History Hop Tags - Spain

711-07-09

Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain

756-05-15

Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova, Spain

939-08-06

Battle at Simancas - Spain beats Moors

1212-07-16

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain

1229-12-31

James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca.

1250-04-15

Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue

1340-11-28

Battle of Salado, Spain: last Moorish invasion driven back

1355-05-07

1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara

1367-04-13

Battle at Nájera Spain: Castile & England beat Aragon & France

1391-03-15

Jew-hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews

1391-06-04

Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds & sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery

1391-06-06

Inhabitants of Seville, Spain, massacres 5,000 Jews

1429-01-10

Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain

1455-05-03

Jews flee Spain

1461-08-10

Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain

1483-10-17

Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain

1491-11-25

The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.

1492-04-17

Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies

1492-04-30

Spain announces it will expels all Jews

1492-08-03

Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with 3 ships Santa Maria, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the "Indies"

1492-10-28

Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain

1492-11-15

In La Guardia, Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of ritual murder

1493-01-16

Columbus leaves the new world and sets sail for Spain on his 1st trip

1493-01-19

France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona

1493-03-15

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his 1st New World voyage

1493-05-04

Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal

1494-06-07

Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain & Portugal divide America

1501-11-04

Philip de Blank & Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain

1502-05-09

Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World

1503-01-20

Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs

1503-10-30

Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians

1504-03-31

France & Spain sign ceasefire

1504-10-12

Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament

1511-11-17

England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster

1513-04-02

Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon

1513-04-08

Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain

1516-08-13

The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.

1521-04-22

French King Francois I declares war on Spain

1522-05-25

Emperor Karel I returns to Spain

1522-09-06

Ferdinand Magellen's Spanish expedition aboard the Vitoria returns to Spain without their captain. First to circumnaigate the earth

1522-09-08

Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completing 1st circumnavigation of the globe (expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan)

1526-03-17

French King Francois I freed from Spain

1527-05-17

Pánfilo de Narváez departs to Spain explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive

1529-04-22

Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere

1539-01-14

Spain annexes Cuba.

1539-06-03

Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain

1542-06-27

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain

1542-08-24

Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain

1542-11-22

Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America

1555-10-21

English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king

1556-01-16

Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain

1556-03-28

Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain

1556-09-13

Charles V & Maria of Hungary march into Spain

1556-09-15

Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain

1556-10-17

Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain

1559-04-03

Spain & France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis

1561-09-23

King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida

1568-05-23

The Netherlands declare independence from Spain.

1571-05-20

Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League

1573-09-18

Spain attacks Alkmaar

1580-06-15

Phillip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.

1580-08-25

Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal

1582-10-04

Last Julian calender day in Spain/Portugal/pontifical states

1585-01-02

Spain & Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville

1585-05-19

Spain confisquates English ships

1587-01-29

Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain

1587-04-19

Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet

1595-01-17

French King Henri IV declares war on Spain

1596-05-26

England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain

1596-09-20

Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain.

1598-05-02

France & Spain sign Peace of Vervins

1601-01-17

France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain

1602-12-11

A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. Commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.

1607-01-13

The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

1609-04-09

Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact

1609-09-11

Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.

1617-10-09

Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)

1621-04-09

Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends

1624-03-10

England declares war on Spain

1627-03-20

France & Spain sign accord for fighting protestantism

1629-05-03

French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain

1630-11-05

Spain & England sign peace treaty

1634-08-26

Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants

1634-09-05

-6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants

1635-05-19

France declares war on Spain

1646-05-30

Spain & Netherlands sign temporary cease fire

1648-01-30

Spain & Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending the Thirty Years War

1648-05-15

Treaty of Munster ratified by Spain & Netherlands

1650-04-30

French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain

1657-03-23

France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk

1659-11-17

Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.

