Spanish - Notable Historical Events
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Spanish - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
694-11-09 |
Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery |
1212-06-20 |
French & Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo |
1489-12-04 |
Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors |
1492-01-16 |
The first grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen Isabella. |
1492-12-26 |
1st Spanish settlement La Navidad (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas) in New World founded, by Columbus |
1493-05-04 |
Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal |
1503-04-28 |
Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France |
1503-12-27 |
Battle at Garigliano] Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France |
1503-12-29 |
Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France |
1512-12-27 |
The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. |
1513-10-07 |
Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians. |
1519-08-10 |
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition of 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate the Earth (returned 5 Sept 1522) |
1520-06-30 |
Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés take gold from Aztecs |
1521-08-13 |
Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire |
1521-11-19 |
Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France & occupy Milan |
1522-02-07 |
Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches |
1522-06-24 |
Battle of La Bicocca: a combined French and Venetian was decisively defeated by a Spanish-Imperial and Papal army |
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) |
1524-10-26 |
Spanish troops give Milan to France |
1526-03-26 |
King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France |
1527-05-06 |
Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance |
1528-04-15 |
Pánfilo the Narváez, Spanish conquistador arrives in Florida with 350 men to a hostile reception from native indians |
1528-09-28 |
Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die |
1528-11-06 |
Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas. |
1534-12-06 |
Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish |
1538-07-25 |
The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil. |
1538-09-28 |
Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish |
1539-05-30 |
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida |
1552-07-17 |
Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun |
1553-12-25 |
Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeats the Spanish conquistadors and exetutes the governor of Chile Pedro de Valdivia. |
1555-04-17 |
Siena surrenders for Spanish troops |
1558-07-13 |
Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. |
1559-08-14 |
Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Fla |
1559-08-22 |
Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic |
1559-09-19 |
5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die |
1560-03-13 |
Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli |
1560-09-25 |
Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg as 1st archbishop of Utrecht |
1561-09-23 |
King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida |
1564-08-18 |
Spanish king Philip II joins Council of Trente |
1565-04-27 |
1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms |
1566-12-01 |
Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva |
1567-03-13 |
Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger |
1568-05-23 |
Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed |
1568-07-10 |
Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish |
1570-01-04 |
Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" |
1570-04-24 |
Battles between Spanish troops & followers of sultan Suleiman |
1571-03-19 |
Spanish troops occupy Manila |
1572-04-21 |
France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant |
1572-06-11 |
Spanish co-land guardian Duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock |
1572-07-19 |
Battle at Saint Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries |
1572-10-02 |
Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen |
1572-10-05 |
Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen |
1572-10-18 |
Spanish troops attack Maastricht |
1572-11-16 |
Troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupy and plunder Zutphen, Nmetherlands |
1572-12-11 |
Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem |
1572-12-13 |
Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet (confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under admiral Lumey |
1572-12-17 |
Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands |
1573-07-13 |
Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army |
1573-08-07 |
Francis Drake's fleet returns to Plymouth after a year spent raiding for Spanish treasure |
1573-10-11 |
Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy |
1574-01-29 |
Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet |
1574-02-19 |
Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp, Netherlands |
1574-02-21 |
Spanish garrison of Middelburg Neth surrenders |
1574-10-01 |
-2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers |
1575-06-28 |
Spanish troops conquer Buren |
1575-07-19 |
Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater |
1575-08-07 |
Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died |
1576-05-29 |
Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea |
1576-07-02 |
Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea |
1576-07-26 |
Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst |
1576-10-19 |
Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence |
1576-10-20 |
Spanish troops occupies & plunder Maastricht |
1576-11-04 |
Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). |
1576-11-08 |
Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent - 17 Dutch provinces sign anti-Spanish covenant |
1577-02-12 |
Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" |
