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