Spanish Empire

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colonial empire empire monarchy

The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.

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Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire → empire → monarchy →
alsoKnownAs	Imperio Español → Monarquía Hispánica → Spanish Monarchy →
capital	Madrid → Toledo → Valladolid →
colonialPower	yes →
commonName	Spanish Empire →
continent	Africa → Asia → Europe → North America → Oceania → South America →
country	Spain →
currency	Spanish dollar → Spanish real →
economicActivity	gold mining → plantation agriculture → silver mining → transatlantic trade →
endCause	loss of remaining major colonies in Spanish–American War →
endTime	1898 →
governmentType	composite monarchy →
hasPart	Argentina → Arizona → Belize → Bolivia → California → Canary Islands → Chile → Colombia → Costa Rica → Cuba → Dominican Republic → Ecuador → El Salvador → Equatorial Guinea → Guatemala → Hispaniola → Honduras → Kingdom of Naples → Kingdom of Sardinia → Kingdom of Sicily → Mexico → Morocco (coastal enclaves) → New Mexico → Nicaragua → Panama → Paraguay → Peru → Philippines → Puerto Rico → Spanish Florida → Spanish Netherlands → Spanish Sahara → Texas → Uruguay → Venezuela → Viceroyalty of New Granada → Viceroyalty of New Spain → Viceroyalty of Peru → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →
influenced	Columbian Exchange → global spread of Catholicism → global spread of Spanish language →
language	Spanish →
notableColony	Cuba → New Spain → Peru → Philippines →
notableRuler	Charles I of Spain → Charles II of Spain → Charles III of Spain → Charles IV of Spain → Philip II of Spain → Philip III of Spain → Philip IV of Spain →
officialReligion	Catholic Church →
partOf	Catholic Monarchy →
peakPeriod	16th century → 17th century →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
rulingDynasty	House of Bourbon → House of Habsburg → House of Trastámara →
significantEvent	Age of Discovery → Conquest of the Aztec Empire → Conquest of the Inca Empire → Eighty Years' War → European colonization of the Americas → Napoleonic invasion of Spain → Spanish American wars of independence → Spanish Armada → Spanish colonization of the Americas → Spanish–American War → Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas → War of the Spanish Succession →
startTime	15th century →
usedSystem	Spanish galleon trade → encomienda → repartimiento →

Referenced by (323)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition → Army of Flanders → Audiencia of Bogotá → Audiencia of Quito → Bourbon realms → Captain General of New Spain → Captaincy General of Venezuela → Governor of Las Californias → Governorate of New Castile → Governorate of New Toledo → Manila–Acapulco route → Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca → New Galicia → New Kingdom of Granada → Royal Audiencia of Charcas → Royal Audiencia of Lima → Spanish East Indies → Spanish West Indies → Spanish conquest of New Granada → Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region → Spanish galleon trade → Spanish missions in California → Twelve Years' Truce → Upper Peru → Viceroy of New Spain → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → Viceroyalty of New Granada → Viceroyalty of New Spain → Viceroyalty of Peru → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →	country
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias → Banda Oriental → Captaincy General of Chile → Diego de Montemayor → Fernando Rivera y Moncada → Francisco Javier Venegas → Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands → Governor-General of the Philippines → Guatemala Captaincy General → Habsburg Netherlands → Habsburg Spain → Juan Ponce de León → Kingdom of Naples → Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra → Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → Santa Isabel ("Spanish colonial empire") → Santiago de Liniers → Spanish America ("Spanish colonial empire") → Spanish East Indies ("Spanish colonial empire") → Spanish Golden Age → Spanish Sahara → Spanish West Indies → United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ("Spanish Empire (former)") → Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain → Viceroy of Naples → Viceroy of Naples ("Spanish imperial administration") → Viceroyalty of New Spain → Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz → West Florida →	partOf
