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409 The Vandals
, Alans
and Suevi break through Constantine III
's garrisons into Hispania
. They share the Iberian Peninsula by drawing lots, with the Vandals getting Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia
), the Suevi Gallaecia
(modern Galicia and northern Portugal
) and the Alans Lusitania
(the rest of modern Portugal and Spanish
Extremadura
).
429 Vandals
under Geiseric
cross from the Iberian Peninsula into Roman
North Africa
.
585 The Suebi
kingdom on the Iberian peninsula is conquered by the Visigoths under King Leovigild.
710 Muslim army invited into Ceuta
by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula.
711 Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar
and begin their invasion of the Iberian peninsula and conquest of the Visigoths
(See Moors
, Al-Andalus
, and Umayyad conquest of Hispania)
711 Ummayad Moors
conquer the Iberian peninsula after the Battle of Guadalete
718 Pelayo defeats the Arabs at Covadonga and establishes the Kingdom of Asturias
in the Iberian peninsula (modern day Portugal
and Spain
) in a victory that was later considered to be the beginning of the Reconquista
.
756 Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia
and establishes a new Umayyad dynasty.
1238 In the Iberian peninsula, James I of Aragon
captures the city of Valencia September 28 from the Moors
; the Moors retreat to Granada
.
1479 Ferdinand II
ascends the throne of Aragon
and rules together with his wife Isabella
, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. Together they conquer Granada
in 1492 ending 800 years of Moorish
rule.
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