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Saints Days: Féliz de Cantalicio, Venancio and Juan, La Santísima Trinidad
May 18, 2017 - 4:00 AM
Spain On This Day - May 18
Saints Days: Féliz de Cantalicio, Venancio and Juan, La Santísima Trinidad
May 18, 2017 - 4:00 AM
1499 - A fleet of four boats leaves from Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz, commanded by Américo Vespucio and Juan de la Cosa, and makes it way to the coasts of Surinam, near Brazil
1565 – The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain.
1643 - The French, commanded by the future Prince Condé, defeated the Spaniards, Francisco de Melo at the front, in the Battle of Rocroi (Ardennes, France), during the open struggle between France and Spain for hegemony in Europe.
1680 - In Spain the compilation of the Laws of the Indies, consisting of nine books and more than six thousand laws is published.
1845 - The infant Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón abdicated in his son Carlos Luis intended rights to the Crown of Spain.
1903 - King Alfonso XIII makes the opening of the Parliament with a speech.
1963 - Madrid,the Ciudad Deportiva is inaugurated in the Paseo de la Castellana.
Births
1731 - José Camarón Bonanat, painter.
1742 - Félix de Azara, scientist.
1817 - Joaquín José Cervino, writer and magistrate (d. 1883).
1892 - Emilio Esteban Infantes, soldier
1908 - Moisés Broggi, doctor (d. 2012).
1929 - José María Mendiola Insausti, writer (d. 2003).
1941 - Fernando Arbex, drummer with the band Los Brincos (d. 2003).
1941 - Juan María Atutxa, politican.
1953 - Enrique Jiménez Carrero, painter.
1964 – Ignasi Guardans, academic and politician
1973 - Toni Garrido, journalist.
Deaths
1013 - Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba
1473 - Alonso I of Fonseca, noble and ecclesiastical (b 1418).
1642 - Alonso de Bonilla, poet
1829 - Maria Josefa of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain between 1819 and 1829.
1890 - Casto Plasencia y Maestro, painter
1909 – Isaac Albéniz, pianist and composer (b. 1860)
1910 - Pauline Viardot-García, opera singer (b. 1821)
1916 - Juan Bautista Cabrera Ibarz, poet, theologian and reformist (b 1837).
1922 - Eduardo Jusué, historian (b 1846).
1967 - Carlos Jiménez Díaz, doctor.
1995 - Juan Gyenes, photographer.
2008 - Roberto García-Calvo, judge (b. 1943).
2010 - Luis Sáez, painter (b. 1925).
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1565 – The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain.
1643 - The French, commanded by the future Prince Condé, defeated the Spaniards, Francisco de Melo at the front, in the Battle of Rocroi (Ardennes, France), during the open struggle between France and Spain for hegemony in Europe.
1680 - In Spain the compilation of the Laws of the Indies, consisting of nine books and more than six thousand laws is published.
1845 - The infant Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón abdicated in his son Carlos Luis intended rights to the Crown of Spain.
1903 - King Alfonso XIII makes the opening of the Parliament with a speech.
1963 - Madrid,the Ciudad Deportiva is inaugurated in the Paseo de la Castellana.
Births
1731 - José Camarón Bonanat, painter.
1742 - Félix de Azara, scientist.
1817 - Joaquín José Cervino, writer and magistrate (d. 1883).
1892 - Emilio Esteban Infantes, soldier
1908 - Moisés Broggi, doctor (d. 2012).
1929 - José María Mendiola Insausti, writer (d. 2003).
1941 - Fernando Arbex, drummer with the band Los Brincos (d. 2003).
1941 - Juan María Atutxa, politican.
1953 - Enrique Jiménez Carrero, painter.
1964 – Ignasi Guardans, academic and politician
1973 - Toni Garrido, journalist.
Deaths
1013 - Hisham II, Caliph of Córdoba
1473 - Alonso I of Fonseca, noble and ecclesiastical (b 1418).
1642 - Alonso de Bonilla, poet
1829 - Maria Josefa of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain between 1819 and 1829.
1890 - Casto Plasencia y Maestro, painter
1909 – Isaac Albéniz, pianist and composer (b. 1860)
1910 - Pauline Viardot-García, opera singer (b. 1821)
1916 - Juan Bautista Cabrera Ibarz, poet, theologian and reformist (b 1837).
1922 - Eduardo Jusué, historian (b 1846).
1967 - Carlos Jiménez Díaz, doctor.
1995 - Juan Gyenes, photographer.
2008 - Roberto García-Calvo, judge (b. 1943).
2010 - Luis Sáez, painter (b. 1925).
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