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