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The modern place names Spain and Hispaniola are both derived from Hispania. The Romans improved existing cities, such as Tarragona (Tarraco), and established others like Zaragoza (Caesaraugusta), Mérida (Augusta Emerita), Valencia (Valentia), León...
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The conflict drew in many European powers, including Spain, Austria, France, the Dutch Republic, Savoy and Great Britain. Related conflicts include the 1700-1721 Great Northern War, Rákóczi's War of Independence in Hungary, the Camisards revolt in...
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According to Claude Bowers, U.S. ambassador to Spain during the war, it was the "dress rehearsal" for World War II. The Nationalists won the war, which ended in early 1939, and ruled Spain until Franco's death in November 1975.
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The First Punic War between Carthage and Rome ended in 241 BCE after 23 years and with immense materiel and human losses on both sides in a Roman victory. In 237 BCE, Hamilcar Barca arrives in southern Spain to expand Carthage's interests there. He...
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The Spanish Republic, commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic, was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 April 1939 after...
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Year Date Event Map 624: Swinthila reconquered the south of Byzantine Hispania. "History of the Kings of the Goths" is written by Isidore of Seville.In the prologue, "Laus Spaniae" (Praises to Spain), introduces the phrase mater...
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. 1478. 1809. Spanish Inquisition. Early Modern Spain. 1492. End of Muslim Rule. 1492. Voyages of Christopher Columbus.
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Image Credit: Shutterstock. 5. El Escorial. Intended to mark the celebration of Spain's victory over the French in the Battle of St Quentin, El Escorial was constructed between 1563 and 1567 by Juan Bautista de Toledo, a Spanish architect who had...
1793-95: a war against revolutionary France and the Peace of Basel (1795). 1795-1808: the foreign policy of alliance with France; permanent war with Great Britain. 1805: battle of Trafalgar, destruction of the Spanish navy. 1807: Spain authorizes the...
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