Spain

236 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Spain, 1702 CE to 2013 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

18th century

57 entries, 1702 CE to 1797 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1702August 23-late September - Battle of Cádiz (1702)Spain source
1704August 1–3 - Capture of GibraltarSpain source
1705March 21 - Battle of Cabrita PointSpain source
1706April 3–27 - Siege of BarcelonaSpain source
1710September 28 − Archduke Charles enters MadridSpain source
1710September 9 − Philip V abandons MadridSpain source
1710August 13 − Andrés Fernández Pacheco, 10th Duke of Escalona, grandee and academician (died 1746)Spain source
1715June 9 – King Philip, ruler of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon unifies the two realms into a single state, centralizing rule of a unified Kingdom of Spain.Spain source
1743March 2 – Battle of La Guaira: Spanish victory over the British.Spain source
1749July 30 - Great Gypsy Round-upSpain source
1769Castillo de Guardias Viejas built in Almeria, AndalusiaSpain source
1774Siege of Melilla (1774), would continue into 1775Spain source
1776In 1776, Spain was a global empire, with territories spanning from Europe to the Americas and the Philippines. The influence of the Enlightenment was evident in the Spanish court, where ideas of rational governance, economic reform, and scientific progress were taking root under the guidance of Charles III and his enlightened ministers. The Presidio of San Francisco is also founded in New Spain on September 17.Spain source
1776February 20 - Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca, Spanish colonial governor of Cuba (d. 1846)Spain source
1779October 25 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán (d. 1808)Spain source
1780April 28: Juan de Miralles, 66, diplomat and arms dealer during the American Revolutionary War, pneumonia.Spain source
1783June 1 - Domingo Elizondo, soldier (b. 1710)Spain source
1783November 24 – Royal Cedula of PopulationSpain source
1786Malaria epidemic in Barcelona ends after killing nearly 100,000 people.Spain source
1786Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache (1700–1786) – A key figure in the reformist government of Charles III.Spain source
179115 August - Spanish-Moroccan War resumes after failed peace talks.Spain source
1791February 16 - Infanta María TeresaSpain source
1794November 20 - Luis Firmín de Carvajal, Conde de la Unión, Peruvian-born general, killed during the Siege of Roses (1794–95) (born 1752)Spain source
1797Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797), an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands launched by Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson. The result was a Spanish victory by truce after Nelson's party had lost several hundred men.Spain source
17971797 Riobamba earthquake, a deadly earthquake causing between 6,000 and 40,000 casualties in the Riomba and surrounding Interandean valley. The epicenter reached at least XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. This is the most powerful historical event in Ecuador.Spain source

19th century

68 entries, 1800 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

180025 November – Francisco Bouligny, Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1736)Spain source
1806April 27 - Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies.Spain source
1809July 27–28 - Battle of TalaveraSpain source
1810September 16 - The Mexican War of Independence begins with the "Grito de Dolores", as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and fellow rebels take up arms against the Spanish colonial authorities.Spain source
1810August 28 - Jaime Balmes, priest and philosopher (died 1848)Spain source
1811November 4 – Infante Sebastian of Portugal and SpainSpain source
1812March 16-April 6 - Siege of Badajoz (1812)Spain source
1813June 25 – Battle of Tolosa (1813)Spain source
1813215000 to 375000 military and civilian dead from the peninsular war.Spain source
1823January 28 - King Louis XVIII of France announces creation of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint LouisSpain source
1827In exile, José María de Torrijos y Uriarte and Manuel Flores Calderón form the Liberal Board in London, with Torrijos as military chief.Spain source
182714 September – The Count of Spain is appointed Captain General of Catalonia, replacing the Marquis of Campo Sagrado.Spain source
1834October 27 - Battle of Alegría de ÁlavaSpain source
183524 June - Tomás de ZumalacárreguiSpain source
1837June 18 - Spanish Constitution of 1812 was repealed, and is replaced by the Spanish Constitution of 1837Spain source
1837Miguel Villalba Hervás, politician, lawyer, journalist and historian (died 1899)Spain source
1838April 10 - Nicolás Salmerón y AlonsoSpain source
184828 October 1848: the railway line Barcelona–Mataró is opened. It is the first railway line in Spain.Spain source
1868September 19–27 - Glorious Revolution (Spain)Spain source
1879Juan de Zavala, 1st Marquis of Sierra BullonesSpain source
1884April 27 - Spanish general election, 1884Spain source
1893March 5 - Spanish general election, 1893Spain source
1893Concepción Arenal, feminist writer and activist (born 1820)Spain source
1898July 3 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Santiago de CubaSpain source
189912 February – The majority of the Kingdom of Spain's remaining territories in the Pacific are sold to the German Empire through the German–Spanish Treaty.Spain source

