| XVI th Century |
| 1518 |
| During Carlos l's offensive against Algeria, the troops of D. Hugo de Moncada, billeted on Ibiza while the boats were being repaired, sack the island through lack of payment. The Ibiza coast is frequently laid waste. |
| 1554 |
| Prince Felipe commissions the Roman engineer Juan Bautista Calvi to construct the walls. |
| 1555 |
| The same engineer is commissioned to fortify the church of Santa Eulalia and the tower of the salt pans (today the tower of Sal Rosa). |
| 1565 |
| Construction of the San Juan bastion. |
| 1578 |
| Extension of the tower of San Juan and construction of the Santa Lucia bastion under the charge of Jacobo "Fratin". |
| 1584 |
| The Portal de las Tablas is put in place. |
| 1586 |
| The Dominicans settle in Nuestra Señora de Jesús. |
| 1587 |
| The Dominicans are given permission to build their monastery within the walls. |
| 1592 |
| The foundation stone of the present-day church of Santo Domingo is blessed. |
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| XVII th Century |
| Precarious economic situation, a grave monetary crisis and famine in the countryside 600 people die of plague in Ibiza and its suburbs. |
| 1662 |
| The Archbishop of Tarragona converts the "cuartón" chapels into vicarages. |
| 1686 |
| The Jesuit Brotherhood is formed. |
| 1697 |
| The repopulation of Formentera is begun. |
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| XVIII th Century |
| The House of Bourbon is installed in Spain. Onofre Rimbau, chief syndic of the University, pays homage to the first Bourbon in the presence of the viceroy of Mallorca. |
| 1706 |
| After the capitulation of Catalonia, Aragón, Valencia and Mallorea before Charles III, Archduke of Austria, an Anglo-Dutch fleet of 28 ships lands on Ibiza. The University and the island of Ibiza reeognize the Archduke. |
| 1708 |
| A free school for reading, writing and arithmetic is set up in the Dominican Monastery. |
| 1715 |
| Barcelona having been taken in September of the previous year by French troops aiding Felipe V, Ibiza swears fidelity to the monarch the salt pans becoming royal property through right of conquest. |
| 1725 |
| The first trees of the poplar grove are planted in "La Tarongeta" (now Plaza Cayetano Soler). |
| 1726 |
| The church-fortress of San Frarncisco Javier on Formentera is blessed. (The defense complex is completed with the coastal towers on the islands and the Espalmador Tower). |
| 1728 |
| The reconstruction of the parich church of Santa Maria is completed. |
| 1730 Any d'es tró, (Year of the thunder) |
| Santa Lucia explodes due to an electric spark. It caused great damage and the death of fifteen people. |
| 1732 |
| As a result of the increase in the rural population, two new churches are built. This year saw the completion of the churches of San Jos‚ and, shortly afterwards, San Juan. |
| 1735 |
| A Royal Decree concedes "an annual donation of two thousand, six hundred "pesos" of salt on eondition that there should be a general call to arms against the Infidel when needed, and that account should be given of the distribution of the said amount before the Tribunals". |
| 1746 |
| Facts from a municipal leaflet giving an account of the proclamation of Fernando VI: the number of houses in the town is 200, and in the suburb, 420. |
| 1749 |
| The construction of the Espalmador tower is ordered. |
| 1764 |
| The military engineer D. José García draws up the plan of Ibiza by request of the Town Hall. |
| 1767 |
| Expulsion of the Jesuits. |
| 1782 |
| A Papal Bull authorizing the creation of a bishorpric on Ibiza. |
| Ibiza receives the title of city. |
| 1784 |
| The first bishop of the modern era. Abad y Lasierra, arrives on Ibiza. The division of Ibiza and Formentera into parishes is begun, and completed in 1785. |
| 1786 |
| The church of San Francisco Javier, on Formentera, becomes a parish church, and two new parishes are created, one in La Mola (El Pilar) and the other in Las Salinas (San Fernando). |
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