History of Spain

Spain History Timeline

Islamic Al-Andalusia (700

1300)
Contemporary Spain
(1975 present) Transition to Democracy

Catholic Monarchs
(14th 15th Centuries) 2nd Republic & Francoist
Spain (1931 1975)
Regional Rebellion

Habsburg & Bourbon

Dynasty ( 16th 17th Republicanism &
Centuries) Restoration (1812 1931)
Economic Crisis &
After
 Islamic Al-Andalusia (700 1300)

711- Islam entered Spain for the first time, but during this period the
755 Spanish domestic political stability still unstable.

755 From this time, Arab power was saved by 'Abd al-Rahmn Al-
912 Dhakil. He successfully created Bani Umayyah Dynasti

912 Islam in spain led by Abdurrahman II, and it was the golden age
1013 of the islamic period
 Islamic Al-Andalusia (700 1300)
During this period the Muslims entered a period of internal problems. And
1013-
Spain is divided into 30 small states
1086

1086- In 1238 and 1248 Cordova and Seville fell into chritians, and all
1248 muslims teritory was lost except Granada.
The Collapse of Islamic Rule
 Catholic Monarchs
(14th 15th Centuries)

Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand V

1469 of Aragon were married and their
kingdom known as the "Catholic
Monarchs.

1492 - Isabella and Ferdinand authorized

the expedition of Christopher
1494 Columbus.

Spain's first Habsburg ruler Charles I

(grandson of Isabella I) became king
1515 of Spain.
 Habsburg and Bourbon Dynasty
(16th 17th Century)
*Anglo-Spanish War
1585
*The expulsion of the Moriscos
-1648 *Thirty Years War

Charles II died and having no direct

1700 heir, was succeeded by his great-
nephew Philippe d'Anjou a French
prince (Bourbon)

*The War of the Spanish Succession.

1701 *Spain joins the Seven Years' War
against Great Britain.
-1808 *The Peninsular War is fought against
the French Empire led by Napoleon.

1809 The Spanish American wars of

independence begin
-1898
 Republicanism & Restoration
(1812 1931)
Spain remains neutral as
World War I begins.

Spain becomes a
republic.

The Spanish civil war

 2nd Republic & Francoist Spain
(1931 1975)
Full name : Francisco
Paulino Hermenegildo
Tedulo Franco
Bahamonde
Born: December 4, 1892,
El Ferrol
Died: November 20,
1975, Madrid
Also known as: El caudillo
by the grace of God
Political affiliations:
nationalist & falange
Government:
authoritarian
Francisco Franco (1939 1975)
 Franco involvement in Spanish civil
war (1931 1939)

Key Person: Francisco Franco Key Person: Manuel Azaa

Right wing: Left wing:
Church Communist
Military Socialist
Monarchist Anarchist
Spanish Fascist party (falange) Liberals
and foreign army
 2nd Republic & Francoist Spain
(1931 1975)

Citizens only allowed to be Catholic

Banned different languages and

Basque & Catalan names for newborns

Barred labor unions, self-sufficiency

economics, secret police and censorships
 Contemporary Spain (1975
present)
Franco was succeeded by King Juan Carlos. 1978 Constitution
1975- made Spain a parliamentary monarchy. Eta and Valencia
1981 rebellions.

1982- Another coup by right wing extremist. Spain joined NATO.

1992 Spain joined EEC. Hosted Summer Olympic, World Expo 92.
500th anniversary of Columbus landing in America.

1995 Jose Maria Aznar survived car bomb (1995), became PM

- (1996). Stability with Catalan and Basque.
1997
1998-
ETA ceasefire. Madrid car bombs. Peseta replaced by
2003 euro. EU summit in Seville. Naval standoff in Morocco.
Indefinite ban Basques Batasuna.

Madrid train explosions. 191 people killed. Zapatero

2004-
2006
withdrew soldier in Iraq. Gay marriage legalized. ETA
peace talk. Catalonia threatened with military actions.

2006- ETA ceasefire. Catalonia choose to stay. Franco legacy

2008 stripped from Spain. Socialist win re-elections.
 Economic crisis
2009-2010 :First
economic crisis since
1993. Basque want
independence.
Unemployment rates
went up.
2010-2011: New ETA
ceasefire. Mariano
Rajoy took office.
Begin talks about
crisis management.
2012: Bailout plan for
Spain. Catalan
demand
Mariano Rajoy referendum.
Basques ETA ready
to disband and
begin talk with
French and Spain.
 Crisis Aftermath
2013: Employment
reached 27.2%.
Economic growth
reached 0.1%.
2014: King Juan
Carlos
succeeded by
Felipe VI.
Symbolic ref. in
Catalonia not
recognized.
2015-2016: Rajoy
won election,
political pact with
Spain GDP Development
the centrist with
Socialist
opposition.