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2002 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish Writer

1997 CNN begins spanish broadcasts

1996 Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier, dies at 90

1996 Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74

1995 Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M

1995 Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada

1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67

1994 Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87

1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68

1994 Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96

1994 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights

1994 Rosa Chacel, spanish Novelist, dies at 96

1994 Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered

1994 Leon J Ramirez Reine, Degrelle, Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87

1994 Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80

1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76

1994 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23

1994 Federica Montseny, anarchist and Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at 80

1993 Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56

1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered

1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63

1993 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45

1993 Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65

1992 Jose Monje, Camaron de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer, dies

1992 Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61

1991 Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies

1991 Frederic Mares, Spanish sculptor, dies

1991 Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76

1991 Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74

1991 Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78

1991 Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83

1989 Dolores Ibarruri, Pasionaria, Basque/Spanish communist, dies at 93

1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)

1988 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures

1987 Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94

1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second

1985 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha

1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain

1985 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course

1984 Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet (Historia del corazon), dies at 86

1983 Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90

1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II

1982 Ramon J. Sender, Spanish writer, dies at 79

1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO

1981 Fernando Alonso, Spanish Celebrity

1981 Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails

1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84

1980 Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41

1976 Adita Linares, born in Miami, Florida, spanish actress, Clueless, Cookie

1976 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast

1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession

1976 Oscar Espla, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at 89

1976 Paz Vega, Spanish Actress

1975 Spain, Morocco and Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara

1975 Elena Anaya, born in Palencia, Spain, Spanish actress

1975 Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician

1975 Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer

1974 Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

1973 Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, dies at 96

1973 Jerry Rivera, Puerto Rico, spanish singer

1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91

1973 Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

1972 Alejandro Amenabar, Spanish Director

1970 Luis Miguel, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico, spanish singer

1970 Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist, A Gatas

1969 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81

1969 Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency

1968 Tatianna, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, spanish singer, Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy

1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain

1968 Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne

1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83

1967 Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British and not Spanish

1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong

1967 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor and director (It, Careers), dies at 79

1966 Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91

1966 B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die

1964 Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist, Tour de France winner 1991-95

1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma

1964 Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer, world record 200m

1963 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61

1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50

1963 Remedios Varo, Spanish Artist

1962 Luis Enrique, spanish singer, Luces del Alma

1962 Diego Martinez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76

1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco

1961 Selena, Texas, spanish singer, Grammy-1994

1960 Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me"

1960 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman

1960 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Leader

1959 Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer

1959 Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer, Olympic-silv-1988

1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54

1958 Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76

1958 Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops

1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco

1958 Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist, Maria Bonita

1957 Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer

1956 Juan Negrin, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39), dies at 67

1956 Pio Baroja, Spanish writer (Caeser or Nothing), dies at 84

1956 Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer, Genio y Figura

1956 Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alcazar 1936), dies at 77

1956 Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot

1956 Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish actor, Lo Mejor del Ano

1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72

1955 Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer, Lucia es Luna Moreno

1954 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Spanish essayist/philosopher, dies at 71

1954 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87

1954 Franco De Vita, born in Caracas, Venezuala, spanish singer, Extranjero

1953 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish General/Minister of War, dies at 79

1953 Jose Maria Aznar, Spanish Statesman

1952 Veronica Judith Sainz Castro, Mexico, spanish singer and actress, Nana

1952 Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55

1951 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85

1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar

1950 Claudia de Colombia, born in Bogato, Columbia, spanish singer, Yo Creo En Ti

1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66

1948 Joaquin Almunia, Spanish Politician

1948 Lolita, Abrazame, spanish singer, Esperame

1946 Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (Vita Breve, Atlantida), dies at 69

1945 Raphael, Spain, spanish singer, When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano

1944 Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71

1942 Manolo Blahnik, Spanish Designer

1942 Tomas Marco, Basque/Spanish composer

1942 Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts'

