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Saint’s Day for Jenaro, Edesio, Máxima, Armancio and Perpetuo.
Apr 8, 2021 - 2:37 AM
Spain On This Day - April 8
Saint’s Day for Jenaro, Edesio, Máxima, Armancio and Perpetuo.
Apr 8, 2021 - 2:37 AM
1513 - Florida (current United States), the Spanish Juan Ponce de León took possession on behalf of Spain.
1701 - The Spanish Courts recognised as King Felipe V.
1740 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
1898 - The Atlantic Fleet, under Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete leaves Cadiz course to Cuba to quell outbreaks of the colony independence.
Births
1460 - Juan Ponce de León, solidier, discoverer of Florida.
1605 - Felipe IV, who was born in Valladolid and reigned for 44 years, one of the longest reigns in Spanish history.
1754 - Juan Sempere y Guarinos, politician jurist biolgrapher and economist.
1784 - Dionisio Aguado y García, composter and classical guitarist.
1886 - Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Cardinal (d. 1973).
1897 - Domingo Burgaleta, lawyer and politician (d. 1936).
1900 - Juan Planelles Ripoll, doctor (d. 1972).
1912 - Julián Berrendero, cyclist (d. 1995).
1930 - Carlos Hugo de Borbón Parma, Duke (d. 2010).
1940 - Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, singer songwriter(d. 2003).
1950 - Glòria Marcos, politician.
1976 - Cristina Medina, actress.
1978 - Mario Pestano, athlete.
1979 - Marta Baldó, gymnast.
1984 - Mikel Aguirrezabalaga, Basque pelota player.
Deaths
1648 - Payo Enriquez de Rivera, Spanish priest and viceroy of New Spain.
1957 - Pedro Segura, cleric (b. 1880).
1962 – Juan Belmonte, bullfighter (b. 1892)
1973 - The Málaga artist, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, died on this day at his home in Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, France.
1992 - Mariano Aguilar, professor and politician (b. 1916).
1996 – León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003: José Couso, cameraman for Telecinco, and his colleague from Reuters, Taras Protsyuk, are killed when a US tank fires on the hotel in Baghdad where dozens of journalists are based, the Palestine Hotel.
2011 - Alfred Lucchetti, actor (b. 1934).
2011 - Xabier Gereño, writer (b. 1924).
2013 – Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
2013 – José Luis Sampedro, economist and author (b. 1917)
1701 - The Spanish Courts recognised as King Felipe V.
1740 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
1898 - The Atlantic Fleet, under Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete leaves Cadiz course to Cuba to quell outbreaks of the colony independence.
José Couso - Archive photo
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Births
1460 - Juan Ponce de León, solidier, discoverer of Florida.
1605 - Felipe IV, who was born in Valladolid and reigned for 44 years, one of the longest reigns in Spanish history.
1754 - Juan Sempere y Guarinos, politician jurist biolgrapher and economist.
1784 - Dionisio Aguado y García, composter and classical guitarist.
1886 - Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Cardinal (d. 1973).
1897 - Domingo Burgaleta, lawyer and politician (d. 1936).
1900 - Juan Planelles Ripoll, doctor (d. 1972).
1912 - Julián Berrendero, cyclist (d. 1995).
1930 - Carlos Hugo de Borbón Parma, Duke (d. 2010).
1940 - Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, singer songwriter(d. 2003).
1950 - Glòria Marcos, politician.
1976 - Cristina Medina, actress.
1978 - Mario Pestano, athlete.
1979 - Marta Baldó, gymnast.
1984 - Mikel Aguirrezabalaga, Basque pelota player.
Deaths
1648 - Payo Enriquez de Rivera, Spanish priest and viceroy of New Spain.
1957 - Pedro Segura, cleric (b. 1880).
1962 – Juan Belmonte, bullfighter (b. 1892)
1973 - The Málaga artist, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, died on this day at his home in Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, France.
1992 - Mariano Aguilar, professor and politician (b. 1916).
1996 – León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003: José Couso, cameraman for Telecinco, and his colleague from Reuters, Taras Protsyuk, are killed when a US tank fires on the hotel in Baghdad where dozens of journalists are based, the Palestine Hotel.
2011 - Alfred Lucchetti, actor (b. 1934).
2011 - Xabier Gereño, writer (b. 1924).
2013 – Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
2013 – José Luis Sampedro, economist and author (b. 1917)
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