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Saint’s Day for Úrsula, Hilarión, Asterio, Gótico and Dasio.
Oct 21, 2017 - 1:37 AM
Spain On This Day - October 21
Saint’s Day for Úrsula, Hilarión, Asterio, Gótico and Dasio.
Oct 21, 2017 - 1:37 AM
1285 - Sancho IV and the Sultan of Morocco, Ibn Yusuf Ibn al-Hahmar, peace sign after the latter besieged Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz) and Seville attack.
1520 - The navigator, Fernando de Magallanes (Magellan) rounded the Cape of the Virgins (Cabo Vírgenes) at the mainland tip of South America, reaching the entrance to what is now known as the Strait of Magellan – the sea channel he discovered between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve, signaling almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain's navy unchallenged until the 20th century.
2012 - Autonomous elections were held in Galicia and the Basque country.
Births
1728 - Count of Floridablanca, politician.
1807 - Hilarion Eslava, composer and musicologist.
1823 - Emilio Arrieta, composer.
1859 - Francesc Macia, Catalan nationalist politician.
1903 - Federico de Castro y Bravo, judge (d. 1983)
1908 - Jorge Oteiza, sculptor.
1911 - Juan Garcia Avalos Taborda, sculptor.
1931 - Hugh Thomas, historian and British hispanic.
1933 - Francisco Gento, footballer.
1949 - Manuel Marín, President of Congress between 2004 and 2008, was born in Ciudad Real. He became the youngest member of Congress when he was elected as a Socialist MP for Ciudad Real in 1977, the first election to take place after the end of the Franco regime. A long-time member of the European Commission, he became Acting President for a short period when Jacques Santer resigned in 1999.
1955 - Alberto Iglesias, composor of music for Spanish films.
1958 - Julio Medem, film director and screenwriter.
1958 - Pilar Rahola, Catalan politician.
1965 - Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Basque footballer.
1967 - José Luis San Miguel Torvisco, creative.
1974 - Carlos Chaouen, composer, singer and musician.
1989 – Jonathan Viera, footballer
1990 – Ricky Rubio, basketball player
Deaths
1650 - Pedro Espinosa, poet and anthologist.
1805 - Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, cartographer and sailor.
1805 - Francisco Alcedo and Bustamante, military and marine Spanish.
1805 - Cosme de Churruca, marine scientist.
1915 - Luis Adaro, engineer (b. 1849)
1952 - Juan Yagüe, soldier (b. 1891)
1957 - Laureano Barrau, Catalan impressionist painter (b. 1863)
1968 - Aureli Maria Escarré, priest (b. 1908)
1972 - Marcelino Olaechea priest (b. 1888)
1980 - Miguel Carved Buñuel, actor and writer.
1982 - Juan Camacho, singer (b. 1947)
1995 – Jesús Blasco, author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 - Manuel Vázquez Gallego, cartoonist (b. 1930)
2002 - Pasieguito, footballer (b. 1925)
2009 - José María Rodríguez Méndez, writer and dramatist (b. 1926)
1520 - The navigator, Fernando de Magallanes (Magellan) rounded the Cape of the Virgins (Cabo Vírgenes) at the mainland tip of South America, reaching the entrance to what is now known as the Strait of Magellan – the sea channel he discovered between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Fernando de Magallanes - wikipedia
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1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain under Admiral Villeneuve, signaling almost the end of French maritime power and leaves Britain's navy unchallenged until the 20th century.
2012 - Autonomous elections were held in Galicia and the Basque country.
Births
1728 - Count of Floridablanca, politician.
1807 - Hilarion Eslava, composer and musicologist.
1823 - Emilio Arrieta, composer.
1859 - Francesc Macia, Catalan nationalist politician.
1903 - Federico de Castro y Bravo, judge (d. 1983)
1908 - Jorge Oteiza, sculptor.
1911 - Juan Garcia Avalos Taborda, sculptor.
1931 - Hugh Thomas, historian and British hispanic.
1933 - Francisco Gento, footballer.
1949 - Manuel Marín, President of Congress between 2004 and 2008, was born in Ciudad Real. He became the youngest member of Congress when he was elected as a Socialist MP for Ciudad Real in 1977, the first election to take place after the end of the Franco regime. A long-time member of the European Commission, he became Acting President for a short period when Jacques Santer resigned in 1999.
1955 - Alberto Iglesias, composor of music for Spanish films.
1958 - Julio Medem, film director and screenwriter.
1958 - Pilar Rahola, Catalan politician.
1965 - Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Basque footballer.
1967 - José Luis San Miguel Torvisco, creative.
1974 - Carlos Chaouen, composer, singer and musician.
1989 – Jonathan Viera, footballer
1990 – Ricky Rubio, basketball player
Deaths
1650 - Pedro Espinosa, poet and anthologist.
1805 - Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, cartographer and sailor.
1805 - Francisco Alcedo and Bustamante, military and marine Spanish.
1805 - Cosme de Churruca, marine scientist.
1915 - Luis Adaro, engineer (b. 1849)
1952 - Juan Yagüe, soldier (b. 1891)
1957 - Laureano Barrau, Catalan impressionist painter (b. 1863)
1968 - Aureli Maria Escarré, priest (b. 1908)
1972 - Marcelino Olaechea priest (b. 1888)
1980 - Miguel Carved Buñuel, actor and writer.
1982 - Juan Camacho, singer (b. 1947)
1995 – Jesús Blasco, author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 - Manuel Vázquez Gallego, cartoonist (b. 1930)
2002 - Pasieguito, footballer (b. 1925)
2009 - José María Rodríguez Méndez, writer and dramatist (b. 1926)
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