1942 Javier Solana, Spanish Politician

1942 Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31

1941 Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host, Sabado Gigante

1940 Manuel Azana y Diez, Spanish Prime Minister 1932 - 1934, President 1936 - 1939, dies at 60

1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain

1939 Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco

1939 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75

1939 Antonio Machado, Spanish Poet

1939 Spanish government flees to France

1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras

1938 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to Netherlands

1938 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67

1938 Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84

1937 Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona

1937 Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood

1937 Spanish bishops support Franco and fascists

1936 Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

1936 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed

1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle

1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco

1936 Spanish government moves to Barcelona

1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander

1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier

1936 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38

1936 General Mola and Cabanellas form Spanish anti-govt

1936 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies

1936 Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral

1936 Spanish Civil War begins, General Francisco Franco led uprising

1936 Military uprising under General Franco/begins Spanish civil war

1936 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43

1936 El Cordobes, Manuel Benitez, Spanish toreador

1936 Manuel Azana becomes Spanish premier

1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections

1936 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular

1934 Spanish government of Samper forms

1933 Spanish Basques vote for autonomy

1933 Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government

1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government

1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power

1933 Joaquin Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter

1933 Spanish anarchists call for general strike

1933 Marco Antonio Munoz, born in Mexico, spanish singer, Murmullos

1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74

1932 Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy

1932 Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer, Baal Babilonia

1931 Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State

1931 Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage

1931 Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status

1931 Spanish voters reject the monarchy

1931 Spanish Government of General Damasco Berenguer falls

1930 Antonio Saura, Spanish painter

1930 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64

1929 Jose Angel Valente, Spanish poet, A modo the esperanza

1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid

1928 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies

1928 Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium

1928 Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author, Tormenta de verano

1927 Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40

1926 Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies

1925 Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer, Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica

1922 Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic, Comicos

1921 Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer

1921 Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies

1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull

1920 Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer, Fortunata y Jacinta

1920 Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76

1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in U.S. in 1 week

1916 Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress, In Pyama

1915 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Pequeneces, Boy), dies at 64

1915 Robert B Motherwell, U.S., painter, Elegies to the Spanish Republic

1914 Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58

1913 Nelly Aenders, Petronella Meyer, Dutch actress, Spanish Fly

1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms

1912 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer, El gato con botas

1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die

1912 Juan Pujol Garcia, Garbo/Arabel, Spanish British/German double agent

1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed

1909 Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet, Lorca

1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48

1908 Remedios Varo, Spanish Artist

1908 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), dies

1908 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer

1907 Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit

1906 Jose M de Pereda y Sanchez the Porrua, Spanish writer, dies at 73

1906 Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter

1905 Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier

1905 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher, La lenta libertad

1904 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio)

1903 Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet, El hombre deshabitado

1903 Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder, Spanish Falange

1902 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor

1902 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/U.S. architect

1902 Ramon, J. Sender, Spanish writer, El Lugar del Hombre

1902 Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer y Albas, Spanish priest, Opus Dei

1901 Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer

1901 Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83

1899 Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian, Spanish Diary

1898 Damaso Alonso, Spanish poet, Hijos de la ira

1898 Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender

1898 Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba

1898 U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba

1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba

1898 U.S. Marines attack Spanish off Guantanamo, Cuba

1898 Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist

1898 Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter, sombra desterrada

1895 Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies

1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die

1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed

1895 Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba

1894 Juan Negrin, Prime Minister of Spanish Republic, 1936 - 1939

1893 Frederic Mares, Spanish sculptor

1893 Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, 1925-30

1893 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75

1892 Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Spanish General/dictator, 1936 - 1975

1891 Pedro A de Alarcon, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Latigo), dies at 58

1889 Juan Negrin, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier, 1937-39

1888 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat, La Obra de Trajano

1887 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso

1887 Esme Percy, born in London, England, actor, Old Spanish Custom

1886 Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author, Madrid Escenas

1885 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer, dies at 48

1884 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army

1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer and conductor

1881 Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright, Vengeanza de Don Mendo

1880 Manuel Azana y Diaz, PM/president of 2nd Spanish republic, 1936-39

1878 Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general, Alcazar 1936

1878 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59

1875 Antonio Machado, Spanish Poet

1875 Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer, Don Quixote and Celestine

