Place the mouse pointer over the years so that you can read the most important events
related to
the
rise of the Spanish Empire
.
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1469
1492
1516
1533
1555
1571
1598
1512
1515
1520
1519
1525
1556
1588
1557
Philip II dies
Great Armada
disaster
Battle of Lepanto
Charles V abdicates, handling
the Netherlands and Spain to
his son Philip II.
Peace of Augsburg
Battle of Saint Quentin
Francisco Pizarro and his
men capture and sack the
Inca capital of Cuzco
Battle of Pavia
The revolt of the
"Comuneros"
Hernán Cortés lands on the
coast of Mexico with 600 men
Ferdinand of Aragon dies.
Charles V becomes Charles I
of Castile and Aragon
The Spanish complete
the conquest of Cuba
Annexation of
Navarra
Annexation of Navarra
Cristopher Columbus
discovers America
The Catholic Monarchs
conquest Granada
The Catholic Monarchs
get married