Argentine War of Independence → Battle of Cajamarca → Battle of Gravelines → Battle of Nieuwpoort → Battle of Seneffe → Battle of the Downs → Colombian War of Independence → Ecuadorian War of Independence → Eighty Years' War ("Habsburg Spain") → Eighty Years' War → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → Siege of Breda → Siege of Havana (1762) → Siege of Manila (1762) → Siege of Ostend → Siege of Santiago → Siege of Tournai (1667) → Slag bij de Downs → Spanish conquest of Guatemala → Ten Years' War → Venezuelan War of Independence → War of the Reunions → siege of Maastricht (1632) →	belligerent
Antonio Maceo → Battle of Nieuwpoort → Battle of San Juan Hill → Calixto García → Chilean War of Independence → Colocolo → Cuban War of Independence → English Armada (1589) → Little War (Cuba) → Mexican War of Independence → Máximo Gómez → Paraguayan independence movement → Peruvian War of Independence → Philippine Revolution → Piet Hein → Quechan uprising of 1781 → Revenge → Siege of Breda → Siege of Leiden → Túpac Amaru → siege of Maastricht (1632) →	opponent
Agustín de Iturbide → Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → Antonio de Oquendo → Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque → Francisco Pizarro → John of Austria (the Elder) → Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna → Pedro de Alvarado → Sebastián de Benalcázar → Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira →	allegiance
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo → City of the Kings → El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (New Mexico segments designated as NHL) → Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada → Isabella of Portugal → King of Sicily → Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo → Mission San José → Spanish Renaissance →	associatedWith
Apostolos Valerianos → Felipe de Neve → Giovanni Battista Antonelli → Ioannis Phokas → Juan Ponce de León ("Spanish Crown") → Juan Ruiz de Apodaca → Juan de Fuca → Miguel López de Legazpi → Pedro Fages →	employer
Adelantado mayor → Council of State → Council of War → Council of the Indies → Supreme Council of the Inquisition → Treaty of El Pardo → Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → Treaty of Vienna (1731) →	appliesToJurisdiction
Aztec Empire → Inca Empire → Maya civilization → Mixtec civilization → Muisca → Sabana de Bogotá → Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization →	conqueredBy
European wars of religion ("Spanish Monarchy") → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → Siege of Breda → Twelve Years' Truce → War of Devolution → siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) → siege and capture of Tournai (1581) →	hasParticipant
Ciudad de los Reyes → El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles → Havana → Mission San José → Pensacola, Florida → St. Augustine, Florida →	foundedBy
Catholic Monarchy ("Monarquía Hispánica") → Spanish Empire ("Spanish Monarchy") → Spanish Empire ("Monarquía Hispánica") → Spanish Empire ("Imperio Español") →	alsoKnownAs
Castillo San Cristóbal → Castillo del Morro → San Juan National Historic Site → San Juan city walls →	builtBy
Battle of Lepanto → Siege of Groningen (1594) → Siege of Vilcabamba → siege and capture of Maastricht (1579) →	combatant
British invasions of the Río de la Plata → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → Siege of Lille (1667) → siege and capture of Antwerp (1585) →	countryInvolved
First Mexican Empire → First Mexican Republic → Peru → United Provinces of the Río de la Plata →	independenceFrom
King of the Indies → New Laws of 1542 → Spanish royal court → Treaty of Tordesillas →	relatedTo
Governorate of New Castile → Governorate of New Toledo → Viceroyalty of New Granada → Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →	subdivisionOf
Coast Miwok → Cochimí people → Luiseño people →	colonizedBy
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba → Mateo de Toro y Zambrano →	countryOfCitizenship
Constitution of Apatzingán → Dutch Republic → Independence Day (9 July) →	declaredIndependenceFrom
Havana ("Kingdom of Spain") → Mission San Francisco de Asís → Trujillo →	foundingCountry
Napoleonic Wars → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → Thirty Years' War →	mainBelligerent
Charles II of Spain → Philip II of Spain → Philip IV of Spain →	monarchOf
