Cape Verde (Spain)

This article is about the specific polity Cape Verde (Spain) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Cape Verde was occupied by Castile in 1476. From 1479 Castile entered a personal union with Aragon, creating an early form of the Spanish state.

Establishment

January 1479: Personal Union of Aragon and Castile.

Chronology

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1. War of the Castilian Succession

1475 - 4 September 1479: military conflict contested from 1475 to 1479 for the succession of the Crown of Castile fought between the supporters of Joanna 'la Beltraneja', reputed daughter of the late monarch Henry IV of Castile, and those of Henry's half-sister, Isabella, who was ultimately successful.

September 1479: With the Treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479 Castile, while retaining her rights in the Canaries, recognized the Portuguese monopoly of fishing and navigation along the whole west African coast and Portugal's rights over the Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde islands.