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Saint’s Day for Silvestre, and Nuestra Señora de la Leche y Buen Parto.
Dec 31, 2020 - 6:42 AM
Spain On This Day - December 31
Saint’s Day for Silvestre, and Nuestra Señora de la Leche y Buen Parto.
Dec 31, 2020 - 6:42 AM
1147 - In Tortosa, Ramón Berenguer IV reconquest the city.
1229 - James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
1229 - The city of Palma de Mallorca - in the hands of the Muslims, is conquered by Jaime I the Conqueror.
1431 - In Granada, Yusuf IV is proclaimed Sultan, after a popular revolt that detrones to Muhammad IX.
1584 - In Spain, Philip II signed with the Catholic League, led by Enrique de Guisa, the Treaty of Joinville, by which they pledged to expel the Protestants.
1704 - on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), Teide volcano erupts.
1784 - Carlos III establishes the penalty of galera to reinforce the fight against the pirates.
1832 - King Ferdinand VII publicly states that the decree by which he had repealed the Pragmatic Sanction was devoid of value.
1844 - A Royal Order for the creation of the railroads is approved.
1874 - An interim government is formed under the direction of Antonio Canovas del Castillo after the coup the military Arsenio Martinez Campos.
1912 - The Institute of Legal Medicine is created.
1913 - The Ministry of the Interior establishes censorship on cinematographic material.
1973 - Francisco Franco appoints Carlos Arias Navarro, president of the Spanish Government, after the murder eleven days before of Admiral Carrero Blanco.
1982 - In the Basque Country, the Basque language, with the message of the Basque lehendakari Carlos Garaikoetxea, starts broadcasting (in tests) the Euskal Telebista signal. Years later, it would rename itself, Euskal Telebista Bat.
1998 - The last day of the peseta as Spain’s official currency. It remained in use until the introduction of the euro on 1st January 2002, with a further transitional period until 30th June that year.
2001 - The government of Jose Maria Aznar eliminates compulsory military service.
2008 - At the EITB headquarters in Bilbao, the ETA terrorist group places a bomb.
Births
1431 - Rodrigo Borja, Valencia Catholic religious, Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) (d. 1503).
1585 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)
1617 - Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, generally believed that the 17th century Baroque religious painter was born in Seville.
1741 - Isabel de Borbón-Parma, noble (d. 1763)
1838 - José Vega Peláez, archaelogist.
1844 - Ricardo Balaca y Canseco, painter.
1855 - Manuel Martínez Riesgo,picador bullfighter.
1889 - José Miguel de Barandiaran Ayerbe and called Joxemiel Barandiaran, priest, anthropologist, ethnologist and archaeologist considered the "patriarch of Basque culture."
1907 - Ramón de la Fuente Leal, footballer (d. 1973)
1914 - José Manuel Lara, editor.
1917 - José María Gironella Pous, writer, National Prize for Literature in 1953, Planet Ateneo de Sevilla Prize Award in 1971 and 1988.
1935 - Carlos Ballesteros, theatre actor and director (d. 2011)
1937 - Francisco Gabica, cyclist.
1945 - Concha Márquez Piquer, singer.
1947 - Joaquín Araujo, writer and ecologist.
1954 - Pedro Zarraluki, narrator.
1970 - Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
1971 - Ricardo López Felipe, footballer.
1977 - Marta Hazas, actress.
1984 - Perla (Luis Fernández), actor.
Deaths
1588 - Luis de Granada, priest and writer.
1936 - Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philospher.
1953 - Cristóbal de Castro, writer.
1957 - Óscar Domínguez, surrealist painter.
2000 - Manuel de Rivacoba, politican.
2001 - Javier Benjumea, businessman and politican
2005 - Lorenzo Gomis, poet and journalist.
2012 - Moisés Broggi, doctor and pacifist (b. 1908).
2012 - Andreu Vivó, gymnast (b. 1978).
1229 - James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca.
1229 - The city of Palma de Mallorca - in the hands of the Muslims, is conquered by Jaime I the Conqueror.
1431 - In Granada, Yusuf IV is proclaimed Sultan, after a popular revolt that detrones to Muhammad IX.
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1584 - In Spain, Philip II signed with the Catholic League, led by Enrique de Guisa, the Treaty of Joinville, by which they pledged to expel the Protestants.
1704 - on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands), Teide volcano erupts.
1784 - Carlos III establishes the penalty of galera to reinforce the fight against the pirates.
1832 - King Ferdinand VII publicly states that the decree by which he had repealed the Pragmatic Sanction was devoid of value.
1844 - A Royal Order for the creation of the railroads is approved.
1874 - An interim government is formed under the direction of Antonio Canovas del Castillo after the coup the military Arsenio Martinez Campos.
1912 - The Institute of Legal Medicine is created.
1913 - The Ministry of the Interior establishes censorship on cinematographic material.
1973 - Francisco Franco appoints Carlos Arias Navarro, president of the Spanish Government, after the murder eleven days before of Admiral Carrero Blanco.
1982 - In the Basque Country, the Basque language, with the message of the Basque lehendakari Carlos Garaikoetxea, starts broadcasting (in tests) the Euskal Telebista signal. Years later, it would rename itself, Euskal Telebista Bat.
1998 - The last day of the peseta as Spain’s official currency. It remained in use until the introduction of the euro on 1st January 2002, with a further transitional period until 30th June that year.
2001 - The government of Jose Maria Aznar eliminates compulsory military service.
2008 - At the EITB headquarters in Bilbao, the ETA terrorist group places a bomb.
Births
1431 - Rodrigo Borja, Valencia Catholic religious, Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) (d. 1503).
1585 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (d. 1645)
1617 - Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, generally believed that the 17th century Baroque religious painter was born in Seville.
1741 - Isabel de Borbón-Parma, noble (d. 1763)
1838 - José Vega Peláez, archaelogist.
1844 - Ricardo Balaca y Canseco, painter.
1855 - Manuel Martínez Riesgo,picador bullfighter.
1889 - José Miguel de Barandiaran Ayerbe and called Joxemiel Barandiaran, priest, anthropologist, ethnologist and archaeologist considered the "patriarch of Basque culture."
1907 - Ramón de la Fuente Leal, footballer (d. 1973)
1914 - José Manuel Lara, editor.
1917 - José María Gironella Pous, writer, National Prize for Literature in 1953, Planet Ateneo de Sevilla Prize Award in 1971 and 1988.
1935 - Carlos Ballesteros, theatre actor and director (d. 2011)
1937 - Francisco Gabica, cyclist.
1945 - Concha Márquez Piquer, singer.
1947 - Joaquín Araujo, writer and ecologist.
1954 - Pedro Zarraluki, narrator.
1970 - Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish architect and sailor
1971 - Ricardo López Felipe, footballer.
1977 - Marta Hazas, actress.
1984 - Perla (Luis Fernández), actor.
Deaths
1588 - Luis de Granada, priest and writer.
1936 - Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philospher.
1953 - Cristóbal de Castro, writer.
1957 - Óscar Domínguez, surrealist painter.
2000 - Manuel de Rivacoba, politican.
2001 - Javier Benjumea, businessman and politican
2005 - Lorenzo Gomis, poet and journalist.
2012 - Moisés Broggi, doctor and pacifist (b. 1908).
2012 - Andreu Vivó, gymnast (b. 1978).
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