1873 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War

1873 Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I

1873 Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, Los Galeotes

1872 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general, Morocco

1871 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo

1870 ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered

1870 Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I

1870 Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46

1869 Ramon M del Valle-Inclan, Spanish playwright, Corte de Amor

1866 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, Nobel 1922

1866 Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian

1865 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56

1865 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal

1865 Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals

1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)

1864 Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

1863 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer

1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia

1858 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor

1857 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84

1853 Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer: La hermana San Sulpicio

1853 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75

1852 Antonio Gaudi, Spanish architect, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

1851 Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer, Sirena Negra

1851 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer, Pequeneces, Boy

1844 Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, Spanish Dancing

1842 Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34

1837 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer, Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas

1833 Jose M de Pereda y S nchez the Porrua, Spanish writer, Sotileza

1832 Gaspar Nunez de Arce, Spain, poet "Spanish Tennyson"

1828 Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82

1826 Juan Crisostomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer, dies at 19

1824 Juan Valera bon Alcala Galiano, Spanish author, Pepita Jimenez

1824 Battle at Junan - Simon Bolivars army beats Spanish

1822 Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano

1821 Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw

1819 Battle of Boyaca; Bolivar defeats Spanish in Colombia

1818 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet

1817 Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet, Doloras

1817 Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63

1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish

1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish

1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event

1809 Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army

1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer, La Paloma

1808 Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, Cortes

1806 Juan Crisostomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer

1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies

1803 Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79

1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish

1798 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79

1794 Ramon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/translator, dies at 62

1792 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC

1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal

1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I

1788 Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer

1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines

1783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule

1782 Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English

1782 British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet

1781 Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78

1780 Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet

1779 Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest

1779 Vice-Admiral Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada

1777 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo

1776 Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort

1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters San Francisco Bay

1775 Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer

1774 Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army

1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet, El Duque de Viseo

1770 Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60

1754 Juan Melendez Valdes, Spanish lawyer/poet

1754 Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies

1752 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88

1750 Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer, Fabulas Literarias

1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army

1744 Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet

1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)

1744 French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon

1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples

1731 Ramon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/interpreter

1724 Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne

1723 Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary

1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish

1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish

1717 Spanish troops lands on Sardinia

1715 Spanish gold and silver fleet disappears off St. Lucie, Florida

1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane

1714 French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona

1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine

1710 Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer

1704 War of Spanish Succession, English and Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar

1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage

1703 Jose F de Isla, Francisco de Salazar, Spanish Jesuit/writer

1702 Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet

1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron

1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France

1700 Spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne

1699 Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69

1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies

1698 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir

1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War

1692 Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies

1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands

1690 Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor, dies at 68

1690 Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army

1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French

1685 Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies

1682 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies

1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81

1680 Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish

1679 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50

1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet

1675 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands

1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama

1668 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina

1667 Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66

1665 Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies

1664 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal

1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish

1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61

1659 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV

1659 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish

1658 Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder'

1658 Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies

1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish

1658 Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British

1658 Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish

1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet

1655 Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83

1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies

1652 Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk

1652 Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen

1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54

1650 Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet and writer, dies

1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples

1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63

1648 Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40

1647 Joos Banckert, Swiss Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48

1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples

1646 Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies

1645 Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64

1645 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Writer

1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army

1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule

1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV

1639 Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo)

1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada

1639 Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58

1636 Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens

1635 Lope de Vega, Spanish Playwright

1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48

1635 Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans

1631 Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates

1630 Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61

1630 Spanish troops occupy Mantua

1630 Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal

1629 Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry

1629 Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51

1629 Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands

1628 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet

1627 Spanish government goes bankrupt

1625 Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda

1625 Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies

1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)

1624 Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama

1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die

1622 Juan de Valdes Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor

1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)

1617 Nicolas Antonio, Spanish scholar, Censura de historias fabulosas

1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69

1616 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo

1614 El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown)

1611 Antonio Perez, secretary of Spanish king Philip II and rebel, dies at 71

1611 Tomas L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies

1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies

1608 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies

1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet

1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle

1606 Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch

1605 Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk

1605 Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen

1604 Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende

1604 Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice

1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius

1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda, Maria Coronel, Spanish franciscan

