History of Spain

History of Spain

Goya's Second of May 1808: The Charge of the Mamelukes

1. Ancient Spain - The arrival of Cro-Magnons to Augustus' conquest of Hispania (35,000 BCE - 17 BCE)
2. Roman Spain - The Roman conquest to the creation of an independent Gothic kingdom (17 BCE - 475 CE)
3. Visigoths - The rise and fall of Rome's most powerful successor state (475 - 711)
4. Spain Divided - The invasion of the Moors to the ascension of Charles I (711 - 1516)
5. Habsburg Spain - The ascension of Charles I to the end of the Habsburg dynasty (1516 - 1700)
6. Bourbon Spain - The death of Charles II to the invasion of Napoleon (1700 - 1808)
7. Napoleonic Wars - The rise and fall of the House of Bonaparte (1808 - 1814)
8. First Restoration - The Bourbon Restoration to the Spanish Revolution (1814 - 1868)
9. First Republic - The abdication of Isabella II to the ascension of Alfonso XII (1868 - 1874)
10. Second Restoration - Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII (1874 - 1931)
11. Second Republic - The 1931 Constitution to the end of the Civil War (1931 - 1939)
12. Francoism - The dictatorship under Franco (1939 - 1975)
13. Third Republic - The death of Franco to the present day (1975 - 2024)