Matching Pairs Modern Spain Timeline. Match the events with the timeline datesOnline version Modern Spain Timeline. Match the events with the timeline dates by Miguel Angel Preciado Lopez 1 Felipe III started to expel the moriscos from the Iberian Peninsula 2 Felipe II became king of Spain and its empire but not of the German lands 3 Portugal and its territories were brought into the Spanish Empire 4 The Thirty Years' War ended leaving the northern Netherlands independent of Spain 5 The Philippine Islands were claimed for Spain by Magellan 6 Carlos I of Habsburg was crowned Holy Roman Emperor 7 The Pope Alexander VI gave Isabel I and Fernando II the title of Catholic Monarchs 8 Carlos II died ending Habsburg rule in the Iberian Peninsula 1700 1556 1521 1609 1496 1580 1648 1520