The recorded history of the lands of what today is known as Catalonia begins with the development of the Iberian peoples while several See more

Rise of the Iberian culture
An iron using culture first appeared in eastern Iberia in the 8th century BC. By the 5th century BC, … See more

Dynastic union with Aragon
Until the middle of the 12th century, the successive counts of Barcelona tried to expand their … See more

Napoleonic Wars
In 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars, Catalonia was occupied by the troops of General Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. The official Spanish … See more

The first known human settlements in what is now Catalonia were at the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. The oldest known trace of human … See more

Visigothic and Muslim rule
In the 5th century, as part of the invasion of the Roman Empire by Germanic tribes, the Visigoths led by Athaulf, installed themselves in the Tarraconensis (Ebro basin, 410) and when in 475 the Visigothic king See more

Crown of Aragon union with Crown of Castile
Ferdinand's 1469 marriage to Isabella I of Castile brought about a dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon … See more