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Saint’s Day for Isidoro of Seville and Zoizmus of Palestine.
Apr 4, 2018 - 12:41 AM
Spain On This Day - April 4
Saint’s Day for Isidoro of Seville and Zoizmus of Palestine.
Apr 4, 2018 - 12:41 AM
1541 - St. Ignatius of Loyola himself elected first general of the Jesuits.
1566 - King Philip II granted the village of Garciaz the title of "Illustrious Villa".
1581 - Sir Francis Drake completes his ring Earth. It is the first Briton to achieve this, 60 years after Juan Sebastian Elcano.
1609 – Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
1847 - Barcelona’s oldest and most prestigious theatre, the Gran Teatro del Liceo, is inaugurated.
1883 - Alfonso XIII lays the first stone of the Catedral de la Almudena in Madrid, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on his visit to Spain in 1993.
Births
1640 – Gaspar Sanz, guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
1868 - Felipe Calderon and Roca, lawyer, politician and intellectual Filipino Spanish language (d. 1908)
1935 - Gonzalo Torrente Malvido, writer and screenwriter (d. 2011).
1945 - Jesús Posada, politician.
1951 - The television journalist, Mercedes Milá, who was born in Barcelona.
1952 - María Mendiola, singer for the band Baccara.
1956 - Norma Duval, actress and showgirl.
1956 - Carmen Mejia Ruiz, philologist and professor.
1960 - Eva Arguiñano, cook and Spanish TV presenter.
1960 - Yolanda Barcina Angulo, politician.
1968 – Jesús Rollán, water polo player (d. 2006)
1982 - Jorge Salán, guitarist from the band Mägo de Oz.
1985 – Rudy Fernández, basketball player
1986 - Aiden McGeady, footballer.
Deaths
636 – Isidore of Seville, archbishop and saint (b. 560) proposed as patron saint of the Internet, died in Seville.
1284 - Alfonso X the wise, King Castilla y León (b. 1221).
1305 - Juana I, Queen of Navarra (b. 1273).
1851 - Paquiro, bullfighter (b. 1805).
1984 - Joan Ponç, painter (b. 1927).
1995 - Teófilo Martínez, voice dubbing actor (b. 1915).
2001 - Ramón Mendoza, businessman and president of Real Madrid (b. 1927).
2016 – Chus Lampreave,actress (b. 1930)
1566 - King Philip II granted the village of Garciaz the title of "Illustrious Villa".
1581 - Sir Francis Drake completes his ring Earth. It is the first Briton to achieve this, 60 years after Juan Sebastian Elcano.
1609 – Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
1847 - Barcelona’s oldest and most prestigious theatre, the Gran Teatro del Liceo, is inaugurated.
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1883 - Alfonso XIII lays the first stone of the Catedral de la Almudena in Madrid, consecrated by Pope John Paul II on his visit to Spain in 1993.
Births
1640 – Gaspar Sanz, guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
1868 - Felipe Calderon and Roca, lawyer, politician and intellectual Filipino Spanish language (d. 1908)
1935 - Gonzalo Torrente Malvido, writer and screenwriter (d. 2011).
1945 - Jesús Posada, politician.
1951 - The television journalist, Mercedes Milá, who was born in Barcelona.
1952 - María Mendiola, singer for the band Baccara.
1956 - Norma Duval, actress and showgirl.
1956 - Carmen Mejia Ruiz, philologist and professor.
1960 - Eva Arguiñano, cook and Spanish TV presenter.
1960 - Yolanda Barcina Angulo, politician.
1968 – Jesús Rollán, water polo player (d. 2006)
1982 - Jorge Salán, guitarist from the band Mägo de Oz.
1985 – Rudy Fernández, basketball player
1986 - Aiden McGeady, footballer.
Deaths
636 – Isidore of Seville, archbishop and saint (b. 560) proposed as patron saint of the Internet, died in Seville.
1284 - Alfonso X the wise, King Castilla y León (b. 1221).
1305 - Juana I, Queen of Navarra (b. 1273).
1851 - Paquiro, bullfighter (b. 1805).
1984 - Joan Ponç, painter (b. 1927).
1995 - Teófilo Martínez, voice dubbing actor (b. 1915).
2001 - Ramón Mendoza, businessman and president of Real Madrid (b. 1927).
2016 – Chus Lampreave,actress (b. 1930)
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