Timeline of Spanish history

This is a timeline of Spanish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Spain and its predecessor states.

To read about the background to these events, see History of Spain.

[1][2]

Visigothic Hispania and the Byzantine province of Spania, after Byzantine Empire conquest (green colour).
Map showing the conquests of Leovigild.
Visigothic Hispania and its regional divisions from 625 to 711, prior to the Muslim conquest
Umayyad invasion: Light yellow; Visigoth kingdom. Green; Christian resistance. Brown; submission agreement. Garnet; capitulation
Kingdom of Asturias and Umayyad Caliphate
Iberian Peninsula in 814
Iberian Peninsula as of 1037
Iberian Peninsula as of 1210. Lighter blue; Almohad Caliphate. Rest of colors; Christian kingdoms.
Iberian Peninsula as of 1224. Lighter blue; Almohad Caliphate. Rest of colors; Christian kingdoms.
Iberian Peninsula as of 1262 after Niebla, Andalusia was incorporated into Castile.
The realms of Philip II of Spain
Territories administered by the Council of Castile
Territories administered by the Council of Aragon
Territories administered by the Council of Portugal
Territories administered by the Council of Italy
Territories administered by the Council of the Indies
Territories appointed to the Council of Flanders
Philip's European and North African dominions as of 1580
Europe in 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession. Colour Grey: Spanish Monarchy ( Crown of Castile , Crown of Aragon , Spanish viceroyalty of Naples and Sicily , Duchy of Milan and Spanish Netherlands ).
Spanish Empire as of 1790.
Military campaign of Napoleonic troops in Spain (1808–1812). Dark blue: Territories annexed by France
Spanish Empire as of 1898.
Pink: Spanish Morocco. Red: Spain and Spanish colonies.
Brown: Initial Nationalist zone – July 1936
Autonomous communities of Spain
Eurozone as of 2023. Blue color: Members of the Eurozone. Rest of colors: Members of the European Union outside the Eurozone.