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Period: 1580 to
Spain's gradual demise as a world leader
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The Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel.
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Spain became a world leader
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Anglo-Spanish War (1585): The war ended.
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Charles II of Spain was crowned.
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the War of the Spanish Succession, which concluded in the establishment of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain.
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War of the Spanish Succession: The war began.
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Seven Years' War: Spain declared war on Great Britain
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Napoleonic legacy of political division and economic dislocation leaves Spain weak and unstable, with frequent changes of government and a low-level insurgency by Carlist supporters of a rival branch of the royal family.
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Napoleon's France occupies Spain, which has been a French satellite since 1795. Fierce nationalist resistance and British intervention in the Peninsular War gradually force French troops out.
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The Spanish Constitution of 1812 was issued.