• 1100 BC: Phoenicians began colonising Spain
• 600 BC: Greek Colonists settle on north east of spain.
• 400s BC: The Carthaginians conquered much of Spain.
• 200S Bc: Spain became an important part of the Roman Empire following the Punic Wars.
• AD573: The Visigoths completed their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.
• 711-718: The Moors conquered most of Spain.
• 1000s: The Christian reconquest of Spain began.
• 1479: Aragon and Castile were united under Ferdinand V and lsabella I.
• 1492: The Kingdom of Granada was conquered, ending Moorish rule in Spain .
• 1588: The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada.
• 1808: Napoleon I of France invaded Spain and captured Madrid.
• 1810-1825: Most of Spain’s American colonies won their independence.
• 1931: King Alfonso Xlll fled from Spain, and the country became a republic
• 1936-1939: Spanish Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco defeated Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.