572-86	Leovigild, King of Visigoths.

587	Recared’s Conversion to Catholicism.

570-636	St. Isidore of Seville.

589	III Council of Toledo.  Catholicism declared the religion of the kingdom.

649	Liber Judiciorum.

711	End of Visigothic rule.  The Coming of Islam.

721-25	Covadonga.  721. Pelayo en Cangas.

739	Alfonso I, King of Asturias.

755	Abd el Rahman I, independent emir.

791	Alfonso II, King of Asturias in Oviedo.

800	Ptolemy’s “Geography” translated in Arabic.

801	Louis the Pious’ reconquest of Barcelona.

830’s?	First mentions of the tomb of St. James in Compostela.

850	Ordoño I, King of Asturias in Oviedo.  Beginning of repopulation.  Rise of the 
	county of Castile.

866	Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias.

929	Abd-al-Rahman proclaimed caliph, the caliphate of Cordoba.

946	The county of Castile independent.

978-1002	Al-Mansur.

1031	End of Caliphate.  The kingdom of “taifas”.

c. 1040	First examples of “Spanish” literature, “Las Jarchas”.

c. 1043	Ruy Diaz Vivar, el Cid, is born.

c. 1058	The “Usatges” of Barcelona.

1072	Alfonso VI, King.

1080	Council of Burgos - Mozarbic rites.  Cluny in Spain

1085	Conquest of Toledo.

1086	Invasion of Almoravids.

1094	El Cid conquers Valencia.

1099	Death of El Cid.

1102	Almoravids take Valencia.

1135	Alfonso VII - Emperor.

1136	Invasion of Almohads.

c. 1140	“Poema del Mio Cid.”

1162-96	Alfonso II, King of Aragon.

1158-1214	Alfonso VIII, King of Castile.

1188	First meeting of the Cortes of Castile.

1195?-1264?	Gonzalo de Berceo.  “Libro de Alexandre.”

1212	Las Navas de Tolosa.

1217-1252	Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon.

1236	Conquest of Cordoba.

1241?	Romance version of “Liber Judiciorum.  “Fuero Juzgo.”

1230s	“Libro de Apollonio.”

1236	Lucas de Tuy’s “Crónica.”

1248	Conquest of Seville.

1252-1284	Alfonso X, the Wise.  “The Siete Partida.”

1250s	“Poema de Fernán González.”

1312-1350	Alfonso XI.

c. 1335	Don Juan Manuel’s “Conde Lucanor.”

c. 1350	Sem Tob, “Proverbios Morales.”

1369	The Trastamaras in power.

1400?	Expedition to the Canary Islands.

1409	Sicily becomes part of the Crown of Aragon.

1440	Civil War in Castile.  Alvaro de Luna.

1442	Naples under Aragonese rule.

c. 1445	Cancionero de Baena.

1465	The farce of Avila.

1469	Wedding of Ferdinand and Isabella.

1474	Isabella I, Queen of Castile.

1479	Ferdinand II, King of Aragón.

1470s	“Coplas de Mingo Revulgo.”

1473	First printing press in Spain.

1476	Jorge Manrique’s “Coplas por la muerte de su padre.”

1478	The new Inquisition in Castile.

1484	The Inquisition in Aragon.

1492	Surrender of Grenada.