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50 AD - the beginning of Pax Romana, a period of peace and prosperity under Roman rule
Spanish Empire at the height of its power in the late 16th and early 17th century
466 - Visigoth tribes begin to conquer Hispania
711 - Muslim armies land at Gibraltar, beginning the 8 centuries of Islamic rule over Al-Andalus
1085 - Toledo is recaptured by Christian armies
1091 - Muslims Spain is united under the Almoravids
1248 - Seville falls to Christian rule
1469 - Isabel of Castille marries Fernando of Aragon, merging the Peninsula's two largest kingdoms.Their joint rule started in 1479, setting Spain on a winning course of events
1605 - Don Quixote, Spain's most famous literary personage, is engendered by Miguel de Cervantes in one of the most significant works of western literature
1609-14 - the expulsion of Muslims
1704 - Spain loses Gibraltar to Britain
1793 - Spain declares war on France
1805 - the defeat of the Spanish fleet at Trafalgar
1898 - Spain looses the Spanish-American War, and with it almost all of its remaining colonies
