Spanish Empire
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The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa, various islands in Asia and Oceania, as well as territory in other parts of Europe. It was one of the most powerful empires of the early modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets".
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Events on its territory
- 1521 Fall of Tenochtitlan
- 1531 Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 1545–1548 Cocoliztli epidemic
- 1545 Silver discovered at Potosí
- 1600 Eruption of Huaynaputina
- c. 1605–1694 Quilombo of Palmares
- 1637 Dutch capture of Elmina
- 1780–1781 Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
- 1810–1826 Spanish American wars of independence