1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish

1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale

1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius

1601 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius

1601 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor, Cathedral Granada

1601 Baltasar Gracian, born in Belmonte, Aragon, Spain, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder'

1600 Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army

1600 Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59

1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'

1599 Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal

1598 Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem

1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine

1598 Spanish king Philip II receives sacraments

1598 Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande

1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)

1597 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies

1596 King Philip II devalues Spanish currency

1596 Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland

1591 Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies

1591 Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English

1591 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius

1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg

1588 Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander

1588 Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army

1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada

1588 English assault on Spanish Armada

1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors

1588 English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada

1588 English fleet beats Spanish Armada

1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders

1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I

1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada

1588 Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada

1588 Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna

1588 Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England

1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England

1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England

1588 Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies

1588 Jose Ribera, Spanish painter

1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock

1587 Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet

1586 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona

1586 Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army

1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops

1585 Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57

1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium

1583 Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk

1582 Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar

1582 Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies

1582 Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

1580 Spanish troops lands in Ireland

1580 Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England

1580 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Writer

1580 Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47

1580 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels

1580 Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange

1579 Juan de Juanes, Vicente J Maeip, Spanish relig painter, dies at 56

1579 Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian

1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31

1578 Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered

1577 Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur

1577 Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"

1576 Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium

1576 Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht

1576 Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence

1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst

1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea

1576 Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea

1575 Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died

1575 Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater

1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren

1574 Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish

1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers

1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders

1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Netherlands

1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet

1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy

1573 Spanish attack Alkmaar

1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies

1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army

1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands

1572 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey

1572 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem

1572 Spanish troops attack Maastricht

1572 Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen

1572 Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen

1572 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries

1572 Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock

1571 Spanish troops occupy Manila

1570 Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman

1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"

1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer

1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23

1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish

1568 Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed

1567 Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger

1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva

1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92

1565 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms

1565 Spanish occupier Estacio de Sa founds Rio de Janeiro

1564 Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente

1562 Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies

1562 Lope de Vega, Spanish Playwright

1561 King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida

1560 Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht

1560 Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli

1560 Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois

1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die

1559 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic

1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla

1558 Thomas Kyd, English dramatist, Spanish Tragedy

1558 Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies

1556 Ignatius Loyola, Spanish founder (Jesuit), dies at about 65

1556 Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

1555 Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies

1555 Siena surrenders for Spanish troops

1553 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy

1552 Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun

1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist

1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

1547 Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians

1547 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer, Don Quioxite

1547 Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland

1546 Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies

1545 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies

1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II

1542 Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded

1542 Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint

1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima

1541 Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56

1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima

1540 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48

1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida

1539 Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer

1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish

1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63

1536 Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle

1534 Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish

1534 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit and missionary, Brazilian Tupi-Indians

1533 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors

1531 Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish poet (Dignity of Man), dies at 37

1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die

1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance

1526 Lucas Vazquez de Ayllo, Spanish colonialist (settles SC), dies

1526 Juan Sebasti n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies

1526 King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France

1524 Spanish troops give Milan to France

1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan

1522 Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches

1521 Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan

1521 Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs

1521 Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded

1520 Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs

1517 Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador/admiral, beheaded at 41

1515 Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies

1515 Theresa of Avila, Spanish mystic writer/saint

1515 Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

1515 Saint Teresa, Spanish Saint

1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaeao and Bonaire), dies

1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army

1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Netherlands, 1566-73

1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France

1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France

1503 Alexander VI, Rodrigo de Borja, Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies

1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France

1496 Emperor Maximiliaans daughter marries Spanish crown prince Johan of Aragon/Philip de Blank marries Johanna "the Waanzinnige" of Aragon

1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal

1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus

1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer

1491 Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

1485 Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII

1479 Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies

1458 Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies

1455 Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481 - 1495, took in Spanish Jews

1446 Clemens VIII, Aegyd Munoz, Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies

1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope, 1492 - 1503

1423 Benedict XIII, Pedro the Luna, Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies

1367 Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57

1275 Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies

1249 Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies

1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo

1073 Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies

694 Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery

395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49

388 Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed


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