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Date. Event. 909. Alfonso III of Asturias is deposed by his sons yet also proclaimed Emperor. 910. Alfonso III of Asturias dies and his kingdom is divided among his sons into the dependent kingdoms of Astúrias, León and Galicia. Ordoño II becomes King of Galicia with the support of the Count of Portugal.
762 – Oviedo founded. [1] ( es) 790s – Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo. 811 – Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established. [2] 848 – San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco. 850 – Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco. [1] 924 – Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.
The history of Spain dates to the Antiquity when the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula made contact with the Greeks and Phoenicians and the first writing systems known as Paleohispanic scripts were developed. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks ...
t. e. Spain in the Middle Ages is a period in the history of Spain that began in the 5th century following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the beginning of the early modern period in 1492. The history of Spain is marked by waves of conquerors who brought their distinct cultures to the peninsula.
8th century – City wall construction begins. 713 CE – Muslims in power. [2] 1066 – Massacred the Jewish population of the city 1066 Granada massacre. 1090 – Almoravids in power. [2] 1166 – Almohads in power. [2] 1238 – City becomes capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, Al-Andalus; [2] Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.
History of Spain. In the history of contemporary Spain, the death of caudillo Francisco Franco on 20 November 1975 marked the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy, the establishment of the parliamentary monarchy and the subsequent accession of King Juan Carlos I to the throne. In 1978, the current Spanish Constitution of 1978 was ...
In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes. The name Texas derives from táyshaʼ, a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai, which means "friends" or "allies."
