Timeline Flashcards
1
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1469
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- Ferdinand and Isabella married
2
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1474
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- 12th Dec Henry IV dies
- 13th Dec Isabella appointed successor
3
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1475
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- May Portugal sends forces to Castile to fight for Joanna’s claim to the throne, supported by Marquis of Villena
4
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1476
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- 1st Mar Battle of Toro, both sides claimed victory but Isabella’s force emerged stronger
- Santa Hermandad established
5
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1478
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- ecclesiastical council summoned in Seville, confirmed appointment of bishops
- Spanish inquisition founded by Papal Bull
6
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1479
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- 4th Sep Treaty of Alcacovas, Portuguese conceded Isabella’s sovereignty of Castile, but were granted many Atlantic territories. Joanna permitted to live in Portugal and F+I had to pardon rebellious subjects
- F+I obtain the right to nominate the bishop to Cuenca
7
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1480
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- Inquisition introduced in Castile
- at the Cortes, Isabella announced all large towns were to have a corregidor to bolster royal authority
8
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1481
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- Inquisition introduced in Aragon, despite great opposition
- war in Granada began (reconquista)
9
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1483
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- F+I secure right to appoint own Inquisitors, Council of Inquisition is established
- Jews expelled from from Andalusia
10
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1484
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- Valencia Cortes rejects the Inquisitorial tribunal in defence of it fueros
- monarchs issue and edict inviting foreign workers to Spain, with the offer of tax exemption for 10 years, to help combat labour shortage
11
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1486
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- Pope grants monarchs patronage to foresee their next conquest in Granada
12
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1488
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- Abraham Seneor put in charge of Hermandad that controlled the wool trade
13
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1489
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- Council of Orders established
- Audencia established
- Treaty of Medina del Campo (marriage agreement between Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor)
14
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1492
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- Jan Granada capitulates/surrenders
- 31st Mar Edict of expulsion issued
- Columbus received sponsorship from royals to sail around the world in search of an alternative route to India
15
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1493
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- Inter Caetera issues by Pope, giving Spain ownership of the New World; next day an amendment is made, drawing a line down the globe to divide Portuguese and Spanish claim
16
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1494
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- Ferdinand found Council of Aragon in an attempt to bypass Aragonese Cortes and to make up for his absence in Aragon
17
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1495
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- France takes over Naples
- Encabezamiento fixed
- league of Venice formed
18
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1496
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- F+I given title ‘Catholic Monarchs’ for Ferdinand’s support of the Pope and foundation of League of Venice against French
19
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1498
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- Santa Hermandad disbanded
20
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1500
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- president of the Mesta given a place on the royal council, demonstrating the favouritism the monarchs showed the Mesta
21
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1501
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- Catherine of Aragon marries Arthur Tudor with a 60M maravadi dowry
22
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1503
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- Casa de Contratacion established in Seville for monitoring trade in the New world
23
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1504
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- Isabella dies
- France concede Naples to Aragon
24
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1505
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- Cortes issued 83 laws on its own, Ferdinand then ratified them
25
1506
- Ferdinand remarried to Germaine de Foix, a member of French royalty
26
1508
- university of Alcala founded
27
1512
- Ferdinand takes over Navarre
28
1515
- Spain gains control of Aquine
29
1516
- Ferdinand dies
30
1517
- Charles arrives in Spain
- Luther writes his 95 thesis begging reformation
31
1518
- Charles met with Castilian Cortes, but is met with enmity, some refusing to accept him as sovereign
- despite this, Cortes voted him 600,000 maravedi servicio for collection over 3 years
- Treaty of universal peace signed by 20 major European powers in London, but broken very quickly
32
1519
- **Jan** Aragonese cortes recognise Charles as joint ruler alongside his mother
- **28th Jun** Charles elected Holy Roman Emperor
- Cortes lands in Mexico and defeats Aztecs (1521)
- **Aug** mobs attack inquisition in Valencia for being to lenient, begging Germania revolt
33
1520
- Charles appoints Adrien of Uterect as regent in his absence, extremely unpopular move
- **Apr** Communeros revolt breaks out
- **Jul** Henry VII and Charles sign treaty in Granvelines, stating neither party may enter into a treaty with with France for 2 years, without both parties’ consent
- **Dec** royal forces recapture Tordesillas
34
1521
- inquisition bans Lutheran books entering Spain
- Martin Luther summoned before Diet of Worms
- **Apr** battle of Villalar (23rd), ending Communeros revolt, ringleaders executed (24th)
- Charles agrees to be betrothed to Princess Mary Tudor
- **25th Aug** Treaty of Bruges with England, agreed monarchs would lead a joint invasion of France by 1523
35
1522
- **Jan** Adrian of Uterect elected Pope
- first edition of Polyglot Bible published
- Erasmus’ doctrine arrived in Spain
- **1522-24** large number of councils established (including war, finance and indies)
36
1523
- Germania revolt defeated
- Germaine de Foix made viceroy of Valencia
- Charles granted patronata for majority of Spanish ecclesiastical positions by his former tutor, Pope Adrian IV
- Pope Adrian IV dies
37
1525
- **24th Feb** Battle of Pavia sees the French king captured by Charles I
- **Apr** Charles demands Mary and her dowry be sent to Spain, Henry refuse as Mary is only 9, ultimately leading to marriage being called off
- Aragonese Muslims forced to convert or leave
- **23rd Sep** Illuminism banned by royal edict
38
1526
- **14th Jan** Treaty of Madrid between France and Spain, Francis renounces his claims in Italy and concedes Burgundy to Charles
- **10th Mar** Charles marries Isabella of Portugal, who was to act as regent in his absence, which was popular in Spain
- Council of State established
- Erasmus’ ‘handbook for a Christian soldier’ translated in Castilian and published
- Charles visits Granada on honeymoon and informed of Moriscos impiety, he is paid of from intervening by farda tax
- **June** Pope Clement VII formed alliance (Cognac league) against Charles, aiming to reclaim Italian territories
39
1527
- Valdes published a theology book, which is put on the index
- Loyola jailed for possible Illuminist sympathies
- **21th May** Charles son Philip is born
- **Dec** Charles writes to Erasmus, praising his work
40
1528
- Charles in apparent lapse of judgement challenges Francis I to a duel, he is dissuaded by Spanish grandee
41
1529
- Charles and many Erasmian advisors leave for Italy, and a series of Princes in Germany pledge themselves to Luther’s teachings, exasperating religious paranoia
- these factors lead to religious to a crackdown on Erasmian doctrine
42
1530
- Charles senior advisor, Gattinara dies
- **3rd Aug** Treaty of Cambrai signed, Francis gives up claims in Italy but keeps Burgundy
43
1532
- Francisco Pizzaro captured and executed Incan leader Atahualpa
44
1533
- Charles returns to Spain
- Charles and Vegara’s chaplain arrested for Erasmian ideas
45
1535
- invasion of Tunis (Duke of Alba present - military veteran)
46
1536
- Charles again challanges Francis I, in front of the Pope, to settle their differences person to person, although Francis was Charles’ senior by 6 years, he was a capable wrestler
47
1538
- last Erasmian inquisitor dies, leaving no ecclesiastical position in Spain staffed by Erasmians
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48
1545
- Council of Trent begins
49
1556
- Charles abdicates, passing throne to Philip
- he moves into monastery where he died in 1558
