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| Nations | Period of existence in the Peninsula |
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| Visigothic Kingdom | 456 - 716 |
| Byzantine Empire | c. 534 - 707 |
| Umayyad Caliphate | 707 - 750]] |
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603
- Witteric, commander of a Visigothic army against the Byzantines, uses his troops to strike at the king Liuva II, deposing him and have him condemned and executed.
610
- A faction of Catholic nobles assassinate Witteric and proclaim Gundemar king of the Visigoths.
619
621
- After the death of Sisebut, his young son Recared succeed him, but his premature death allows his maternal half-uncle the strongman and general Suintila to accede to the throne.
622
- Carthago Spartaria is conquered and destroyed by Suintila. It will be reconstructed 50 years later.
624
- The entire province of Spania is in Visigothic hands save the Balearic Islands.
631
- Sisenand overthrow Suintila with the aid of Dagobert I, king of the Franks, occupying the throne.
642
- Chindasuinth, commander of the frontier with the Basques, commence a rebellion, being proclaimed king by a convention of nobles and the people at Pampalica (probably modern Pampliega) without the support of the church.
648
- January 20: Recceswinth, son of Chindasuinth, is crowned co-king in an attempd to establish a hereditary monarchy. The associate-son is from this date until Chindasuinth death the true ruler of the Visigoths, in name of his father.
672
- Some weeks after ascending the throne, Wamba have to face a revolt from Hilderic, governor of Nîmes, who had himself aspired to the kingship. Wamba send Flavius Paulus, an Hispano-Roman duke, to put down the hostilities, but upon his arrival at Narbonne, Flavius Paulus become a rebel himself, being elected king by his army and joined by Hilderic and his followers.
- Flavius Paulus send emissaries to the Basques, inciting them to rebellion, which forces Wamba to personally lead an army into the western Pyrenees and reduce the Basques to submission.
- Flavius Paulus is crowned by his supporters. The Visigothic cities in Gaul and a large part of northeastern Hispania come over to Paulus' side. Nobles opposed to Wamba organize large units to fight the royal armies in the field.
- Wamba marches into the Narbonensis and Tarraconensis regions, the center of the revolt, and in a few days turns most of the cities back to his side.
673
- Paulus surrender in Narbonne, ending the rebellion.
680
- While on the verge of death, Wamba is forced to retire from the kingship, even though he recovers, and enter a monastery. Erwig is appointed as his successor.
687
- November 14: After falling seriously ill, Erwig proclaims his son-in-law Ergica as his heir and retires to a monastery as a penitent.
694
- Ergica associate his son Wittiza to the throne, even though he is a minor.
700
- November, 15 or 24 - Wittiza is annointed king, co-ruling with his father Ergica.
707
- The Balearic Islands submit to the generous terms of an Umayyad fleet, which allow the residents to maintain their traditions and religion as well as a high degree of autonomy.