| 1636 | Foundation of Spanish tobacco monopoly (valid until 1998, but never for Canary Islands) |
| 1758 | Inauguration of ROYAL FACTORY OF SEVILLE, world's largest tobacco processing factory until middle of 20th century |
| 1828 | First introduction of cigarettes |
| 1859 | Introduction of currency "Peseta" |
| 1865 | Foundation of AGUSTIN VIERA (Canary Islands) |
| 1870 | Foundation of VIUDA DE AGUSTIN ESPINOSA (LA SUPREMA) (Canary Islands) |
| 1873 | February - king Amadeus abdicates, Spain becomes a republic |
| 1874 | December - Spain becomes again a monarchy with king Alfons XII. |
| 1885 | Foundation of EUFEMIANO FUENTES CABRERA (Canary Islands) |
| 1887 | Foundation of COMPAÑIA ARRENDATARIA DE TABACOS |
| 1900 | Manuel Lopez Luis founds LA LUCHA (Canary Islands) |
| 1902 | Foundation of SANTIAGO GUTIÉRREZ MARTIN (Canary Islands) |
| 1923 | Foundation of J. ROBERTO DOS SANTOS and PEDRO CAPOTE LORENZO (TABACOS CAPOTE) (both at Canary Islands) |
| 1925 | Ernesto González Pérez founds LA RICA HOJA (Canary Islands) |
| 1931 | April - king Alfons XIII. abdicates, Spain becomes again a republic |
| 1932 | Foundation of UNIÓN DE FABRICANTES DE TABACOS DE GRAN CANARIA (Canary Islands) |
| 1939 | Spain becomes a dictatorship under general Franco |
| 1945 | Incorporation of TABACALERA as Spanish tobacco monopoly. It's first own brand are BUBI cigarettes. |
| 1949 | Foundation of CENTRO INDUSTRIAL DE TABAQUEROS ASOCIADOS (CITA) (Canary Islands) |
| 1975 | November - General Franco dies, Spain becomes a democratic monarchy under king Juan Carlos I. |
| 1981 | Foundation of TABACANARIA (Canary Islands) |
| 1983 | March, 5th - introduction of health warnings (at side) |
| 1986 | Spain becomes part of the European Union |
| 198? | PHILIP MORRIS opens a branch at Canary Islands, R.J. REYNOLDS acqires TABACOS CAPOTE, MARTIN BRINKMANN acquires ITACASA, TABACALERA buys ITACASA from MARTIN BRINKMANN |
| 1991 | Introduction of front health warnings |
| 1993 | Tar gets limited to a maximum of 15mg |
| 1998 | Tar gets limited to a maximum of 12mg, TABACALERA gets privatized |
| 1999 | TABACALERA becomes ALTADIS by merging with French SEITA |
| 2002 | January, 1st - "Peseta" gets replaced by "Euro", exchange rate: 166,386 Pesetas = 1 Euro |
| 2003 | September - new big health warnings with white background and black frame (30% of surface at front, 40% at back), no more names like "light" or "mild" |
| 2004 | January, 1st - maximum tar gets reduced to 10mg, nicotine to 1.0mg |
| 2005 | ALTADIS sells it's 50% shares of CITA and TACISA to GALLAHER |
| 2008 | January - ALTADIS gets acquired by United Kingdoms IMPERIAL TOBACCO |
| 2016 | May, 20th - new pictured health warnings (65% of surface), additional flavours (except menthol) are no longer permitted, tar/nicotine/CO declarations are no longer permitted, terms like "Slims", "without additives", "natural" or "one" are no longer permitted, pillow/square/round/sliding packs are no longer permitted |
| 2020 | May, 20th - menthol cigarettes are no longer permitted |