1665-06-06

Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain

1665-06-17

Battle at Viciosa: English & Portuguese army beat Spain

1668-01-19

King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain

1668-02-13

Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal

1673-08-30

Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant

1674-07-01

Spain, France & Netherlands form Triple Alliance

1676-04-22

Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded

1676-11-06

King Carlos II of Spain comes of age (at 15)

1678-09-17

France & Spain sign Treaties of Nijmegen

1684-08-15

Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France

1686-07-09

Germany, Sweden & Spain sign anti-French League of Augsburg

1689-04-15

French King Louis XIV declares war on Spain

1699-06-11

England, France & Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain

1702-05-14

England & Netherlands declare war on France & Spain

1713-03-27

Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht

1714-06-26

Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement

1718-01-09

France declares war on Spain

1718-12-17

France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain.

1721-03-27

France & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid

1725-04-30

Emperor Charles VI & King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna

1725-05-01

Spain & Austria sign trade treaty

1725-11-05

Spain & Austria sign secret treaty

1727-06-13

Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris

1728-03-06

Spain & Britain sign (1st) Convention of Pardo

1729-11-09

Spain, France & Britain sign Treaty of Seville

1731-04-09

British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain

1731-07-22

Spain signs Treaty of Vienna

1733-09-26

France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant

1733-11-07

France & Spain sign the Treaty of the Escorial (the first 'Pacte de Famille' between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain)

1738-03-28

Parliament sends an address to the king requesting that he demand redress from Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)

1739-01-14

England and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo

1739-04-21

Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord

1739-07-10

King George II authorised the Admiralty Board to seek maritime reprisals against Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)

1739-10-19

England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]

1739-10-23

War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.

1739-10-30

Great Britain declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear [NS=Oct 19]

1741-05-28

Spain & Bavaria sign treaty

1744-09-30

France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.

1753-01-11

Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord

1754-03-08

Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain

1755-11-25

King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.

1759-08-10

Carlos III becomes king of Spain

1762-01-04

England declares war on Spain & Naples

1762-11-03

Britain & Spain sign Treaty of Paris

1762-11-03

Spain acquires Louisiana

1771-01-22

Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain

1776-05-02

France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels

1776-09-17

The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.

1779-06-16

Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of the US, and the siege of Gibraltar begins.

1783-02-03

Spain recognizes US independence

1795-07-27

Spain & France sign peace treaty

1795-10-26

Pinckney's Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi

1796-08-19

Spain & France sign anti-British alliance

1796-10-05

Spain declares war on England

1797-07-25

Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).

1798-09-10

British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George

1800-10-01

Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty

1801-06-06

Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal

1802-03-25

France, Netherlands, Spain & Great Britain sign Peace of Amiens

1803-11-30

Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1808-03-23

Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain

1808-03-26

Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.

1808-06-15

Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.

1808-08-17

Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain

1808-10-31

Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain

1809-02-13

French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege

1809-03-28

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.

1809-08-10

Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)

1810-02-01

Seville, Spain surrenders to French

1810-04-20

The Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.

1810-07-20

Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), declare independence from Spain.

1810-09-18

Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)

1810-10-27

US annexes West Florida from Spain

1811-05-14

Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day)

1811-07-05

Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain

1811-11-05

El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence

1811-11-11

Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain

1812-07-22

Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain

1812-10-22

Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos, Spain

1813-11-06

Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain

1814-05-04

King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.

1816-07-09

Argentina declares independence from Spain

1818-02-12

Chile gains independence from Spain

1818-04-05

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement - led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín - win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

1819-02-22

Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty)

1819-12-17

Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain

1820-10-20

Spain sells part of Florida to US for $5 million

1821-02-22

Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million

1821-02-24

Mexico gains independence from Spain

1821-07-17

Spain cedes Florida to US

1821-07-28

Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)

1821-11-28

Panama declares independence from Spain

1821-12-01

Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain

1822-05-24

Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain

1824-12-09

Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain

1836-05-07

The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

1836-12-28

Spain recognizes independence of Mexico

1837-06-18

Spain gets new Constitution

1844-11-06

Spain grants Dominican Rep independence

1848-10-28

The first railroad in Spain - between Barcelona and Mataró - is opened.

