SPAIN1500-NOW

Clare Healy, Mattie Adam, Eddie Franco

TOP TEN EXCITING, SPECTACULAR EVENTS!!!

1519-1522: Magellan’s crew navigates around the earth Discovered the world is

round! AMAZING!!!

1520-1550: Spain gains control of regions of Central and South America More revenue for Spain,

greedy little buggers…

1588 : Defeat of the

Spanish Armada End of Spanish

dominance in the sea

1609 King Felipe III orders the expulsion of all Moriscos Muslims expelled from

Spain. Sheesh… someone has their panties in a twist

1618-1648: Thirty Years’ War Catholics vs. Protestants

CONTINUATION OF SPECTACULAR EVENTS!!!

The Restoration French Bourbons took

over the Habsburgs Spanish-American

War 1898 End of Spanish Empire,

crushing defeat by America

King Fernando VII back on Spanish Throne 1814

Reinstated the Spanish Inquisition, American colonies gained independence, Spain’s economy was ruined

Spanish War of Independence 1808 Spanish laypeople fight

against Joseph Bonaparte in a five-year war

WOW! EVEN MORE EVENTS!!!

1478- Initiation of Spanish Inquisition

Purging Spain of all non-Catholics

1808- Napolean Occupies Madrid

Spanish Government surrenders, Crucial contribution to French power

1875- Alfonso XII Restores Monarchy in Spain

Destroys First Spanish Republic, doesn’t last long

1936- Spanish Civil War

Fransisco Franco led revolt to crush leading powers for three years, setting Spain in position of power

2007- Madrid Bombings

On March 14, 2007, various commuter trains were bombed by al-Qaeda forces. Over 800 people died, put Spain in the war on terror.

CHARLES I AND V, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR

•1500-1558•Born in the Flemish city of Ghent (a Habsburg)•Married Isabella of Portugal•Always viewed as foreign prince•Alive during Reformation• Diet of Worms 1521• Peasants Revolts

1524-1526

ALFONSO XIII•1886-1941•Full control of Spain at 16•Unstable politics, eight prime ministers•1898: crushing defeat in Spanish-American War•Stayed neutral through WWI

FRANCISCO FRANCO

•1939-1975•Rose in military status throughout lifetime•Created fascist government•Decolonized Spain•Made Spanish military one of the best in the world

SPAIN 1500-1600S

•Late 1500s

•Became secondary power in Europe

•1600

•Population declined due to migration to America

SPAIN 1700-1800S

•1700

•Found Los Angeles in America Sept. 4, 1781

•1801

•Restoration of Spain

1900S, COLD WAR, NOW

•1900s

•Neutral in WWI & II•Engulfed in civil war

•Cold War

•Anti-Communist •Eventually joined EU and NATO

•Now

•Spain replaced the peseta with the Euro as national currency

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mughal/miscmaps1600s/quadmaps/quadmaps.html http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rens_04/

rens_04_00435.html http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h25spain.html http://

www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/spain_portugal_1808.htm

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