20th century

102 entries, 1900 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

19007 November – The Treaty of Washington is signed, clarifying the Spanish Empire's cession of the Philippines as agreed by the 1898 Treaty of Paris.Spain source
190031 March — The Ministry of Education is created via a budget act as the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts.Spain source
1901February 3: Ramón J. Sender, novelist (died 1982)Spain source
1905April 5 - Ramón Torrado. (d. 1990)Spain source
1907Emilio Sánchez Perrier, painter (b. 1855)Spain source
1908Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Blood and Sand (Sangre y arena)Spain source
190918 May - Isaac Albéniz, composer (born 1860)Spain source
1911April 9 - Manuel Aguirre de Tejada. (born 1827)Spain source
191212 November – José Canalejas, Prime Minister, is murdered in Madrid by an anarchist.Spain source
191718 January – "Manifiesto de la Liga Antigermanófila" ('Manifesto of the Anti-Germanophile League') published in La España.Spain source
192323 August – Real Club Celta de Vigo is founded by the joining of Real Fortuna and Sporting de Vigo.Spain source
1931Acción obrera newspaper from Ceuta is launched.Spain source
1934February 12–13: Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista merges with Falange Española to form Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-SindicalistaSpain source
1938July 25-November 16 - Battle of the EbroSpain source
1940November 9 – Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez premieres in Barcelona, Spain.Spain source
1959Stabilization Plan introduced to liberalize the Spanish economy, leading to the Spanish miracle of the 1960s.Spain source
197028 December: Burgos trials: Three Basques are sentenced to death, twelve others sentenced to imprisonment (terms from 12 to 62 years), and one is released.Spain source
1974August 11 – The government repeal a law banning women from bullfighting.Spain source
19769 January – The Ministry of Development Planning is dissolved.Spain source
198220 April-9 May – 1982 Vuelta a España cycle raceSpain source
1982See List of Spanish films of 1982Spain source
199111 April – Thiago Alcântara, footballerSpain source
1991See List of Spanish films of 1991Spain source
199212 October – The Seville Expo '92 closes after receiving more than 41 million visitors.Spain source
199927 January – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, writer (b. 1910)Spain source

21st century

9 entries, 2000 CE to 2013 CE

2000Average annual Spanish wage set at €29,225.Spain source
2000March - Aznar's Popular Party won the general election in a landslide victory.Spain source
200123: Madrid is chosen to be a World Book CapitalSpain source
20015: Endesa and Iberdrola, two electrical companies announce that the merger process that began in October 2000 has stopped and will not be finalized.Spain source
200322 June – Real Madrid clinches the Primera división, the top football league in Spain, beating Real Sociedad by two points. The very next day, Real fires its manager, Vicente del Bosque.Spain source
2009March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.Spain source
201111 February – Luna Fulgencio, actressSpain source
201213 May – Pastor Maldonado wins the Spanish Grand Prix, marking him the first Venezuelan Formula One driver to win a race.Spain source
2013January 22 – Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard PiquéSpain source