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250 matches to Spanish Succession
Paris, Treaties. 1229 Ends Albigensian Crusade. Louis gains Toulouse. 1327. England loses territory to France. 1763 Ends Seven Years War. Britain gets French holdings in Canada. Spain gets American territory. 1783 Ends American Revolution. US borders fixed. 1814 Ends Napoleonic Wars, restoring 1792 borders. Napoleon exiled to Elba. 1815 Ends Hundred Days. 1790 borders, reparations. Napoleon to St. Helena. 1856 Ends Crimean War. Black Sea neutral. Regulated Laws of High Seas. 1898 Ends Spanish American War. Spain cedes Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico to US. 1947. Settled European borders after WWII.
Pedrell, Felipe. 1841-1922. “Midwife” of Spanish Nationalist music.
Peninsular War. 1808-14. British, Spanish, Portuguese under Wellington defeat French in Iberian Peninsula.
Pérez, Antonio. 1534-1611. Spanish intriguer vs Philip II.
Pérez, Galdós. 1843-1920. Spanish writer of 46 historical novels. Episodios Nacionales.
Pérez de Ayala, Ramón. 1880-1962. Spanish writer. Balarmino and Apolonio.
Philip I. The Handsome. 1478-1506. King of Castile 1504-. Established Spanish Hapsburg line by marrying daughter of Ferdinand II.
Philip II. 1527-98. Spanish king. Revolt, 1579. Married Mary I of England. Sent Armada against Elizabeth I, 1588. Counter-Reformation champion.
Philip IV. 1605-65. Spanish king 1621-. Lost Portugal, Catalonia, Utrecht.
Philippines. 1521 Magellan discovers. 1565 Spanish conquer. 1762-64 British occupy. 1898 US. 1935 Commonwealth. 1941-11 Japan occupies. 1946 Republic. 1973 Marcos dictator. 1986 Democracy. MacArthur.
Picasso, Pablo. 1881-1973. Spanish/French Cubist painter. Desmoiselles d’Avignon 1907. Guernica 1937.
Pizarro, Francisco. ~1475-1541. Spanish conqueror of Incas in Peru 1531-3. Founded Lima 1535.
Plata, La. 1776-1910. Spanish viceroyalty in South America. Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Plateresque. 16C Spanish architectural style. Intricate, heavy ornamentation.
Ponce de León, Juan. 1460-1521. Spanish discoverer of Florida 1513. Sought fountain of youth.
Prim y Prats, Juan. 1814-70. Spanish. Helped overthrow Isabella 1868.
Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.
Prince of Asturias. 1379-. Title of heir apparent to Spanish throne.
Puerto Rico. Taino. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1508 Spanish colony. 1898 US (Spanish American War). 1998 rejects statehood.
Pyrenees, Treaty. 1659. Established French/Spanish border ending 24 year war.
Repartimiento. c1500-1820. Spanish-American colonists recruit Indians for forced labour.
Republic, Second Spanish. 1931-9. President Zamora, Azaña. Spanish Civil War.
Ribalta, Francisco. 1565-1628. Spanish painter. Light/dark color contrast. Christ Embracing St Bernard.
Rizal, José. 1861-96. Philippine writer/leader vs Spanish rule. Executed.
Rough Riders. 1898. US volunteer cavalry in Spanish American War under Roosevelt. Won San Juan hill.