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Timeline of Events

1821

9.27.1821

Mexico gains its independence from Spain.

11.28.1821

Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.

1825

8.6.1825

Bolivia gains independence from Spain.

1836

5.7.1836

The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

12.28.1836

Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.

1859

10.29.1859

Spain declares war on Morocco.

1861

5.14.1861

The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.

1865

11.26.1865

Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.

12.5.1865

Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

1866

5.2.1866

Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

1868

9.23.1868

Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

1875

12.4.1875

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.

1876

11.23.1876

Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

1898

2.15.1898

Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.

4.21.1898

Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.

4.22.1898

Spanish-American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports and the USS Nashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.

4.24.1898

The Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

4.25.1898

Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

6.12.1898

Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.

6.21.1898

The United States captures Guam from Spain.

1899

1.1.1899

Spanish rule ends in Cuba.

2.6.1899

Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.

4.11.1899

Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.

1906

4.7.1906

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

1912

11.27.1912

Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

1921

3.8.1921

Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.

1923

9.13.1923

Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.

9.14.1923

Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.

1931

4.14.1931

Spanish Cortes depose King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.

1934

2.12.1934

In Spain the national council of ''Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista'' is inaugurated. The council decides to merge the movement with the ''Falange Española''.

1936

2.16.1936

Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.

7.17.1936

Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.

7.18.1936

In Spanish Morocco, military rebels attempt a coup d'état against the legitimacy of the Spanish government. This will lead to the Spanish Civil War.

7.23.1936

In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.

10.1.1936

Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.

1937

3.18.1937

Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.

4.26.1937

Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

1955

12.14.1955

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.

1956

4.7.1956

Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.

1958

1.13.1958

Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.

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