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Saint’s Day for Telesforo, Eduardo, Apolinaria and Emiliana.
The day the Three Kings’ processions take place throughout Spain.
Jan 5, 2018 - 4:50 AM
Spain On This Day - January 5
Saint’s Day for Telesforo, Eduardo, Apolinaria and Emiliana.
The day the Three Kings’ processions take place throughout Spain.
Jan 5, 2018 - 4:50 AM
0951 - Ramiro II of Leon abdicates.
1543 - In the port of San Francisco de Campeche (Mexico) lands the Spanish friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who will be distinguished as a tireless historian and defender of the aborigines of New Spain.
1813 - The Courts of Cadiz suppress the Tribunal of the Inquisition both in Spain and in America.
1977 - The Public Order Court is abolished, the National Court is created and the decree law on terrorism is repealed.
1978 - Euskadi preautonomy approved.
2009 - The last ride on the old roller coaster built in 1961, which after its dismantling, will be replaced by the new Muntanya Russa, will be held at Tibidabo Amusement Park in Barcelona.
Births
1548 - Francisco Suárez, priest, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1617)
1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, poet and writer.
1713 - Jorge Juan and Santacilia, mathematical, humanistic, spy, naval engineer and scientist.
1744 - Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, politician and writer (d. 1811).
1866 - Ramón Casas, painter.
1881 - Pablo Gargallo, sculptor and painter (d. 1934)
1902 - Maruja Mallo, Ssurrealist painter.
1911 - Alfonso Garcia-Gallo, legal historian and jurist (d. 1992).
1914 - Germán Gómez Gómez, footballer (d. 2004).
1914 - Antonio Matilla Tascón, historian.
1938 - Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born in Rome. He was proclaimed King of Spain, on 22nd November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco.
1938 - Jose Antonio del Hurdle, writer of gardening books and ifantil literature. PhD in Agronomy from the University of Madrid and member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Malaga.
1942 - Terenci Moix, author (d. 2003)
1945 - Alfredo Luis Conde Cid, writer.
1948 - Teófila Martínez, politician.
1958 - Jordi Botella Miró Valencian writer
1961 - Isabel Gemio, journalist.
1971 - Fernando Fernandez Urosa, handball player.
1976 - Diego Tristán, footballer
1978 - Asís G. Ayerbe, photographer.
1979 - Daniel Sánchez Pardos, writer.
1980 - Santiago Ventura, tennis player.
1980 - Chema Rodríguez Vaquero, handball player.
1983 - Ferran Corominas, footballer.
1985 - Jorge Alonso Martín, footballer.
1991 - Daniel Pacheco, footballer
Deaths
1890 - Rafael Berenguer y Condé, painter (b. 1822).
1903 - Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, statesman.
1916 - Ulpiano Checa, painter, sculptor, poster and illustrator (b. 1860)
1936 - Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, writer.
1938 - Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel, Spanish poet and translator in Catalan (b. 1913)
1956 - Genoveva Torres Morales, religious saint (b. 1870)
1960 - Francesc Sabaté, anarquist (b. 1915)
1970 - The composer, Roberto Gerhard, born to a French mother and German father in Tarragona in 1896, died in exile in Cambridge, the UK.
1993 - Juan Benet, writer (b. 1927)
1998 - Martz Schmidt, cartoonist (b. 1922)
2004 - José Arsenio Franco Larraz, Magician, better known as Pepe Carrol (b. 1958).
2010 - Santos Pastor, professor, economist and jurist (b. 1951)
2011 - Gabriel Cardona, writer, historian and solider (b. 1938).
2012 - Isaac Díaz Pardo, Galcian painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
1543 - In the port of San Francisco de Campeche (Mexico) lands the Spanish friar Bartolomé de las Casas, who will be distinguished as a tireless historian and defender of the aborigines of New Spain.
1813 - The Courts of Cadiz suppress the Tribunal of the Inquisition both in Spain and in America.
1977 - The Public Order Court is abolished, the National Court is created and the decree law on terrorism is repealed.
1978 - Euskadi preautonomy approved.
2009 - The last ride on the old roller coaster built in 1961, which after its dismantling, will be replaced by the new Muntanya Russa, will be held at Tibidabo Amusement Park in Barcelona.
King Juan Carlos
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Births
1548 - Francisco Suárez, priest, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1617)
1589 - Esteban Manuel de Villegas, poet and writer.
1713 - Jorge Juan and Santacilia, mathematical, humanistic, spy, naval engineer and scientist.
1744 - Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, politician and writer (d. 1811).
1866 - Ramón Casas, painter.
1881 - Pablo Gargallo, sculptor and painter (d. 1934)
1902 - Maruja Mallo, Ssurrealist painter.
1911 - Alfonso Garcia-Gallo, legal historian and jurist (d. 1992).
1914 - Germán Gómez Gómez, footballer (d. 2004).
1914 - Antonio Matilla Tascón, historian.
1938 - Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born in Rome. He was proclaimed King of Spain, on 22nd November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco.
1938 - Jose Antonio del Hurdle, writer of gardening books and ifantil literature. PhD in Agronomy from the University of Madrid and member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Malaga.
1942 - Terenci Moix, author (d. 2003)
1945 - Alfredo Luis Conde Cid, writer.
1948 - Teófila Martínez, politician.
1958 - Jordi Botella Miró Valencian writer
1961 - Isabel Gemio, journalist.
1971 - Fernando Fernandez Urosa, handball player.
1976 - Diego Tristán, footballer
1978 - Asís G. Ayerbe, photographer.
1979 - Daniel Sánchez Pardos, writer.
1980 - Santiago Ventura, tennis player.
1980 - Chema Rodríguez Vaquero, handball player.
1983 - Ferran Corominas, footballer.
1985 - Jorge Alonso Martín, footballer.
1991 - Daniel Pacheco, footballer
Deaths
1890 - Rafael Berenguer y Condé, painter (b. 1822).
1903 - Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, statesman.
1916 - Ulpiano Checa, painter, sculptor, poster and illustrator (b. 1860)
1936 - Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, writer.
1938 - Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel, Spanish poet and translator in Catalan (b. 1913)
1956 - Genoveva Torres Morales, religious saint (b. 1870)
1960 - Francesc Sabaté, anarquist (b. 1915)
1970 - The composer, Roberto Gerhard, born to a French mother and German father in Tarragona in 1896, died in exile in Cambridge, the UK.
1993 - Juan Benet, writer (b. 1927)
1998 - Martz Schmidt, cartoonist (b. 1922)
2004 - José Arsenio Franco Larraz, Magician, better known as Pepe Carrol (b. 1958).
2010 - Santos Pastor, professor, economist and jurist (b. 1951)
2011 - Gabriel Cardona, writer, historian and solider (b. 1938).
2012 - Isaac Díaz Pardo, Galcian painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
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