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Counts of Barcelona (continued).

A.D.

Ramon Borrell

1018

Ramon Berenguer I.

1025

Ramon Berenguer II.

1077

Berenguer and Ramon Berenguer III.

1113

Ramon Berenguer IV.

1131

Ramon Berenguer V. married Doña Petronila de Aragon, and this kingdom was incorporated with the Condado de Cataluña.

 

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No. II.

Contemporany Sovereigns.

The periods have been selected during which leading events in Spanish history have occurred.

A.D.	Spain.	England.	France.	Rome.
0800	Alonso II. el Casto	Egbert	Charlemagne	Leo III.
0877	Alonso III. el Magno	Alfred	Louis II.	John VII.
0996	Ramiro III.	Ethelred II.	Hugh Capet	Gregory V.
1075	Sancho II.	William the Conqueror	Philip I.	Gregory VII.
1155	Alfonso VII.	Henry II.	Louis VII.	Adrian IV. Breakspeare.
1245	San Fernando	Henry III.	St. Louis	Innocent IV.
1345	Alfonso XI.	Edward III.	Philip VI.	Benedict VI.
1360	Pedro el Cruel	Edward III.	John II.	Innocent VI.
1485	Isabel la Catolica	Henry VII.	Charles VIII.	Innocent VIII.
1515	Fernando de Aragon	Henry VIII.	Francis I.	Leo X.
1550	Carlos V.	Edward VI.	Henry II.	Paul III.
1560	Felipe II.	Elizabeth	Charles IX.	Pius IV.
1644	Felipe IV.	Charles I.	Louis XIV.	Innocent X.
1705	Felipe V.	Anne	Louis XIV.	Clement XI.
1760	Carlos III.	George III.	Louis XV.	Clement XIII.
1808	Fernando VII.	George III.	Napoleon I.	Pius VII.
1840	Isabel II.	Victoria	Louis-Philippe Napoleon III.	Gregory XVI. and Pius IX.
1877	Alfonso XII.		French Republic.	Leo XIII.

The antiquary will often meet with the date Era on old inscriptions. This mode of reckoning prevailed in the Roman dominions, and arose from the date of the particular payment of taxes, æs, æra. It commenced in the fourth year of Augustus Cæsar. To make the Era correspond with the Anno Domini, 38 years must be added; thus: A.D. 1200 is equivalent to Era 1238. The Moorish Hegira commences from Friday, July 16, A.D. 622,—Era 660. The New Style was introduced by Gregory XIII. into Spain in 1582. October 5, of the Old Style, was then called October 15. This must be remembered, for the New Style was only introduced into England in 1751.