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The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy[c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d][4][5][6] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [7][8] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [9] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Between 1580 and 1640, the Portuguese and Spanish empires were both ruled by the Spanish monarchs in personal union. During the late 16th and 17th centuries, England, France, and the Dutch Republic also established their own overseas empires, in direct competition with one another.
Mar 1513 - Apr 1513. Juan Ponce de León lands in Florida, the first documented European to do so. Jun 1513. Juan Ponce de León discovers the Tortugas and the Gulf Stream. 19 Jun 1513. The notary Rodrigo de Colmemares reads out the Spanish Requirement for the first time to indigenous people in Colombia. Mar 1518.
Starting in the second half of the 17th century, the Spanish Empire began to suffer bankruptcies, and its military began to lose battles. In the 19th century, Spain lost its last major territories overseas in the Spanish-American War.
16 paź 2009 · From the establishment of the first colonies in the Caribbean and the conquest of Mexico and South America to the colonisation of Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Spanish Empire’s expansion and influence led to profound and far-reaching destruction and changes in the world.
13 cze 2022 · The apparatus of colonial government in the Spanish Empire consisted of multiple levels, starting with the monarchy and Council of the Indies at the top and moving down to the viceroy, audiencias, mayors, and local councils.
