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Saint’s Day for Engracia, Toribio de Liébana and Calixto.
Apr 16, 2018 - 8:41 AM
Spain On This Day - April 16
Saint’s Day for Engracia, Toribio de Liébana and Calixto.
Apr 16, 2018 - 8:41 AM
1519 - Barcelona Carlos I of Spain Rey is sworn to the Catalan Parliament.
1540 - on the town of Choquesaca (capital of the nation of the ponds), the Spanish Peranzúrez founded the Villa de la Plata New Toledo (present Sucre, Bolivia's administrative capital).
1568 - in Granada Moriscos take up arms, very unhappy with the measures taken by Pedro Deza, president of the Chancellery.
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1610 - Lope de Vega signed and dated his play The good saves.
1931 - Doña Victoria Eugenia and her children, Don Alfonso the Prince of Asturias, the Infantes Don Jaime and Don Gonzalo, and the Infantas Doña Beatriz and Doña María Cristina, are the first of the Spanish Royal Family to arrive in Paris for exile in France.
Births
1889 - José María Zumalacárregui Prat, economista (d. 1956).
1893 - Federico Mompou, composer.
1908 – Ray Ventura, French-Spanish pianist and bandleader (d. 1979)
1927 - Nicolás Redondo, unionist.
1930 - Marquitos, footballer (d. 2012).
1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1947 - Jose Luis Moreno, artist, theater and television entrepreneur.
1958 - Javier Sardá, tv presenter.
1959 - Emilio Aragon, producer, composer and audiovisual entrepreneur.
1960 – Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
Deaths
1566 - Juan Correa de Vivar, pintor español (b. 1510)
1828 - The Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya, died in his home in France
1943 - Carlos Arniches, Spanish dramatist (b 1866.).
1973 - Singer-songwriter, Nino Bravo, died in a traffic accident in Cuenca at the age of 28.
1540 - on the town of Choquesaca (capital of the nation of the ponds), the Spanish Peranzúrez founded the Villa de la Plata New Toledo (present Sucre, Bolivia's administrative capital).
1568 - in Granada Moriscos take up arms, very unhappy with the measures taken by Pedro Deza, president of the Chancellery.
1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1610 - Lope de Vega signed and dated his play The good saves.
1931 - Doña Victoria Eugenia and her children, Don Alfonso the Prince of Asturias, the Infantes Don Jaime and Don Gonzalo, and the Infantas Doña Beatriz and Doña María Cristina, are the first of the Spanish Royal Family to arrive in Paris for exile in France.
Vicente López Portaña portrait of Francisco de Goya. - wikipedia
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Births
1889 - José María Zumalacárregui Prat, economista (d. 1956).
1893 - Federico Mompou, composer.
1908 – Ray Ventura, French-Spanish pianist and bandleader (d. 1979)
1927 - Nicolás Redondo, unionist.
1930 - Marquitos, footballer (d. 2012).
1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1947 - Jose Luis Moreno, artist, theater and television entrepreneur.
1958 - Javier Sardá, tv presenter.
1959 - Emilio Aragon, producer, composer and audiovisual entrepreneur.
1960 – Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
Deaths
1566 - Juan Correa de Vivar, pintor español (b. 1510)
1828 - The Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya, died in his home in France
1943 - Carlos Arniches, Spanish dramatist (b 1866.).
1973 - Singer-songwriter, Nino Bravo, died in a traffic accident in Cuenca at the age of 28.
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