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  2. Timeline of Spanish history - Wikipedia

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    Spain lost French Flanders and northern part of the Principality of Catalonia. 1665: Philip IV died. [10] The Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square miles) in area 1668: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza. 1675

  3. Victory in Europe Day - Wikipedia

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    Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.

  4. Spanish era - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish era (Latin: Æra Hispanica), sometimes called the era of Caesar, was a calendar era (year numbering system) commonly used in the states of the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th century until the 15th, when it was phased out in favour of the Anno Domini (AD) system. [1] The epoch (start date) of the Spanish era was 1 January 38 BC.

  5. Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The year used in dates during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire was the consular year, which began on the day when consuls first entered office—probably 1 May before 222 BC, 15 March from 222 BC and 1 January from 153 BC. [44] The Julian calendar, which began in 45 BC, continued to use 1 January as the first day of the new year. Even ...

  6. List of years in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spain during World War I (1914–1918) Rif War (–1927) ... Timeline: Spain portal; History portal; This is a list of years in Spain. 16th century. 1500s 1500

  7. The Story Behind Queen Elizabeth's VE Day Celebrations ... - AOL

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    The true story behind the scene of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman celebrating the end of World War II on V-E Day. The Story Behind Queen Elizabeth's VE Day Celebrations on The Crown Season 6 ...

  8. Adoption of the Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The months and days are those of the Gregorian calendar, but the year is either the "Western calendar" (西暦, seireki) year number per the Common Era or Anno Domini system, or a year of the nengō of the emperor on the throne. Since 1873, an era and the first year of that era has begun on the day of the year that the emperor ascended the throne.

  9. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Athenian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with 354-day years, consisting of twelve months of alternating length of 29 or 30 days. To keep the calendar in line with the solar year of 365.242189 days, an extra, intercalary month was added in the years: 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 of the 19-years Metonic cycle.