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