Spanish Armada is lost to the English
1659
Spain loses the Thirty Year's War with France
1713
The Treaty of Utrecht proclaimed Philip V to
be the King of Spain
