Granada: Timeline

305   Council of Illiberis Granada

Granada – Greek [i]: - Elibyrge; Latin [i]: Illiberis or Illiberi ... 

, decrees that priests must be celibate Celibacy

Celibacy refers either to being unmarried or to sexual abstinence [i]. ... 

. Additionally, it condemns visiting the homes of Jews and prohibits Christian women from marrying Jews, unless they have converted. Essentially Jews are declared ''personae non gratae''.

554   Byzantine forces seize Granada and Andalusia Andalusia

Andalusia is an autonomous community [i] of Spain [i]. ... 

 from the Visigoths.

1090   Granada captured by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, King of the Almoravides

1238   In the Iberian peninsula Iberian Peninsula

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, James I of Aragon James I of Aragon

James I of Aragon surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon [i], count of Barcelona [i] ... 

 captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors Moors

The Moors were the medieval Muslim [i] inhabitants of al-Andalus [i] and the Maghreb [i] and western Africa [i] ... 

; the Moors retreat to Granada.

1248   Construction on the Alhambra palace, in Granada, Spain Spain

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, is begun by the Moors Moors

The Moors were the medieval Muslim [i] inhabitants of al-Andalus [i] and the Maghreb [i] and western Africa [i] ... 

.

1366   Muhammed V builds the Granada Hospital in the Granada (in present-day Spain Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a Europe [i]an parliamentary monarchy [i]. ... 

).

1479   Ferdinand II Ferdinand II of Aragon

[i], [[Crown of Castile|Castile]... 

 ascends the throne of Aragon Aragon

Aragon is an autonomous community [i] of north-eastern Spain [i]. ... 

 and rules together with his wife Isabella Isabella of Castile

Isabella of Castile was Queen regnant of Castile and Leon [i]. ... 

, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula Iberian Peninsula

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. Together they conquer Granada in 1492 ending 800 years of Moorish Moors

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 rule.

1491   The siege Siege

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 of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain Spain

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, begins.

1492   Boabdil, the last Moorish Moors

The Moors were the medieval Muslim [i] inhabitants of al-Andalus [i] and the Maghreb [i] and western Africa [i] ... 

 King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege.