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Apr 22, 1451
Birth of Isabella of Castile
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Mar 10, 1452
Birth of Fernando II of Aragon
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1469
Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon
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1474
Isabella becomes Queen of Castile
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1479
Fernando becomes King of Aragon. Dynastic union of Spain
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Jan 2, 1491
Expulsion of the jews from Spain
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Jan 2, 1492
Conquest of Granada: end of la reconquista
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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of America
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Apr 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas with Portugal
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Feb 24, 1500
Birth of Charles V
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Nov 26, 1504
Death of Isabella
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Jan 23, 1514
Death of Fernando
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1519
Charles becomes Emperor of the Sacre Imperi Romanogermànic
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Apr 23, 1519
Battle of Villalar: defeat of the comuneros
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Apr 16, 1520
Revolt of the Comuneros in Castile
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Oct 23, 1520
Charles becomes king of Spain
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1525
Wars against the protestant reformation
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Feb 24, 1525
Battle of Pavia: capture of Francis I of France
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May 21, 1527
Birth of Phillip II of Spain
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1533
Conquest of Túnez from the ottomans
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Apr 24, 1545
Victory at the Battle of Mühlberg against German Protestants
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1555
Peace of Augsburg: religious tolerance in the Holy Roman Empire
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1556
Abdication: Charles V gives the imperial crown to his brother Fernando and Spain to his son
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Jan 15, 1556
Phillip II becomes King of Spain: Moves the capital to madrid
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Sep 21, 1558
Death of Charles V
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1571
Victory at the Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman Empire
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1580
Union of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union)
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada by England
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Aragonese Revolt
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Death of Phillip II of Spain