Central American independence movement → Cuban Revolutionary Party → Latin American independence movements →	opposedTo
Captain General → Mestizo → Spanish real →	usedIn
Los Reyes → Mission San Luis de Apalachee →	affiliation
Republic of Genoa → Tlaxcala →	alliedWith
Golden Hind → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch →	capturedFrom
Serrano → Yuman peoples →	colonialEncounterWith
Grito de Baire → Spanish America →	colonialPower
Spanish conquest of Yucatán → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire →	conflict
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) → Bolivian War of Independence →	hasMainBelligerent
Laws of the Indies → Manila Bay ("Spanish colonial period") →	historicalPeriod
First Government Junta of Chile → Royal University of San Felipe →	locatedIn
Lordship of Friesland → New Galicia →	sovereignState
Cross of Burgundy → Portobelo →	usedBy
El Draque →	appliedBy
Cádiz Constitution of 1812 →	appliedTo
Spanish law →	appliesIn
Bourbon Reforms →	appliesTo
Treaty of The Hague (1720) →	appliesToTerritory
Siege of Cuzco →	belligerentSide
José Martí →	birthPlace
Mission San Diego de Alcalá →	builder
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo →	citizenship
Pima people →	colonialContactWith
Río de Oro →	colonialEmpire
Cebuano people →	colonialHistory
Formosa →	colonialHistoryWith
Chamorro people →	colonialInfluence
Mission San Rafael Arcángel →	colonialPowerAtFounding
Afro-Mexicans →	colonialPowerInPeriodOfArrival
Mayami →	colonialPowerInRegion
First Republic of Venezuela →	colonialPowerOverthrown
Indo-Caribbean people →	colonialPowersInvolved
Battle of Nieuwpoort →	combatant2
Spanish Empire →	commonName
Italian War of 1542–1546 →	conflictBetween
Tairona →	conflictWith
Castillo San Felipe del Morro →	constructedBy
Tongva people →	contactWith
Siege of Namur (1692) →	countryControllingNamurBefore
Antonio José de Sucre →	countryOfBirth
Reglamento de 1779–1781 for secular pueblo establishment →	countryOfOrigin
Captain general →	countryOrRegion
Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic →	countrySignatory
Catalina Cortés →	culture
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada →	deathPlace
Mexica →	defeatedBy
Treaty of Zaragoza →	definedSpheresOfInfluenceFor
Hispaniola →	earlyColonyOf
Manco Inca Yupanqui →	enemyOf
Dutch navy of the Republic →	engagedInConflictWith
United Provinces of Central America →	establishedFrom
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 →	focusesOn
El Salvador →	formerColonyOf
Philippine Revolutionary Army →	foughtAgainst
Mission San Juan Capistrano →	foundedUnder
Northern Netherlands →	gainedIndependenceFrom
Potosí →	governedBy
Simón de Anda y Salazar →	government
Spanish-speaking world →	hasHistoricalRoot
Bourbon realms →	hasPart
Porto Ercole →	historicalAffiliation
Chamorro →	historicalColonialInfluence
Mapuche people →	historicalConflictWith
Taaqtam →	historicalContactWith
Apache tribes →	historicalEnemy
Kingdom of Spain →	historicalEvent
Catholic Majesty →	historicallyLinkedTo
Spaniards →	historicallyRuledBy
Puerto Rican coat of arms →	historicalOrigin
Battle of Lepanto →	holyLeagueMember
Iberian Union →	includesTerritory
Catholic Church in the Americas →	introducedBy
Battle of Otumba →	involvedEntity
Spanish Inquisition →	jurisdiction
Duchy of Milan →	laterControlledBy
Ten Years' War →	location
First Seminole War →	mainCombatant
Spanish conquest of Chile →	mainCountry
Spanish colonization of the Americas →	mainSubject
Casa de Contratación →	operatedIn
Todos los Santos →	operator
Battle of Mactan →	opponentOf
Santa Barbara, California, United States →	originallyNamedBy
Triple Alliance →	overthrownBy
Dutch–Portuguese War →	participant
Pedro de Cevallos →	politicalAlignment
Luis Cortés →	politicalContext
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch →	previouslyControlledBy
Devolution War →	primaryBelligerent
States Army of the Dutch Republic →	primaryOpponent
Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic →	recognizedIndependenceFrom
Philip IV of Spain →	reignOver
Portuguese Empire →	rival
Battle of Ayacucho →	royalistSide
Félix María Calleja →	side
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares →	sphereOfInfluence
Crown of Castile →	successor
Julian calendar →	usedHistoricallyIn
King of the Indies ("Spanish colonial empire") →	usedInContext
Spanish dollar →	usedInRegion
San Juan Bay →	wasFortifiedBy
Tucson →	wasPartOf
Apostolos Ioannis Fokas →	workedFor