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Saint’s Day for Pedro, Damián, Félix and Severiano.
Feb 21, 2018 - 12:32 AM
Spain On This Day - February 21
Saint’s Day for Pedro, Damián, Félix and Severiano.
Feb 21, 2018 - 12:32 AM
1521 - The army commanding commoner Juan de Padilla besieged Torrelobatón city and its castle.
1714 - The various maritime forces are now called Royal Navy.
1807 - With permission of Pope Pius VII, the sale of part of the property of the churches agreed to ease the plight of the Treasury.
1809 - Zaragoza, the Board capitulates to the French after several months of siege and more than fifty thousand dead.
1819 - Spain -through the Treaty of Adams-Onís- gives the United States the territories of Oregon and Florida.
1910 - IKing Alfonso XIII signed a decree of pardon for most of those convicted of the events of the Tragic Week in Barcelona.
1920 - Resigns the government of Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz.
1921 - In Madrid, the Spanish sculptor Victorio Macho forth in the Palace of Libraries and Museums.
1924 - General Miguel Primo de Rivera closed down the Ateneo de Madrid and banishes Miguel de Unamuno after dispossess from his professorship at the University of Salamanca.
1925 - Spain begins broadcasting on Radio Ibérica, which transmits only to Spain daily spoken, giving news without comment.
1931 - The number of unemployed workers in the country amounts to about 150,000.
1935 - Claims for damage caused by the Revolution of Asturias, planned by the Workers' Alliance, now number more than 3,000.
1936 - The Standing Committee of the Spanish Parliament approves amnesty bill drafted by the government and involving all political prisoners.
1936 - The cessation of General Franco occurs as Chief of Staff of the Army, after which he was transferred to the Canary Islands.
1937 – The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
1943 - Madrid Metropolitan Stadium was inaugurated.
1957 - Royal Language Academy chose as new academic Camilo Jose Cela.
1957 - In the auditorium of the University of Barcelona's first free student assembly held.
1964 - Queen Victoria in Madrid Theatre premieres 'We sell the flat' by Alfonso Paso.
1967 - Summaries of the facts of the City University of Madrid pass military jurisdiction.
1982 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne is reelected president of Popular Alliance.
1985 - In Spain, the former Argentina president Maria Estela Martinez de Peron resigns from the presidency of Argentine Justicialista Party.
1986 - Xerardo Fernández Albor is reelected president of the Board of Galicia.
1988 - Julio Anguita is elected General Secretary of PCE, the Spanish Communist Party. He became General Coordinator of the Izquierda Unida left-wing coalition the following year, remaining in the position for eleven years.
2005 - in the Basque Country, the Basque premier Juan Jose Ibarretxe Basque dissolves Parliament and calls elections for April 17.
2005 - Madrid, a landslide in the expansion works of Line 1 of Metro kills one worker and injuring seven others.
2006 - Mayor of Palencia, Heliodoro Gallego, assumes the presidency of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
2008 - The Spanish language translation, the last book of the Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the author J. K. Rowling, goes on sale.
Births
1817 - José Zorrilla, romantic poet and playwright (d. 1893).
1851 - Juan-María Nepomuceno Jordán de Urriés y Ruiz de Arana, Spanish nobel (d. 1908).
1861 - Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez Ossorio, journalist (d. 1929).
1870 - Manuel Gómez-Moreno, archologist and historian (d. 1970).
1893 - Guitar legend, Andrés Segovia, who was born in Linares, Jaén
1904 - Mariano Juaristi, Atano III, pelota player (d. 2001).
1917 - Juan Vallet de Goytisolo, judge (d. 2011).
1921 - Antonio María Javierre, cardinal (d. 2007).
1930 - Arturo Fernández, actor.
1946 - Lorenzo Santamaría, musician.
1955 - Partido Popular Minister and ex Senator, Josep Piqué, who was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona. He was named President of the low-cost airline, Vueling, in November 2007.
1959 – José María Cano, singer-songwriter and painter (Mecano)
1974 – Iván Campo, footballer
1974 – Roberto Heras, cyclist
Deaths
1833 - Josefa Amar y Borbon, educator and writer (b. 1749)
1897 - Elies Rogent, architect (b. 1821).
1911 - Isidro Nonell, painter (b. 1873).
1918 - Eduardo Torroja y Caballé, mathematician (b. 1847).
1924 - Mateo Inurria, scuptor (b. 1867).
1938 - Carlos de Haya González, aviator (b. 1902).
1941 - Rafael Guerra, Guerrita, bullfighter (b. 1862).
1962 - Julio Rey Pastor, mathematician (b. 1888).
1964 - Luis Martín-Santos, writer and pschiatrist (b. 1924).
1967 - Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles, engineer (b. 1900).
1984 - Fernando Remacha, composor (b. 1898).
1984 - Emilio Rodríguez Barros, cyclist (b. 1923).
1991 - Andrés Mejuto, actor (b. 1909).