1859-10-29

Spain declares war on Morocco.

1861-05-14

The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.

1865-12-05

Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

1866-01-20

Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends

1868-09-23

Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)

1868-09-28

Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France

1868-09-30

Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France

1868-10-10

Cuba revolts for independence against Spain

1871-01-02

King Amadeus I of Spain inaugurated at 25

1877-07-10

The then villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

1881-08-04

122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)

1886-10-07

Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba

1888-05-04

Italy & Spain sign military covenant

1895-03-26

King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day

1896-10-06

Jose Rizal was arrested en route to Cuba via Spain and was imprisoned in Barcelona

1897-11-25

Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

1898-04-21

Spanish-American War: The U.S. Congress, on April 25, recognizes that a state of war exists between the United States and Spain as of this date.

1898-04-24

Spanish-American War: Spain delares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba

1898-04-25

Spanish-American War: The United States declares state of war on Spain effective from 21st April.

1898-06-12

Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control

1898-06-12

Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain

1898-07-21

Spain cedes Guam to USA

1899-01-01

Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)

1899-02-10

US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam

1899-04-11

Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US

1902-05-20

Cuba gains independence from Spain

1902-05-30

Spanish King Alfonso XII, who was elected as a constitutional monarch, suspends the Cortes, Spain's parliament

1904-10-03

France & Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence

1907-05-16

In the Pact of Cartagena, Great Britain, France, and Spain agree to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa

1912-03-05

Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die

1921-11-14

The Communist Party of Spain is founded.

1923-01-09

Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain

1923-01-29

1st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)

1923-09-13

With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera

1923-09-14

Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain

1925-06-22

Spain & France fight Morocco

1926-02-25

Francisco Franco becomes the youngest General in Spain

1926-03-17

Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations

1926-09-11

Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining

1927-04-25

Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)

1931-03-18

Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain

1931-04-14

Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII

1931-12-09

Spain becomes a republic

1931-12-10

Manuel Azaña becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain

1933-01-12

Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies

1933-06-03

Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"

1933-07-28

Spain recognizes the USSR

1933-09-08

Spain's 2nd government of Azaña forms

1933-11-19

Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)

1933-12-17

Spain's 2nd government of Lerroux forms

1936-05-10

Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain

1936-05-13

Quiroga government takes office in Spain

1936-09-04

Franco's troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina, Spain

1936-10-01

Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain

1937-03-20

Franco offensive at Guadalajara, Spain

1937-04-26

German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain

1937-05-17

Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier

1937-05-31

German battleships bombard Almeria, Spain

1937-07-05

Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain

1937-08-24

Republican offensive near Belchite, Spain

1937-09-01

Battle of Gijon in Spain begins

1938-02-27

Britain & France recognize Franco government in Spain

1938-05-03

Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain

1938-07-25

Revolutionary offensive of Ebro Spain (Hollander Piet)

1939-02-22

Netherlands recognizes Franco regime in Spain

1939-02-27

France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain

1939-02-28

Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain

1939-04-01

US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war. Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain

1944-11-07

Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die

1946-12-03

US government asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain

1946-12-11

Spain suspended from UN

1947-07-09

Spain votes for Franco monarchy

1947-08-18

Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300

1948-02-11

Test cricket debut of Frank Worrell for the West Indies vs. England at Port-of-Spain

1949-07-07

"Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs

1949-09-10

"Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs

1952-11-19

Spain joins UNESCO

1953-09-26

US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)

1956-04-07

Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco

1956-11-06

Holland & Spain withdraw from Olympics in protest against Soviets in Hungary

1958-02-05

Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain

1960-01-30

Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England

1960-11-13

Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude, Spain)

1961-07-15

Spain accepts equal rights for men & women

1962-04-07

Umrigar slams 172* v WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes

1965-01-20

Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

1965-12-29

54th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Sydney (4-1)

