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In 1597, the Spanish (Castilian) crown lost the Netherlands (Holland). In 1640, Portugal split away after Philip II had incorporated it to its domains in 1581. A second independence tide came about following the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the Battle of Trafalgar that heralded the end of the Spanish Atlantic hegemony.
People of former Spanish colonies (8 C, 1 P) A. Spanish colonization of the Americas (34 C, 235 P) Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (4 C, 2 P)
Former countries, kingdoms, states, territories, and client states − that were historically located in Spain. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Toggle Colonies by former countries subsection. 6.1 Ancient Greece. ... An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and his indigenous wife.
This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: ... Portugal, Spain, Netherlands (29), Germany ...
The Riffians rebelled, led by Abdelkrim, a former officer for the Spanish administration. The Battle of Annual (1921) during the Rif War was a major military defeat suffered by the Spanish army against Moroccan insurgents. A leading Spanish politician emphatically declared: "We are at the most acute period of Spanish decadence". [88]
During Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, a number of Spanish colonies in the Americas moved for greater autonomy or outright independence due to the political instability in Spain, which was eventually (1810) governed by the Cortes of Cádiz – which served as a democratic Regency after Ferdinand VII was deposed.
In 1956, when France ended its protectorate over Morocco, Spain discontinued the protectorate and retroceded the territory to the newly independent kingdom, while retaining the plazas de soberanía which were part of Spain prior to the colonial period, Cape Juby, Ifni, and other colonies (such as Spanish Sahara) outside of Morocco