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Saint’s Day for Julián de Capadocia and Alejo de Falconeri.
Feb 17, 2017 - 5:36 AM
Spain On This Day - February 17
Saint’s Day for Julián de Capadocia and Alejo de Falconeri.
Feb 17, 2017 - 5:36 AM
1580 - Bernal Díaz del Castillo termina su Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España.
1799 - Agustín de Betancourt and Molina obtained from Carlos IV of Spain a Royal Decree by which the proposed installation of optical telegraphy in Spain was approved.
1902 - Barcelona a suspension of state guarantees is declared, following the holding of a general strike since February 14.
1908 - Barcelona explode two bombs.
1912 - The sessions of the Chambers on the occasion of carnival suspended.
1912 - at the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona) Winegrowers Union held an assembly.
1949 - four members of the PSUC – Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya – are executed by firing squad.
1954 - Spain studies a plan to revalue the tourism in the Costa del Sol.
1958 - the cartoonist Carlos Saenz de Tejada gets the Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
1968 - in the public schools of San Sebastián (Basque Country) the teaching of the Basque language is authorized.
1977 - in the Soviet Union, Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria -dirigente exiled Communist Party of Spain requests the Spanish passport to return to her native country.
1982 - Madrid is closing the first Fair-Exhibition of Contemporary Art, ARC-82, with a balance of more than 40,000 visitors.
1983 - Statutes of Autonomy are approved for Baleares, Castilla y León, Extremadura and Madrid.
1986 - company technicians in aviation Iberia discover sabotages on thier planes.
1993 - Catalonia (Spain), the song is approved Els Segadors anthem.
1993 - Jerez de la Frontera, the mayor Pedro Pacheco is expelled from the Andalusian Party for their continued criticism of another party leader, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos, mayor of Sevilla.
1997 - Modesto Rico Pasarín -a judicial police of 33 years assassinated by the terrorist group ETA by a bomb placed under his car seat.
1998 - Spanish biochemist US resident Mariano Barbacid accepts return to Spain after 24 years in exile to continue their research from the new National Cancer Center.
1998 - All of Spanish Congress unanimously approves the abolition of prison terms for draft dodgers.
2005 - the Spanish Medicines Agency approves the use of a new drug, called Velcade, which slows down the progression of melanoma.
Births
1827 - Manuel Villacampa del Castillo, Soldier (d. 1889).
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, writer (d. 1870).
1850 - Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia, diplomat and writer (d. 1933).
1922 - Ernesto Feria Jaldón, doctor and writer (d. 1993).
1926 - Manuel Millares, painter (d. 1972).
1929 - Javier Dominguez, priest and writer.
1930 - Daniel Gil, graphic designer (d. 2004).
1935 - Máximo Cajal, diplomat
1948 - Faustino Narganes Quijano, historian.
1952 - Rosa Delia Blanco, politician.
1952 - Andrés Sánchez Robayna, writer.
1953 - Eudald Carbonell, archaeologist.
1969 - Maite Dono, singer, poet and actress.
1972 - Nani Roma, rally pilot.
1985 - Ion Vélez Martínez, footballer.
1993 - Marc Márquez, motorbike rider.
Deaths
1894 - Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, composer (b. 1823).
1915 - The Ronda-born philosopher, essayist and educator, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, one of the most influential intellectuals in Spain in the late 19th-early 20th century, died in Madrid.
2003 - José María Cabodevilla, priest and theologian (b 1928).
2007 - Cayetano Martí Valls, mallorcan writer (b. 1918).
2012 - Enrique Sierra, guitarist in the group Radio Futura (b. 1957)
1799 - Agustín de Betancourt and Molina obtained from Carlos IV of Spain a Royal Decree by which the proposed installation of optical telegraphy in Spain was approved.
1902 - Barcelona a suspension of state guarantees is declared, following the holding of a general strike since February 14.
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1908 - Barcelona explode two bombs.
1912 - The sessions of the Chambers on the occasion of carnival suspended.
1912 - at the Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona) Winegrowers Union held an assembly.
1949 - four members of the PSUC – Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya – are executed by firing squad.
1954 - Spain studies a plan to revalue the tourism in the Costa del Sol.
1958 - the cartoonist Carlos Saenz de Tejada gets the Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
1968 - in the public schools of San Sebastián (Basque Country) the teaching of the Basque language is authorized.
1977 - in the Soviet Union, Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria -dirigente exiled Communist Party of Spain requests the Spanish passport to return to her native country.
1982 - Madrid is closing the first Fair-Exhibition of Contemporary Art, ARC-82, with a balance of more than 40,000 visitors.
1983 - Statutes of Autonomy are approved for Baleares, Castilla y León, Extremadura and Madrid.
1986 - company technicians in aviation Iberia discover sabotages on thier planes.
1993 - Catalonia (Spain), the song is approved Els Segadors anthem.
1993 - Jerez de la Frontera, the mayor Pedro Pacheco is expelled from the Andalusian Party for their continued criticism of another party leader, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos, mayor of Sevilla.
1997 - Modesto Rico Pasarín -a judicial police of 33 years assassinated by the terrorist group ETA by a bomb placed under his car seat.
1998 - Spanish biochemist US resident Mariano Barbacid accepts return to Spain after 24 years in exile to continue their research from the new National Cancer Center.
1998 - All of Spanish Congress unanimously approves the abolition of prison terms for draft dodgers.
2005 - the Spanish Medicines Agency approves the use of a new drug, called Velcade, which slows down the progression of melanoma.
Births
1827 - Manuel Villacampa del Castillo, Soldier (d. 1889).
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, writer (d. 1870).
1850 - Wenceslao Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia, diplomat and writer (d. 1933).
1922 - Ernesto Feria Jaldón, doctor and writer (d. 1993).
1926 - Manuel Millares, painter (d. 1972).
1929 - Javier Dominguez, priest and writer.
1930 - Daniel Gil, graphic designer (d. 2004).
1935 - Máximo Cajal, diplomat
1948 - Faustino Narganes Quijano, historian.
1952 - Rosa Delia Blanco, politician.
1952 - Andrés Sánchez Robayna, writer.
1953 - Eudald Carbonell, archaeologist.
1969 - Maite Dono, singer, poet and actress.
1972 - Nani Roma, rally pilot.
1985 - Ion Vélez Martínez, footballer.
1993 - Marc Márquez, motorbike rider.
Deaths
1894 - Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, composer (b. 1823).
1915 - The Ronda-born philosopher, essayist and educator, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, one of the most influential intellectuals in Spain in the late 19th-early 20th century, died in Madrid.
2003 - José María Cabodevilla, priest and theologian (b 1928).
2007 - Cayetano Martí Valls, mallorcan writer (b. 1918).
2012 - Enrique Sierra, guitarist in the group Radio Futura (b. 1957)
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