1966-01-02

1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion

1966-05-27

6 French fighters crash above Spain

1967-12-28

56th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1)

1968-03-03

Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague

1968-05-06

Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards

1968-10-12

Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain

1968-10-25

Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)

1969-06-04

22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana & survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft

1969-06-08

General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar

1969-06-30

Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco

1970-07-04

Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons

1971-03-06

Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain

1971-03-09

J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain

1971-07-16

Franco appoints prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain

1972-07-21

2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)

1973-06-08

Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain

1974-01-03

Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain

1974-04-02

Tony Greig takes 8-86 v WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)

1975-06-07

Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets

1975-09-27

Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain

1975-10-30

King Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain

1975-11-14

Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara

1975-11-22

Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain

1976-02-28

Spain withdraws from Western Sahara

1976-03-03

5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

1976-07-03

Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain

1976-11-18

Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship

1977-03-04

Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain

1977-04-09

Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years

1977-06-15

Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)

1977-10-06

In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.

1978-07-11

Auto with liquid gas crashes & explodes in Spain, 160 killed

1978-12-06

Spain adopts constitution

1978-12-27

King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution

1978-12-27

Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

1978-12-29

Spain constitution goes into effect

1981-02-25

L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain

1981-05-24

Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain

1981-09-10

"Guernica" by Pablo Picasso returns to Spain

1981-10-24

Pablo Picasso's 1937 painting Guernica goes on display in Madrid Spain to celebrate the centenary of the artist's birth

1981-12-07

Spain becomes a member of the NATO

1982-05-30

Spain becomes 16th member of NATO

1982-09-13

50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain

1982-10-28

Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections

1982-10-31

Pope John Paul II becomes first pontiff to visit Spain

1982-12-15

Spain reopens border with Gibraltar

1983-08-26

Floods destroy most of the old town of Bilbao, Spain.

1985-02-19

150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain

1986-01-01

Spain & Portugal are 11th & 12th to join European Economic Community

1986-01-19

Spain recognizes Israel

1986-05-16

The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.

1986-06-22

Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections

1988-10-23

Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

1989-10-09

27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)

1991-07-28

29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)

1991-07-28

Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race

1991-10-30

Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain

1991-11-04

Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain

1991-12-21

95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)

1992-04-20

Expo '92 opens in Seville Spain

1992-07-19

30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)

1992-07-25

25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain

1992-08-09

25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain

1992-10-12

Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain

1992-12-03

The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

1993-07-25

31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)

1993-08-02

Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed

1994-01-18

The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.

1994-03-30

England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain

1994-06-12

-17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain

1994-07-24

32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)

1994-08-20

109.8°F (43.2°C) in Cordoba Spain

1995-03-12

Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain

1995-11-26

33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)

1996-03-30

Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain

1996-07-20

In Spain an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35

1996-09-29

34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)

1996-09-29

US wins Federation Cup over Spain

1997-07-10

Spain, Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

1997-09-28

32nd Ryder Cup: Europe wins 14½-13½ to retain the Cup at Sotogrande Spain

1998-10-16

Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

2000-12-10

89th Davis Cup: Spain beats Australia in Barcelona (3-1)

2002-03-01

The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).

2003-11-30

92nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Melbourne (3-1)

2004-12-05

93rd Davis Cup: Spain beats USA in Seville (3-2)

2005-02-20

Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.

2005-06-30

Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.

2005-07-03

The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain.

2007-11-10

¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.

