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1423 - Sack of Marseille [fr; es] by the forces of Aragón, led by Alfonso V. [2] 1453 - Fortifications constructed. 1481 - Marseille united with Provence. 1486 - Marseille becomes part of France. [1] 1524 - Town besieged by forces of Francis I. [2] 1531 - Château d'If built. 1542 - Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins (church) dedicated.
Jean-Baptiste Grosson, royal notary, wrote from 1770 to 1791 the historical Almanac of Marseille, published as Recueil des antiquités et des monuments marseillais qui peuvent intéresser l'histoire et les arts ("Collection of antiquities and Marseille monuments which can interest history and the arts"), which for a long time was the primary ...
Marseille is the fourth largest city in France by urban area [7] and the second largest by population within city limits after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. [8] Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. [9] [6]
Spain and the United States signs the Pact of Madrid. 1955 Spain joins the United Nations. 1959: Spanish miracle: A period of economic growth began. 1973: Spanish miracle: The period ended. 1975: History of Spain (1975–present) 6 November: The Green March forced Spain to hand over its last remaining colonial possession, Spanish Sahara, to ...
1489 – Spain captures Baza. Al-Zagal surrenders to Spain. Almería falls to the Reconquista. 1491 – Granada surrenders to the Castilian-Aragonese forces. Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad XII, Emir of Granada, relinquishes the last Muslim-controlled city in the Iberian Peninsula to the expanding Crown of Castile, and signs the Treaty of Granada.
Marseille, 16 August 1917) - doctor, Mayor of Marseille; Joseph Mascarel (1816; d. Los Angeles, 1899) - sailor, Mayor of Los Angeles; Jean-Raymond Mourraille (25 November 1721; d. Marseille, 30 December 1808) - astronomer, Mayor of Marseille; Émile Ollivier (2 July 1825; d. Saint-Gervais les bains, 20 August 1913) - Minister
The Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) was a period of flourishing arts and letters in the Spanish Empire (now Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America), coinciding with the political decline and fall of the Habsburgs. Arts flourished despite the decline of the empire in the 17th century.
The historian al-Tabari transmits a tradition attributed to Caliph Uthman, who stated that the road to Constantinople was through Hispania, "Only through Spain can Constantinople be conquered. If you conquer [Spain] you will share the reward of those who conquer [Constantinople]". The conquest of Hispania followed the conquest of the Maghreb. [7]