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250 matches to Spanish Succession
Asturias. Former Spanish kingdom. 3-2C BC Rome. 5C Visigoth. 718-910 Only Christian kingdom on Iberia. 910 + León.
Azaña, Manuel. 1880-1940. Spanish Republican Prime Minister 31-33, President 36-9.
Aztec Empire. 14C-1521. Mexico. Conquered by Spanish.
Balboa, Vasco de. 1475-1519. Spanish. Crossed Panama to Pacific 1513. Beheaded.
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Benavente y Martinez, Jacinto. 1866-1954. Spanish dramatist: Bonds of Interest 1907.
Buccaneers. 1630-97. British,French,Dutch pirates vs Spanish ships and colonies in Caribbean, S. America. Morgan.
Bunuel, Luis. 1900-83. Spanish filmmaker. Controversial film of social injustice, Andalusian Dog 1928.
Cabezan. 1510-66. Spanish. Early keyboard composer.
Cabrera, Ramón. 1806-87. Spanish Carlist leader.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1600-81. Spanish dramatist: El divino Orfeo-“Life is a dream” 1635.
California. 1542 Spain. 1769 Spanish colonize. Serra. 1822 Mexico. 1848 US. 1850 State.
Cano, Juan del. c1460-1526. Spanish. First Circumnavigation 1521. Magellan.
Cánovas, Antonio. 1828-97. Spanish premier. Helped restore Alfonso XIII. Wrote constitution.
Carlos, Don. 1788-1855. Claimed Spanish throne 1833, succeeding brother Ferdinand VII. Carlists.
Casals, Pablo. 1876-1973. Spanish cellist/conductor.
Cervantes, Miguel de. 1547-1616. Spanish writer: Don Quixote 1605.
Chillida, Edouardo. 1924-. Spanish sculptor.
Churrigueresque. Very ornate Spanish architectural style. Baroque. Plateresque.
Cid, El. (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar). c1043-99. Spanish hero, who fought for Moors and Christians. Idealized in 1140 epic El Cantar de mio Cid. Conquered and ruled Valencia 1094-99.
Cierva y Cordoniu, Juan de la. 1895-1936. Spanish autogyro inventor 1923. First vertical take-off 1934.
Comunero. 1520-1. Spanish Republican rebellion. Crushed, but effected policy changes.
Conquistadors. Spanish conquerors in America.
Coronado, Francisco de. 1510-54. Spanish explorer. Grand Canyon, 1540.
Cortes. Spanish National Assembly.