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Saint’s Day for Melano. El Día de los Reyes – the Day of the Three Kings, a national holiday in Spain.
Jan 6, 2021 - 12:39 AM
Spain On This Day - January 6
Saint’s Day for Melano. El Día de los Reyes – the Day of the Three Kings, a national holiday in Spain.
Jan 6, 2021 - 12:39 AM
1119 - Alfonso I el Batallador (King of Aragon), conquered Zaragoza
1233 - Fernando III of Castilla initiates the site of the city of Úbeda that culminates with its capitulation.
1416 - King Ferdinand I of Aragon abandons obedience to the Avignon popes.
1492 - The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
1494 - Spanish settlers celebrate mass for the first time in the New World in the church in La Isabela, in what is now the Dominican Republic. It is considered the first formal European settlement of the New World.
1542 - The city of Mérida is founded by the conquistador Francisco de Montejo. It is now the state capital of Yucatán in Mexico.
1782 - The city of Mahón (Menorca), in the power of the British, capitulates after seven months of siege by Spanish-speaking troops.
1809 - In the town of Fontioso (Spain), cura Merino (Jerónimo Merino Cob) begins his activity as a guerrilla attacking an postman and his escort.
1848 - General Serrano disembarks on the Islas Chafarinas, an archipelago of three small islets 4 kms of the coast of Morocco, and takes them for Spain. They are now protected by Spain as a National Reserve.
1875 - Alfonso XII heading out of Paris to Madrid to occupy the throne of Spain.
1937 - the United States passes an arms embargo on both sides in the Spanish Civil War.
1939 - In Spain the latest issue of the weekly L'Esquella of Torratxa is published.
1945 - Writer Carmen Laforet receives the first Nadal Prize for his novel 'Nothing'.
1947 - In Santa Cruz de Tenerife arrived the remains of the composer Manuel de Falla, who died in Alta Gracia (Argentina).
1947 - Miguel Delibes receives the Premio Nadal
2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
Births
1500 - Juan Avila, mystical writer.
1587 - Gaspar de Guzman, known as the Count of Olivares.
1634 - Hugo de Omerique, scientist.
1702 - José de Nebra, composer (d. 1768)
1873 - Joaquín Mir, painter.
1878 - Nicanor Piñole, painter.
1912 - Celso Emilio Ferreiro, poet.
1916 - Mario Cabré, bullfighter
1923 - Santiago Grisolia, biochemist.
1925 - Alfonso Grosso, writer.
1931 - Juan Goytisolo, poet and author.
1933 - Justo Tejada, footballer.
1936 - Antonio López García, painter.
1942 - Rosa María Mateo, journalist was born in Burgos. She began her career with Radio Nacional de España and went on to present news programmes for TVE 2, TVE 1, and Antena 3 Televisión.
1950 - Eloy Arenas, comedian.
1975 - Josico, footballer.
1977 - Hector Miguel, Quequé, humorist.
1991 - Belén Beltrán, actress.
Deaths
1275 - Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1387 - Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1492 - Pedro Fernández III de Velasco, soldier.
1611 - Juan de Ribera, Valencia archbishop and viceroy.
1827 - Francisco de Eguía. soldier (b. 1750)
1888 - Manuel Fernández y González, writer.
1905 - José María Gabriel y Galán, poet.
1942 - Pedro Fernandez III of Velasco, soldier.
1976 - Óscar Esplá, composer.
1979 - Nicanor Villalta, bullfighter.
1981 - Antonio Suárez, cyclist (b. 1932)
1991 - Antonio Blanco Freijeiro, archaeologist (b. 1923)
1991 - María Zambrano, writer from Málaga (b. 1904)
1995 - Agustín Gaínza, footballer (b. 1922)
2008 - Fernando Beorlegui, painter (b. 1928)
2010 - Manuel Falces, photographer (b. 1952)
2013 - Enrique Meneses, journalist, writer and photographer (b. 1929)
1233 - Fernando III of Castilla initiates the site of the city of Úbeda that culminates with its capitulation.
1416 - King Ferdinand I of Aragon abandons obedience to the Avignon popes.
1492 - The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
On January 6, 1494, Christopher Columbus officially founded “La Isabela,” the first European settlement to be built in the New World - Graphic www.accessdr.com
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1494 - Spanish settlers celebrate mass for the first time in the New World in the church in La Isabela, in what is now the Dominican Republic. It is considered the first formal European settlement of the New World.
1542 - The city of Mérida is founded by the conquistador Francisco de Montejo. It is now the state capital of Yucatán in Mexico.
1782 - The city of Mahón (Menorca), in the power of the British, capitulates after seven months of siege by Spanish-speaking troops.
1809 - In the town of Fontioso (Spain), cura Merino (Jerónimo Merino Cob) begins his activity as a guerrilla attacking an postman and his escort.
1848 - General Serrano disembarks on the Islas Chafarinas, an archipelago of three small islets 4 kms of the coast of Morocco, and takes them for Spain. They are now protected by Spain as a National Reserve.
1875 - Alfonso XII heading out of Paris to Madrid to occupy the throne of Spain.
1937 - the United States passes an arms embargo on both sides in the Spanish Civil War.
1939 - In Spain the latest issue of the weekly L'Esquella of Torratxa is published.
1945 - Writer Carmen Laforet receives the first Nadal Prize for his novel 'Nothing'.
1947 - In Santa Cruz de Tenerife arrived the remains of the composer Manuel de Falla, who died in Alta Gracia (Argentina).
1947 - Miguel Delibes receives the Premio Nadal
2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
Births
1500 - Juan Avila, mystical writer.
1587 - Gaspar de Guzman, known as the Count of Olivares.
1634 - Hugo de Omerique, scientist.
1702 - José de Nebra, composer (d. 1768)
1873 - Joaquín Mir, painter.
1878 - Nicanor Piñole, painter.
1912 - Celso Emilio Ferreiro, poet.
1916 - Mario Cabré, bullfighter
1923 - Santiago Grisolia, biochemist.
1925 - Alfonso Grosso, writer.
1931 - Juan Goytisolo, poet and author.
1933 - Justo Tejada, footballer.
1936 - Antonio López García, painter.
1942 - Rosa María Mateo, journalist was born in Burgos. She began her career with Radio Nacional de España and went on to present news programmes for TVE 2, TVE 1, and Antena 3 Televisión.
1950 - Eloy Arenas, comedian.
1975 - Josico, footballer.
1977 - Hector Miguel, Quequé, humorist.
1991 - Belén Beltrán, actress.
Deaths
1275 - Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1387 - Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1492 - Pedro Fernández III de Velasco, soldier.
1611 - Juan de Ribera, Valencia archbishop and viceroy.
1827 - Francisco de Eguía. soldier (b. 1750)
1888 - Manuel Fernández y González, writer.
1905 - José María Gabriel y Galán, poet.
1942 - Pedro Fernandez III of Velasco, soldier.
1976 - Óscar Esplá, composer.
1979 - Nicanor Villalta, bullfighter.
1981 - Antonio Suárez, cyclist (b. 1932)
1991 - Antonio Blanco Freijeiro, archaeologist (b. 1923)
1991 - María Zambrano, writer from Málaga (b. 1904)
1995 - Agustín Gaínza, footballer (b. 1922)
2008 - Fernando Beorlegui, painter (b. 1928)
2010 - Manuel Falces, photographer (b. 1952)
2013 - Enrique Meneses, journalist, writer and photographer (b. 1929)
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