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175 matches to Spain
Barrier Treaties. 1709-15. Britain, HRE aid United Provinces vs Spain, France. Spanish Succession.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.
Belgium. 150BC Celts. 51BC Rome. 3C Franks. 9C Lower Lorraine. 15C Burgundy. 1477 Hapsburg. 1555 Spain. 1714 Austria. 1795 French. 1814 Austria. 1815 +Holland=United Netherlands. 1831 Independent kingdom. Neutrality guaranteed by Quintuple Treaty 1839. WWII Germans occupy. 1948 Benelux.
Bermuda. 1511 Spain discovers. 1609 Shipwrecked British settle, inpiring Tempest. 1617-1834 Slavery. 1968 Autonomous British Colony. 1995 Referendum rejects independence.
Boabdil (Mohammed XI). -1538. Last Moorish King of Spain, 1482-92.
Bolivia. Aymará. 15C Inca. 1538 Spain 1825 Independent. Bolivar.
Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.
Bourbon. 1327~1848 French dynasty. 1700~ Spain. 1734-1860 Naples.
Boyacá, Battle. 1819. South American rebels win independence from New Granada from Spain. Bolivar. Santander.
British Virgin Is. Arawak. Carib. 1493 Columbus. 1555 Spain. 1648 Dutch. 1666 British settle. 1960 British Crown Colony.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Cabrillo, Juan. -1543. Portuguese explorer. Discovered California for Spain.
Calatrava, Knights. 1158-1493. Defended Spain vs Moors. Controlled large areas.
California. 1542 Spain. 1769 Spanish colonize. Serra. 1822 Mexico. 1848 US. 1850 State.
Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.
Carabobo, Battle. 1821. Venezuela defeats Spain, gaining independence.
Castile. 1029 Split off León 1230 + León. 1479 + Aragon. 1512 + Navarre = Spain.
Catalan. Romance language of Andorra, NE Spain, SW France.
Catalonia. Iberians. Colonized by Phoenicia, Greece, Carthage. c200BC Rome. 5C Goths. 712 Moors. c788 Charlemagne. 1137 +Aragon. 1932 Autonomous. 1939 Spain.
Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty. 1559. Ended Italian Wars. Italy, Savoy to Spain. Calais to France.
Celts. Central European peoples who settled Spain, Gaul, Asia Minor 3000BC, and invaded Great Britain c3C BC. Plundered Rome 390BC. Thrived in Britain. after Romans. Invaded Greece 279-276BC. Forced to Wales by Invasions 5C. = Roman “Gauls”.
Ceuta. c12C BC Phoenicia. 1C BC Rome. 5C Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 618 Visigoth. 711 Moslem. 1415 Portugal. 1580 Spain. 1810 Britain. 1814 Spain.
Charles III. 1716-88. King of Spain 1759-. Enlightened despot. Lost Florida but strengthened empire.