2008-11-23

97th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Mar del Plata (3-1)

2009-12-06

98th Davis Cup: Spain beats Czech Republic in Barcelona (5-0)

2010-07-11

Spain beats Netherlands 1-0 for soccer's 19th World Cup in South Africa (1st title)

2011-12-04

100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1)

2012-04-30

Spain's economy double dips after a 0.3% contraction and 25% unemployment rate

2012-06-07

Credit rating agency Fitch downgrades Spain's credit rating to BBB in the wake of international bailout speculation

2012-06-09

It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks

2012-07-01

Spain's football team crushes Italy 4-0 to win the 2012 UEFA Euro Cup

2012-11-14

A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece

2012-11-18

101st Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Spain in Prague (3-2)

2013-01-27

Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship

2013-07-24

80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

2014-09-23

Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain

2014-10-16

New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council

2014-11-11

The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence

2016-08-21

Olympics-Basketball-US rolls past Spain to sixth straight gold

2017-10-11

Catalan leader signs document declaring independence from Spain

39-11-03

Lucan, Cordova Spain, Latin poet (Bellum Civile)

994-11-07

Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain

1451-04-22

Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus

1451-10-30

Christopher Columbus, Genoa Italy on or just before this date. Explorer for Spain of the New World (D. 1506)

1460-04-08

Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida

1478-07-22

Philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06)

1500-02-24

Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor

1503-10-23

Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)

1507-01-14

Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)

1511-09-29

Michael Servetus, Spain, physician (Christianism Rostituta)

1527-05-21

Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)

1528-06-21

Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)

1535-06-24

Joan of Spain, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1573)

1543-10-23

Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist

1547-04-13

Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)

1549-11-01

Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1580)

1562-11-25

Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)

1566-08-12

Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands

1567-10-10

Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)

1578-04-14

Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)

1587-01-06

Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)

1587-12-25

Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)

1602-11-22

Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)

1605-04-08

Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)

1606-08-18

Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress and Queen of Hungary (d. 1646)

1609-05-16

Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands

1618-01-01

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized]

1635-12-24

Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain (d. 1696)

1638-09-10

Maria Theresa of Spain, El Escorial, Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)

1661-11-06

Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain (reigns 1665-1700)

1662-04-26

Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)

1667-10-28

Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)

1683-02-19

Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)

1683-12-19

Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)

1688-09-17

Maria Luisa of Savoy, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714)

1692-10-25

Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain

1709-12-11

Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)

1711-12-04

Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)

1712-09-23

Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59)

1716-01-20

Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits

1716-01-20

King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)

1724-11-24

Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)

1729-11-17

Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785)

1729-12-03

Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)

1745-11-24

Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)

1746-03-30

Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja)

1748-11-11

King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819) Reigned 1788-1808

1748-11-12

Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)

1751-12-09

Maria Luisa of Parma, queen of Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)

1782-07-06

Maria Louisa of Spain, queen of Etruria (d. 1824)

1784-10-14

Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain

1789-07-06

Maria Isabella of Spain, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)

1796-12-19

Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright

1797-05-19

Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)

1803-12-07

Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)

1806-04-27

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)

1817-02-21

Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)

1822-05-13

Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)

1830-10-10

Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68)

1843-02-19

Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)

1845-05-30

Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73)

1847-08-09

Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna, queen consort of Spain (d. 1876)

1854-07-31

Jose Canalejas contributes Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12)

1857-10-29

Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)

1857-11-28

Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85)

1858-07-21

Maria Christina of Austria, queen of Spain (d. 1929)

1860-06-24

Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (d. 1878)

1863-11-30

Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain

1863-12-16

George Santayana, Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan)

1864-09-29

Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher (Ensayos, Teatro)

1867-01-29

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)

1867-07-27

Enrique Granados, Spain, composer

1870-01-08

Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)

1874-02-28

Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)

1876-12-29

Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, cellist/conductor/composer

1877-07-06

Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36)

1881-10-25

Pablo Picasso, Malaga Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), (d. 1973)

1881-12-24

Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)

1882-09-28

Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher

1882-12-09

Joaquín Turina, Seville Spain, composer (Rima)

1886-05-17

Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)

1886-10-04

Luis Alberni, Spain, actor (Topaze)

1887-03-23

Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window)

1887-09-26

Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers)

1887-10-24

Queen Victoria Eugenia, The Marriage of Princess Ena and Alphonse XIII, King of Spain

1888-06-18

Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)

1890-03-03

Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain & China

1893-02-21

Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist, (d. 1987)

1895-01-13

Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer

1898-04-26

Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977)

