Spain On This Day - November 23

Spain On This Day - November 23
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By m.p. - Nov 23, 2007 - 7:25 AM
Saint’s Day for Clemente, Sisino and Lucrecia.

1808: Spanish troops are defeated by French forces in the Battle of Tudela in the War of Spanish Independence.

1811: a session of the Cortes de Cádiz – the legislative body established during the Spanish War of Independence – approves with just one vote against the creation of a national lottery. The first draw took place on 4th March 1812.

Alfonso X, King of Castile and León, was born on this day in 1252. He was known as Alfonso The Wise.

The Spanish naval officer who designed the first destroyer warship in history, Fernando Villaamil Fernández-Cueto, was born in Asturias in 1845. The ship was named The Destructor.

The Partido Popular veteran politician, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, was born in 1922. He was a government Minister during the Franco years, and President of the Xunta de Galicia for 15 years.

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