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smallerBy m.p. - Aug 1, 2008 - 8:47 AMSaints Days : Félix, Alfonso María de Ligorio, Nemesio, Esperanza and Caridad939: The troops King Ramiro II from León beat the Andalucian troops of Abd añ-Rahman III in the battle of Simancas
1137: Ramon II of Aragon allowed the marriage of his daughter Petronila to Ramón Berenguer IV
1492: Most of the expelled Jews leave Spain
1498: Christopher Columbus sees land, which would later be Venezuela
1704: British and Dutch forces, led by Admiral Rooke, started an assault on Gibraltar during the Spanish Succession War
1898: The Museum of Contemporary Art was opened in Calle Recoletos in Madrid – It is now the National Library
1911: Giro postal came into force in Spain
1942: The first book to be published in Catalan after the war, a religious work by Camil Geis
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