1898-06-05

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)

1900-01-01

Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)

1900-02-22

Luis Buñuel, Calanda Spain, Spanish surrealist film director (Belle de Jour)

1901-11-22

Joaquin Rodrigo, Sagunto Spain, composer

1903-12-13

Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)

1904-04-23

Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)

1904-05-11

Salvador Dali, Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)

1906-10-30

Consuelo Baker, The Kid from Spain

1907-01-07

Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist

1908-12-16

Remedios Varo, Anglès Spain, Spain-Mexican Surrealist artist

1910-10-30

Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spain, poet (Viento del Pueblo)

1913-02-12

Sally West, The Kid from Spain

1915-03-04

Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [OS]

1915-03-14

Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [NS]

1915-08-30

Delbert Spain, The Unnamable

1915-11-30

Angier Biddle Duke, NYC, US Ambassador (Spain)

1916-05-11

Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)

1917-09-20

Fernando Rey, [Arambillet], La Coruna Spain, actor (Matter of Time)

1919-01-21

Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party)

1920-06-11

Roberto Iglesias, Lost in Spain: Part 1

1922-11-21

Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)

1923-12-13

Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain, painter, sculptor, and theorist (Dau al Set), (d. 2012)

1924-12-20

Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen)

1925-01-21

Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)

1925-03-08

Francisco Rabal, Aguilas Spain, actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra)

1925-06-04

Antonio Puchades, Sueca, Spain, footballer (23 caps), (d. 2013)

1926-11-18

Estanislao Basora, Catalonia, Spain, footballer (The Monster of Colombes, 22 caps for Spain, 301 matches for Barcelona), (d. 2012)

1927-11-14

Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)

1928-08-10

Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)

1931-01-02

Juan León, Spain Again

1933-09-25

Adolfo Suarez, premier of Spain (1976-81), (d. 2014)

1933-10-06

Fay Spain, The Godfather: Part II

1934-01-27

Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director (1987- )

1936-07-30

Infanta Pilar of Spain

1938-01-05

Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- )

1938-11-02

Queen Sofia of Spain

1939-03-06

Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria

1940-03-02

Spain Rodriguez, Crumb

1941-01-21

Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly)

1942-03-05

Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain

1942-03-26

Suzanne Ried, Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain

1942-08-31

Eugenio Trias, Barcelona, Spain, philosopher, (d. 2013)

1942-11-28

Manolo Blahnik, Santa Cruz de La Palma Spain, shoe designer

1943-04-23

Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness

1943-09-23

Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before)

1945-05-05

Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)

1945-06-19

Ernesto Barrutia, Road Spain

1946-12-05

Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)

1947-07-15

Spain Logue, JFK

1948-11-17

Jaime Huelamo, Spain, cyclist (Olympic-bronze-1972) drug disqualified

1948-11-23

Pekka Saaristo, Going to Spain

1951-07-22

Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter (Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d. 2012)

1951-09-25

Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter (Kika, Matador)

1953-02-25

José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain

1954-06-22

Amparo Munoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)

1954-06-25

Lina Romay, Barcelona Spain, actress (Conan the Barbarian)

1955-10-03

Angela Molina, Madrid Spain, actress (Streets of Gold, Half of Heaven)

1956-08-02

Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura)

1957-02-15

Bienvenida Buck, Velencia Spain, lover of Brit Peter Harding

1957-04-09

Severiano Ballesteros, Pedrena Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)

1957-11-12

Marta Figueras-Dotti, Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Open)

1958-04-24

Fernando Luna, Spain, tennis star

1958-05-30

Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Madrid Spain, Lt Cmdr/astro (STS 73, sk 92)

1959-07-04

Victoria Abril, [Victoria Rojas], Madrid Spain, actress (Libertarias)

1960-06-06

Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979)

1960-08-10

Antonio Banderas, Malaga Spain, actor (Phila, Evita, Mambo Kings)

