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1568
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1576
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11.4.1576
Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed). |
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1580
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8.25.1580
Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal. |
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1581
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7.26.1581
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II. |
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1582
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10.10.1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. |
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1595
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10.9.1595
The Spanish army captures Cambrai. |
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1607
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1.13.1607
The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. |
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1609
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9.11.1609
Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
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1641
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3.11.1641
Battle of Mbororé: Guaranís from Jesuit Reductions fight Bandeirantes, and Portuguese explorers after separation of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal. |
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1643
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5.19.1643
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
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5.19.1643
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
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1648
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1.30.1648
Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. |
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1655
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5.10.1655
England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
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1657
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4.20.1657
Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. |
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1659
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11.17.1659
The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. |
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1668
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2.13.1668
Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation. |
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1680
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8.21.1680
Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt. |
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1697
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1707
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1714
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1715
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7.24.1715
A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks. |
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1717
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1718
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1729
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1739
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10.23.1739
War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. |
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1744
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1746
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