2000 – Antonio Díaz-Miguel, basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
2011 - Odón Alonso Ordás, Ochestra conductor and composer (b.1925).
1714 - The various maritime forces are now called Royal Navy.
1807 - With permission of Pope Pius VII, the sale of part of the property of the churches agreed to ease the plight of the Treasury.
1809 - Zaragoza, the Board capitulates to the French after several months of siege and more than fifty thousand dead.
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1819 - Spain -through the Treaty of Adams-Onís- gives the United States the territories of Oregon and Florida.
1910 - IKing Alfonso XIII signed a decree of pardon for most of those convicted of the events of the Tragic Week in Barcelona.
1920 - Resigns the government of Manuel Allendesalazar Muñoz.
1921 - In Madrid, the Spanish sculptor Victorio Macho forth in the Palace of Libraries and Museums.
1924 - General Miguel Primo de Rivera closed down the Ateneo de Madrid and banishes Miguel de Unamuno after dispossess from his professorship at the University of Salamanca.
1925 - Spain begins broadcasting on Radio Ibérica, which transmits only to Spain daily spoken, giving news without comment.
1931 - The number of unemployed workers in the country amounts to about 150,000.
1935 - Claims for damage caused by the Revolution of Asturias, planned by the Workers' Alliance, now number more than 3,000.
1936 - The Standing Committee of the Spanish Parliament approves amnesty bill drafted by the government and involving all political prisoners.
1936 - The cessation of General Franco occurs as Chief of Staff of the Army, after which he was transferred to the Canary Islands.
1937 – The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
1943 - Madrid Metropolitan Stadium was inaugurated.
1957 - Royal Language Academy chose as new academic Camilo Jose Cela.
1957 - In the auditorium of the University of Barcelona's first free student assembly held.
1964 - Queen Victoria in Madrid Theatre premieres 'We sell the flat' by Alfonso Paso.
1967 - Summaries of the facts of the City University of Madrid pass military jurisdiction.
1982 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne is reelected president of Popular Alliance.
1985 - In Spain, the former Argentina president Maria Estela Martinez de Peron resigns from the presidency of Argentine Justicialista Party.
1986 - Xerardo Fernández Albor is reelected president of the Board of Galicia.
1988 - Julio Anguita is elected General Secretary of PCE, the Spanish Communist Party. He became General Coordinator of the Izquierda Unida left-wing coalition the following year, remaining in the position for eleven years.
2005 - in the Basque Country, the Basque premier Juan Jose Ibarretxe Basque dissolves Parliament and calls elections for April 17.
2005 - Madrid, a landslide in the expansion works of Line 1 of Metro kills one worker and injuring seven others.
2006 - Mayor of Palencia, Heliodoro Gallego, assumes the presidency of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
2008 - The Spanish language translation, the last book of the Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the author J. K. Rowling, goes on sale.
Births
1817 - José Zorrilla, romantic poet and playwright (d. 1893).
1851 - Juan-María Nepomuceno Jordán de Urriés y Ruiz de Arana, Spanish nobel (d. 1908).
1861 - Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez Ossorio, journalist (d. 1929).
1870 - Manuel Gómez-Moreno, archologist and historian (d. 1970).
1893 - Guitar legend, Andrés Segovia, who was born in Linares, Jaén
1904 - Mariano Juaristi, Atano III, pelota player (d. 2001).
1917 - Juan Vallet de Goytisolo, judge (d. 2011).
1921 - Antonio María Javierre, cardinal (d. 2007).
1930 - Arturo Fernández, actor.
1946 - Lorenzo Santamaría, musician.
1955 - Partido Popular Minister and ex Senator, Josep Piqué, who was born in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona. He was named President of the low-cost airline, Vueling, in November 2007.
1959 – José María Cano, singer-songwriter and painter (Mecano)
1974 – Iván Campo, footballer
1974 – Roberto Heras, cyclist
Deaths
1833 - Josefa Amar y Borbon, educator and writer (b. 1749)
1897 - Elies Rogent, architect (b. 1821).
1911 - Isidro Nonell, painter (b. 1873).
1918 - Eduardo Torroja y Caballé, mathematician (b. 1847).
1924 - Mateo Inurria, scuptor (b. 1867).
1938 - Carlos de Haya González, aviator (b. 1902).
1941 - Rafael Guerra, Guerrita, bullfighter (b. 1862).
1962 - Julio Rey Pastor, mathematician (b. 1888).
1964 - Luis Martín-Santos, writer and pschiatrist (b. 1924).
1967 - Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles, engineer (b. 1900).
1984 - Fernando Remacha, composor (b. 1898).
1984 - Emilio Rodríguez Barros, cyclist (b. 1923).
1991 - Andrés Mejuto, actor (b. 1909).
2000 – Antonio Díaz-Miguel, basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
2011 - Odón Alonso Ordás, Ochestra conductor and composer (b.1925).
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