1961-01-16

Rosanna Melandez, Private Film 6: Lady in Spain

1962-02-09

Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star

1962-03-22

Juan Aguilera, Spain, tennis star

1962-08-03

Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star

1963-03-14

Pedro Duque, Madrid Spain, engineer/astronaut (STS 78 alt, sk:95)

1963-09-14

Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle (Olympic-1976)

1963-09-30

Cristina Marsillach, Madrid Spain, actress (Barocco)

1963-12-20

Infanta Elena of Spain

1964-08-29

Jordi Arrese, Spain, tennis star

1965-01-21

Tania Abitbol, Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)

1965-05-29

Emilio Sanchez, Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze)

1968-02-01

Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star

1968-04-22

Carlos Costa, Spain, tennis star

1968-08-07

Tomas Carbonell, Barcelona Spain, tennis star

1968-10-24

Francisco Claver, Spain, tennis star

1969-02-16

Fermin Cacho, Barcelona Spain, 1500m (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)

1970-03-30

Mark Consuelos, Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children)

1971-01-16

Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star

1971-07-26

Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995)

1971-09-03

Chabeli Iglesias, Madrid Spain, daughter of Julio Iglesias

1971-11-02

Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)

1972-04-16

Conchita Martinez, Monzon Spain, tennis star (1996 final Indian Wells)

1972-08-09

Silvia Ramon-Cortes, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1994 Futures-Vigo)

1972-09-15

Princess Letizia of Spain

1972-11-04

Matthew Spain, G.B.F.

1972-12-07

Jordi Buritlo, Spain, tennis star

1972-9-15

Queen Letizia of Spain, Episode dated 2 September 2000

1973-04-05

Estefania Knuth, Barcelona Spain, LPGA golfer (1992 French Intl)

1973-06-28

Alberto Berastegui, Spain, tennis star

1973-09-21

Virginia Ruano-Pascual, Madrid Spain, tennis star

1974-04-11

Alex Corretja, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16)

1974-04-15

Douglas Spain, American actor

1974-04-15

Douglas Spain, Star Maps

1974-07-12

Stelios Giannakopoulos, Group D: Greece vs. Spain

1974-10-06

Bibiana Schönhöfer, Welcome to Spain

1975-03-01

Maria Jose Suarez, Miss Universe-Spain (1996)

1975-06-25

Alberto Costa, professional tennis player, Lerida Spain

1975-10-06

Ines Sainz, Miss Spain Universe (1997)

1976-08-27

Cartos Moya, Spain, tennis star

1977-04-22

Mark Van Bommel, Final: Netherlands vs Spain

1980-04-05

Joris Mathijsen, Final: Netherlands vs Spain

1980-07-02

Jenny Spain, Deadgirl

1981-05-02

Tiago, Round of 16: Spain vs Portugal

1981-05-12

Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999

1982-05-19

Frank Lionetti, Raven-Symoné: Raven's Postcards from Spain

1982-12-08

Nicki Minaj, Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidadian-born American rapper and singer (Super Bass, Starships)

1982-9-22

Maarten Stekelenburg, Final: Netherlands vs Spain

1983-05-10

Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007

1984-07-26

Ashley Vargo, Playing in Paradise 'Spain'

1984-07-30

Arthur Valentin Grósz, Love in Spain

1984-11-30

Nigel de Jong, Group B: Spain vs Netherlands

1986-11-06

Diana Dean, Spain in the Ass

1988-07-16

Sergio Busquets, Group B: Spain vs Netherlands

1988-08-02

Javi Martínez, Group B: Spain vs Chile

1989-03-21

Jordi Alba, Group B: Spain vs Netherlands

1989-08-15

Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Madrid, Spain, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress

1989-08-28

César Azpilicueta, Group B: Spain vs Netherlands

1992-01-08

Jorge Resurrección, Group B: Spain vs Chile

2000-09-09

Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain

2005-06-05

Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

2005-10-31

Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia, Princess of Asturias

2007-04-29

Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain

1599-04-18

Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain

1660-06-09

French King Louis XIV (21) marries Maria Theresa of Spain (21) at Saint-Jean-de-Luz

