Madrid: All Data
Madrid is a city in Spain (with Andorra and Gibraltar). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Madrid: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1479 AD
Capital of Personal Union of Aragon and Castile
1517 AD
1607 AD
Capital of Personal Union of Aragon and Castile
1706 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
1710 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
1715 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Spain
1766 AD
Mentioned in: Esquilache Riots
1808 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Campaigns in Spain and Portugal (1807-1812)
1808 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Spain (Napoleonic)
1810 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Prefecture of Manzanares, part of Kingdom of Spain (Napoleonic)
1873 AD
Capital of First Spanish Republic
1931 AD
Capital of Second Spanish Republic
1936 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish Civil War
1936 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of the Corunna Road, part of Spanish Civil War
1936 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, part of Spanish Civil War
1936 AD
Capital of Second Spanish Republic
1937 AD
Capital of Second Spanish Republic
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War
1939 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish Civil War
1939 AD
Capital of Spanish State
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Autonomous Communitiy of Comunidad de Madrid, part of Kingdom of Spain