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All Saints’ Day. Saint’s Day for Benigno and Diego
Nov 1, 2017 - 1:32 AM
Spain On This Day - November 1
All Saints’ Day. Saint’s Day for Benigno and Diego
Nov 1, 2017 - 1:32 AM
1348 - The Union of Valencia (antirealist) attacked the Jews of Murviedro because they were subjects of the king of Valencia, and therefore realists.
1466 - In the church of San Nicolás del pueblo de Villalpando (Zamora) they voted for the immaculate conception for the first time.
1520 - the navigator Fernando de Magallanes (Magellan) leads his ships into the sea channel he discovered between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the mainland tip of South America. It would later be named the Magellan Strait.
1570 - The Moors of Granada, Lecrin Valley, the Vega and other regions, are gathered in churches of every village and forced to go to Cordoba, and from there spread between Extremadura and Galicia.
1910 - The anarcho-syndicalist labor organization CNT (National Confederation of Labour) was founded.
1929 - Granada Cathedral is declared Monumento Nacional.
Births
1449 - Rodrigo de Aragón, son of Lucrecia Borgia (d 1512)
1516 - Francesco d'Este, son of Lucrecia Borgia (d. 1578).
1549 – Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580)
1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (d. 1626)
1753 - Félix María Calleja del Rey, soldier (d. 1828).
1849 - Valentín Lamas Carvajal, poet and journalist in the Galician language.
1857 - Darío de Regoyos, painter (d.1913)
1904 - Telesforo Monzón, Basque politician and writer (d. 1981)
1922 - José Manuel Pita Andrade, art historian (d. 2007)
1923 - The Spanish opera singer, Victoria de los Ángeles, was born in Barcelona.
1936 - Joaquín Achúcarro, pianist.
1951 - Manuel Cacho Quesada, diplomat.
1954 - Maribel Martín, actress.
1955 - Antonio Romero Ruiz, Izquierda Unida politician, was born in Humilladero, Málaga.
1963 - Francisco José Alcaraz, social activist.
1964 - Jon Jauregi, Basque politcian.
1965 - Gemma Nierga, journalist.
1973 - Igor González de Galdeano, cyclist.
1975 - Roberto Dueñas, Basketball player.
1978 - Rebeca Pous Del Toro, singer and actress.
1979 - David Cuéllar, footballer.
1983 - Pedro López Muñoz, footballer
Deaths
1700 - Carlos II de España.
1869 - José Manzano "El Nili", bullfighter.
1882 - Alejandro Mon y Menéndez, politician (d. 1801)
1895 - Benito Sanz y Forés, Cardinal (d. 1828)
1906 - Juan de la Pezuela, writer, politician and soldier (d. 1809)
1921 - Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz, painter.
1993 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine,died in Madrid.
2012 – Agustín García Calvo, poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1926)
1466 - In the church of San Nicolás del pueblo de Villalpando (Zamora) they voted for the immaculate conception for the first time.
1520 - the navigator Fernando de Magallanes (Magellan) leads his ships into the sea channel he discovered between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the mainland tip of South America. It would later be named the Magellan Strait.
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1570 - The Moors of Granada, Lecrin Valley, the Vega and other regions, are gathered in churches of every village and forced to go to Cordoba, and from there spread between Extremadura and Galicia.
1910 - The anarcho-syndicalist labor organization CNT (National Confederation of Labour) was founded.
1929 - Granada Cathedral is declared Monumento Nacional.
Births
1449 - Rodrigo de Aragón, son of Lucrecia Borgia (d 1512)
1516 - Francesco d'Este, son of Lucrecia Borgia (d. 1578).
1549 – Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580)
1567 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (d. 1626)
1753 - Félix María Calleja del Rey, soldier (d. 1828).
1849 - Valentín Lamas Carvajal, poet and journalist in the Galician language.
1857 - Darío de Regoyos, painter (d.1913)
1904 - Telesforo Monzón, Basque politician and writer (d. 1981)
1922 - José Manuel Pita Andrade, art historian (d. 2007)
1923 - The Spanish opera singer, Victoria de los Ángeles, was born in Barcelona.
1936 - Joaquín Achúcarro, pianist.
1951 - Manuel Cacho Quesada, diplomat.
1954 - Maribel Martín, actress.
1955 - Antonio Romero Ruiz, Izquierda Unida politician, was born in Humilladero, Málaga.
1963 - Francisco José Alcaraz, social activist.
1964 - Jon Jauregi, Basque politcian.
1965 - Gemma Nierga, journalist.
1973 - Igor González de Galdeano, cyclist.
1975 - Roberto Dueñas, Basketball player.
1978 - Rebeca Pous Del Toro, singer and actress.
1979 - David Cuéllar, footballer.
1983 - Pedro López Muñoz, footballer
Deaths
1700 - Carlos II de España.
1869 - José Manzano "El Nili", bullfighter.
1882 - Alejandro Mon y Menéndez, politician (d. 1801)
1895 - Benito Sanz y Forés, Cardinal (d. 1828)
1906 - Juan de la Pezuela, writer, politician and soldier (d. 1809)
1921 - Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz, painter.
1993 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine,died in Madrid.
2012 – Agustín García Calvo, poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1926)
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