1764-08-05

Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (17) weds queen Maria Luisa of Spain (18) in Innsbruck, Austria

1962-05-14

Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain

1995-03-18

Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada (31) at the Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain

2004-05-22

Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family weds Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano at The Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain

2006-04-08

Two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish gypsy singer Rosario Flores (42) weds "Kingdom of Heaven" first assistant director Pedro Lazaga on a small village Canos de Meca in Cadiz, Spain

2006-05-19

"Liverpool" goalkeeper Pepe Reina (23) weds Yolanda Ruiz in Cordoba, Spain

2006-06-10

Spanish singer Bertin Osborne (51) weds Venezuelan model Fabiola Martinez in Seville, Spain

2007-04-14

Supermodel Esther Canadas (30) weds MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau (34) in Spain

2010-06-05

"Bond girl" actress Gemma Arterton (24) weds Stefano Catelli (37) at a secret ceremony at the hilltop village of Zuheros in Andalucia, Spain

2010-08-23

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (66) weds Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger (44) at Virgen del Carmen Church in Marbella, Spain

2013-06-08

Celebrity chef Curtis Stone (37) weds actress Lindsay Price (36) at a private villa in Mallorca, Spain

2014-06-14

Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain

1506-05-20

Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55

1506-09-25

Felipe I, the handsome, King of Castile (Spain) (1504-06), dies

1539-05-01

Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)

1558-09-21

Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58

1568-07-24

Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)

1568-10-03

Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23

1598-09-13

Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71

1614-04-07

El Greco, Greek-born artist working in Spain (b. 1541)

1621-03-31

Philip III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42

1633-12-01

Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67

1641-11-09

Ferdinand, of Austria, cardinal of Spain, dies at 32

1641-11-11

Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies

1644-10-06

Elisabeth (In Spanish Isabel) of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)

1645-07-22

Gaspar de Guzman, premier of Spain (1621-43), dies at 58

1665-09-17

Philip IV, King of Spain (1621-55), dies

1679-12-17

Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies

1683-07-30

Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France, dies at 44

1700-11-01

Carlos II, King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), dies at 39

1714-02-14

Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)

1746-07-09

Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62

1759-08-10

Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46

1766-06-11

Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73

1766-07-11

Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain (b. 1692)

1766-07-20

Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies

1788-12-14

Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72

1819-01-20

Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70

1829-05-18

Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)

1830-01-07

Infanta Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain and wife of John VI of Portugal, dies at 53

1833-09-29

Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain, dies

1844-07-28

Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoleon I and King of Naples and Spain (b. 1768)

1878-06-26

Mercedes of Orleans, queen of Spain (b. 1860)

1885-11-24

Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27

1885-11-25

Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27

1890-01-18

Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44

1902-04-17

Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)

1904-04-09

Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73

1912-11-11

Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered

1912-11-12

Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58

1929-02-08

Maria Christina, Queen Regent of Spain (b. 1858)

1938-03-12

Lyda Roberti, The Kid from Spain

1939-11-12

Norman Bethune, Heart of Spain

1941-02-28

King Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)

1949-02-18

Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71

1956-03-29

Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)

1963-03-09

Werner Beumelburg, In Battle Versus the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain

1973-09-28

Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66

1973-12-20

Luis Carrero Blanco, PM of Spain (1973), assassinated by ETA

1981-05-18

Consuelo Baker, The Kid from Spain

1983-05-08

Fay Spain, The Godfather: Part II

1992-11-13

Lucrecia Perez, Dominicans in Spain (Racist Murder), dies at 33

1995-12-15

Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, PM of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at 83

1998-02-07

Roberto Iglesias, Lost in Spain: Part 1

2000-03-04

Delbert Spain, The Unnamable

2007-12-03

Spain Logue, JFK

2008-01-18

Sally West, The Kid from Spain

2012-11-28

Spain Rodriguez, Crumb

2015-11-10

Legendary musician Allen Toussaint dies after performance in Spain