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| 1697 |
| | In the Treaty of Rijswijk, Spain cedes the western half of Hispaniola to France, which names its new colony Saint-Domingue | |
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| 1701 |
| | The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out between French and Austrian claimants to the Spanish throne | |
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| 1713 |
| | The treaties signed in Utrecht bring to an end the War of the Spanish Succession | |
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| 1714 |
| | In the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Spanish Netherlands are transferred to Austria | |
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| 1740 |
| | Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador become the Spanish viceroyalty of New Granada, with Bogota as the capital | |
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| 1774 |
| | The Spanish, now in sole occupation of the Falkland Islands, call them Las Islas Malvinas | |
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| 1776 |
| | Spanish America is now administered as four viceroyalties - New Spain, New Granada, New Peru and La Plata | |
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| 1776 |
| | Buenos Aires rather than Asunción is chosen to be capital of the new Spanish viceroyalty of La Plata | |
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| 1793 |
| | Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave, joins a Spanish force invading the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) | |
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| 1801 |
| | Toussaint L'Ouverture invades the neighbouring Spanish colony of Santo Domingo, and becomes ruler of of the whole island of Hispaniola | |
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