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Saints Day for Juan, Nicerata, Fabiola, Teodoro and Teófanes.
Dec 27, 2017 - 5:40 AM
Spain On This Day - December 27
Saints Day for Juan, Nicerata, Fabiola, Teodoro and Teófanes.
Dec 27, 2017 - 5:40 AM
1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
1836 - The Spanish Government recognises the independence of Mexico.
1870 - Attack on General Juan Prim in Madrid. Hit by several shots, he died three days later.
1936 - In the middle of the Spanish Civil War, Santander is bombarded by Franco's aviation, producing about 70 dead and 50 wounded among civilians. As a reply, 156 prisoners of the prison boat Alfonso Pérez are killed that day.
1968 - Over 5,000 Asturian miners on strike, even though it is illegal in Spain.
1978 - King Juan Carlos I sanctions the Spanish Constitution previously approved by parliament, and ratified by the people of Spain in a referendum held on 6th December 1978, now celebrated as el Día de la Constitución Española, a national holiday in Spain.
1983 - The Congress of Deputies validates the decree-law on industrial reconversion.
1985 - Barcelona officially requests the organization of the Olympic Games.
Births
1350 - Juan I, King of Aragón .
1586 - Francisco de Moncada, politician and writer.
1747 - Esteban de Arteaga, Jesuit.
1799 - Serafín Estébanez Calderón, writer.
1806 - Ramon Cabrera, Carlist military.
1820 - Juan de la Rosa González, writer (d. 1886)
1859 - Vicente March, painter.
1886 - Juan Marcilla Arrazola, engineer (d. 1950)
1895 - Rafael Salazar Alonso, politician (d. 1936)
1900 - Juan de Orduña, actor and film maker (d. 1974)
1916 - Alfonso Suárez del Real, actor.
1922 - Ramón Trías Fargas, economist and politician.
1929 - Lucio Muñoz, painter.
1930 - Julio Diamante, film director.
1936 - José Pérez-Francés, cyclist.
1939 - Miguel Alcobendas, Cyclist.
1942 - Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, businessman.
1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, singer songwriter and guitarist, was born in Barcelona
1953 - José Ortega Cano, the noted bullfighter, widower of the Spanish diva, Rocío Jurado, in Cartagena, Murcia
1968 - Diego «el Cigala», flamenco singer songwriter.
1976 - Curro Torres, footballer.
1993 - Miguel Reina, handball player.
Deaths
1066 - Fernando I, King of León.
1915 - Juan Menéndez Pidal, poet and folklorist.
1921 - Daniel Zuloaga, painter and ceramist.
1923 - Lluís Domènech i Montaner, architect.
1946 - Pedro Mata, novelist.
1953 - Romualdo Galdós, religious, publicist and writer. (b. 1885)
1971 - Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora, neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1886)
1998 - Ricardo Tormo, motorcyclist (b. 1952)
2000 - Antonio Rodríguez Valdivieso, painter.
2003 - Enric Bernat Fontlladosa the inventor of the world-famous Chupa Chup lollipops, died at his home in Barcelona at the age of 80.
2010 - Sabin Intxaurraga, politician (b. 1949)
2010 - Luis Mariñas, journalist and TV news reader (b. 1947)
1836 - The Spanish Government recognises the independence of Mexico.
1870 - Attack on General Juan Prim in Madrid. Hit by several shots, he died three days later.
1936 - In the middle of the Spanish Civil War, Santander is bombarded by Franco's aviation, producing about 70 dead and 50 wounded among civilians. As a reply, 156 prisoners of the prison boat Alfonso Pérez are killed that day.
1968 - Over 5,000 Asturian miners on strike, even though it is illegal in Spain.
1978 - King Juan Carlos I sanctions the Spanish Constitution previously approved by parliament, and ratified by the people of Spain in a referendum held on 6th December 1978, now celebrated as el Día de la Constitución Española, a national holiday in Spain.
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1983 - The Congress of Deputies validates the decree-law on industrial reconversion.
1985 - Barcelona officially requests the organization of the Olympic Games.
Births
1350 - Juan I, King of Aragón .
1586 - Francisco de Moncada, politician and writer.
1747 - Esteban de Arteaga, Jesuit.
1799 - Serafín Estébanez Calderón, writer.
1806 - Ramon Cabrera, Carlist military.
1820 - Juan de la Rosa González, writer (d. 1886)
1859 - Vicente March, painter.
1886 - Juan Marcilla Arrazola, engineer (d. 1950)
1895 - Rafael Salazar Alonso, politician (d. 1936)
1900 - Juan de Orduña, actor and film maker (d. 1974)
1916 - Alfonso Suárez del Real, actor.
1922 - Ramón Trías Fargas, economist and politician.
1929 - Lucio Muñoz, painter.
1930 - Julio Diamante, film director.
1936 - José Pérez-Francés, cyclist.
1939 - Miguel Alcobendas, Cyclist.
1942 - Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, businessman.
1943 - Joan Manuel Serrat, singer songwriter and guitarist, was born in Barcelona
1953 - José Ortega Cano, the noted bullfighter, widower of the Spanish diva, Rocío Jurado, in Cartagena, Murcia
1968 - Diego «el Cigala», flamenco singer songwriter.
1976 - Curro Torres, footballer.
1993 - Miguel Reina, handball player.
Deaths
1066 - Fernando I, King of León.
1915 - Juan Menéndez Pidal, poet and folklorist.
1921 - Daniel Zuloaga, painter and ceramist.
1923 - Lluís Domènech i Montaner, architect.
1946 - Pedro Mata, novelist.
1953 - Romualdo Galdós, religious, publicist and writer. (b. 1885)
1971 - Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora, neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1886)
1998 - Ricardo Tormo, motorcyclist (b. 1952)
2000 - Antonio Rodríguez Valdivieso, painter.
2003 - Enric Bernat Fontlladosa the inventor of the world-famous Chupa Chup lollipops, died at his home in Barcelona at the age of 80.
2010 - Sabin Intxaurraga, politician (b. 1949)
2010 - Luis Mariñas, journalist and TV news reader (b. 1947)
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