Mérida, Spain

municipality in Extremadura, Spain

9 dated entries naming Mérida, Spain, drawn from 9 separate years between 25 BCE and 1228 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

25 BCEThe Roman colony of Emerita Augusta is founded (present-day Mérida).source

6th century

582The Visigoths under King Liuvigild capture the city of Mérida (western central Spain), which is under the political control of its popular bishop Masona. He is arrested and exiled for 3 years.source

8th century

713Arab forces under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer the fortress city of Mérida, located on the borders of Andalusia. It becomes part of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.source

9th century

807Al-Andalus (modern Spain): An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.source
810Al-Andalus (modern Spain): The city of Mérida rises up against the Emirate of Córdoba.source
828Al-Andalus: The city of Merida (modern Spain) rises twice in one year against the Umayyad Emirate.source
868Al-Andalus: The city of Mérida rises against the Umayyad rule. Emir Muhammad I regains control, and has the walls of the city destroyed. He supports the rival creation of Badajoz in retaliation.source

10th century

912King Ordoño II of Galicia continues his expansion of the Christian polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora.source

13th century

1228King James I (the Conqueror) launches a major offensive against the Almohads in Majorca. At the same moment, Emir Ibn Hud al-Yamadi (confronted by increasing Christian pressure) denounces Almohad rule in Murcia (modern Spain) and acknowledges the Abbasid Caliphate as legitimate overlord, in effect declaring independence. Other notable Christian success: King Alfonso IX of León conquers Mérida.source