History
Spain On This Day - April 20
By m.p.
Apr 20, 2008 - 12:07 AM

1194: a 10 year peace treaty, the Treaty of Tordehumos, is signed by the King of León, Alfonso IX, and of Castilla, Alfonso VIII.

1808: Fernando VII, King of Spain following the abdication of his father, Carlos IV, reaches Bayonne in France for a meeting with Napoleon. Both he and his father were to remain prisoners of the French Emperor for the next six years as the Spanish War of Independence raged on at home.

1963: the communist leader, Julián Grimau, is executed in Madrid.

1992: the Expo 92 opens in Seville.

The painter and sculptor, Joan Miró, was born on this day in Barcelona in 1893. Two noted film directors were also born on this day in history: Mario Camus, in Santander in 1935, and Pilar Miró in Madrid in 1940.