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  2. Timeline of Spanish history - Wikipedia

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    Spain won the UEFA European Championship Final, establishing the team as an international soccer power house. 2010: July: Spain won the FIFA World Cup. [13] Garzón was granted leave to work as a consultant to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. 2015: Artur Mas defies Spain by calling early elections on independence of the region of ...

  3. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    In 1640, the House of Braganza revolted against Spanish rule and reasserted Portugal's independence. [84] When Spain's first Habsburg ruler Charles I became king of Spain in 1516 (with his mother and co-monarch Queen Juana I effectively powerless and kept imprisoned till her death in 1555), Spain became central to the dynastic struggles of Europe.

  4. Timeline of national independence - Wikipedia

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    Spain Paraguay: Independence not formally declared until 1842. November 4, 1813 Confederation of the Rhine Liechtenstein: Confederation of the Rhine dissolved. November 20, 1813 France United Kingdom of the Netherlands: Independence restored after French rule. Initial independence from Spain in 1581 as the Dutch Republic. May 30, 1814 France

  5. List of countries that have gained independence from Spain

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    The Republic of Spanish Haiti gained independence from Spain in 1821, was occupied by Haiti, then gained independence as the First Dominican Republic; reoccupied by Spain 1861-1865, the Second Dominican Republic gained independence but was occupied by the United States 1916-1924. The Third Dominican Republic followed the U.S. occupation. 28

  6. Habsburg Spain - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese victories in 1663 at Ameixial and in 1665 at Montes Claros secured their independence. Spain ... Like most of Europe, Spain had suffered from famine and ...

  7. List of sovereign states by date of formation - Wikipedia

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    First declaration of Independence from Spain 26 February 1946: Rio Protocol ends border dispute with Peru: 24 May 1822: Second declaration of independence from Spain of Gran Colombia, of which Ecuador is a part of 13 May 1830: Dissolution of Gran Colombia: 16 February 1840: Declaration of Independence recognized by Spain El Salvador: 16 ...

  8. Spanish Empire - Wikipedia

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    In 1700, Philip V became king of Spain after the death of Charles II, the last Habsburg monarch of Spain, who died without an heir. His ascension triggered the War of the Spanish Succession , as various European powers contested his claim to the throne.

  9. Iberian Union - Wikipedia

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    The Iberian Union is a historiographical term used to describe the personal union of the Kingdom of Portugal with the Monarchy of Spain, which in turn was itself the dynastic union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, and of their respective colonial empires, that existed between 1580 and 1640 and brought the entire Iberian Peninsula except Andorra, as well as Portuguese and Spanish overseas ...