1577-07-24 |
Spanish army/German mercenaries conquer Namur |
1578-01-31 |
Battle of Gembloers (Gembloux); Dutch and English forces overcame the Spanish |
1579-01-06 |
Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras |
1579-05-17 |
Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian |
1580-03-15 |
Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange |
1580-06-17 |
Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels |
1580-11-09 |
Spanish troops lands in Ireland |
1582-04-16 |
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. |
1582-12-15 |
Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar |
1583-07-17 |
Spanish & Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk |
1584-07-10 |
Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium |
1585-06-23 |
Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops |
1586-01-15 |
Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army |
1587-04-19 |
Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet |
1587-08-05 |
Spanish troops conquer Lock |
1588-05-28 |
Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England |
1588-06-19 |
Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna |
1588-07-21 |
First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks |
1588-07-29 |
The Battle of Gravelines - Spanish Armada damaged & scattered by the English fleet |
1588-08-12 |
Commander of the English fleet Lord Howard of Effingham calls off chase of the Spanish Armada off coast of Scotland |
1588-08-12 |
Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army |
1588-10-23 |
Remnants of Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander |
1589-04-10 |
Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg |
1591-05-20 |
Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius |
1591-09-09 |
-10] Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English |
1593-10-24 |
Alleged teleportation of Spanish soldier Gil Perez from the Philippines to Mexico |
1594-06-11 |
Philip II recognized the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves way to the creation of the Principalía (i.e., elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines). |
1595-10-09 |
The Spanish army captures Cambrai. |
1596-10-25 |
Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland |
1596-10-31 |
English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" |
1596-11-29 |
King Philip II devalues Spanish currency |
1598-04-30 |
1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) |
1598-07-10 |
Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande |
1598-09-01 |
Spanish king Philip II receives sacraments |
1598-10-15 |
Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine |
1598-11-08 |
Spanish troops under Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem |
1598-12-21 |
Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile; all Spanish cities south of the Biobio river are eventually taken by the Mapuches, and all conquest of Mapuche territories by Europeans practically ceases, until the 1870s "Pacification of Araucania". |
1600-07-02 |
Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army |
1600-12-14 |
Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die |
1601-07-30 |
Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius |
1601-08-06 |
Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius |
1602-01-02 |
Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English army at Kinsdale |
1604-05-06 |
Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina. |
1604-05-12 |
Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius |
1604-08-20 |
Spanish garrison of Sluis surrenders to count Maurice |
1604-09-20 |
Spanish army under Spinola recaptures Oostende |
1605-08-18 |
Spanish army under of general Spinola conquerors Lingen |
1605-10-27 |
Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk |
1606-10-01 |
Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch |
1607-04-25 |
Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet |
1616-02-26 |
Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo |
1617-12-16 |
Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) |
1622-09-06 |
Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die |
1624-05-03 |
Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama |
1624-06-10 |
Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiègne |
1625-05-01 |
Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) |
1625-06-05 |
Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda |
1627-01-31 |
Spanish government goes bankrupt |
1628-09-08 |
Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet |
1629-06-18 |
Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn beat the Dunkirkers, commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish Monarchy |
1629-09-14 |
Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry |
1630-07-18 |
Spanish troops occupy Mantua |
1631-09-13 |
Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates |
1635-07-28 |
Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans |
1636-08-14 |
Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens |
1639-10-21 |
Sea battle at Dunes, Lt Admiral Maarten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo |
1640-05-12 |
Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV |
1640-12-01 |
Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule |
1641-06-01 |
France & Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant |
1643-05-19 |
Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army |
1647-07-07 |
People's uprising against high prices & Spanish rule in Naples |
1648-04-05 |
Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples |
1652-05-19 |
Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen |
1652-09-16 |
Spanish troops occupy Dunkirk |
1657-04-20 |
Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet |
1658-05-24 |
Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought |
1658-06-14 |
Battle at Dunes: English & French fleet beat Spanish |
1658-06-25 |
Spanish garrison at Dunkirk surrenders to French & British |
1658-08-24 |
Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish |
1659-01-14 |
Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish |
1659-11-07 |
Peace of Pyreneeen: French King Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV |
1663-06-08 |
Battle at Amegical: English & Portugese fleet beats Spanish |
1668-05-02 |
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle/1st peace of Aachen: ends War of Devolution, French-Spanish war in The Netherlands |
1668-10-09 |
Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish governor Jose de Paternina |
1671-01-18 |
Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama |
1675-01-01 |
Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Neth |
1676-06-02 |
Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet |
1680-08-21 |
Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish |
1689-08-25 |
Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French |
1690-07-01 |
Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army |
1691-12-04 |
Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands |
1697-10-30 |
Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Dutch/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending Nine Year War |
1698-11-14 |
Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir |
1700-10-02 |
Spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne |
1701-05-15 |
The War of the Spanish Succession begins. |
1702-10-23 |
Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron |
1703-09-12 |
Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage |
1704-08-04 |
War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar |
1704-08-24 |
Battle of Malaga, the largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession; Tactically indecisive; Grand Alliance strategic victory |
1707-04-25 |
Battle of Almansa; Franco-Spanish forces defeat British and Portuguese |
1709-09-11 |
Battle at Malplaquet during War of the Spanish Succession: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France |
1710-12-08 |
Battle of Brihuega in the War of the Spanish Succession: British General James Stanhope captured by French & Spanish forces |
1714-09-07 |
Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI & France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine |
1714-09-11 |
French & Spanish troops under Duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona |
1715-07-29 |
10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane |
1715-07-30 |
Spanish gold & silver fleet disappears off St Lucie, Florida |
1717-08-22 |
Spanish troops lands on Sardinia |
1718-07-31 |
Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish |
1718-08-11 |
Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish |
1720-11-15 |
Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham are captured by Capt. Jonathan Barnet and brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, for trial |
1720-11-28 |
Anne Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to death in Spanish Town, Jamaica, although their discovered pregnancies won them stays of execution |
1724-01-14 |
Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne |
1731-04-09 |
British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain |
1734-03-10 |
Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples |
1742-06-09 |
Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia |
1744-02-08 |
French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon |
1744-02-09 |
Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews) |
1744-02-22 |
Battle at Toulon: English-French & Spanish fleet |
1746-06-16 |
Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army |
1746-12-05 |
Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule. |
1774-06-11 |
Jews of Algiers escape attacking Spanish Army |
1775-08-05 |
1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters SF Bay |
1779-06-08 |
Admiral Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy and sail against Spanish fleet on HMS Foudroyant |
1779-09-03 |
Earl d'Orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest |
1780-01-16 |
Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet |
1781-09-04 |
Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes) |
1782-02-04 |
British garrison surrenders to French & Spanish fleet |
1782-02-05 |
Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from British |
1787-11-30 |
Spanish governor leaves Philippines |
1789-06-09 |
Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island |
1792-06-21 |
Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC |
1794-04-30 |
The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union. |
1797-02-14 |
The Battle of Cape St Vincent: British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Captain Horatio Nelson distinguishes himself. |
1797-04-17 |
Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America. |
1798-09-03 |
Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. |
1801-07-12 |
Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French & Spanish |
1805-10-21 |
Battle of Trafalgar, British Admiral Nelson defeats French & Spanish fleet but shot and killed |
1807-02-03 |
A British military force, under Brig-Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now capital of Uruguay. |
1808-05-03 |
Day depicted by Spanish painter Goya in his "The of 3rd of May" (painted 1814) |
1809-07-16 |
La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva. The first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo |
1809-07-27 |
Battle of Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army |
1810-05-25 |
In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo. |
1810-09-16 |
Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event |
1811-07-30 |
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico. |
1812-04-05 |
Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish |
1817-01-18 |
José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile |
1818-03-16 |
Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín. |
1819-08-07 |
Battle of Boyacá; Bolívar defeats Spanish in Colombia |
1821-09-27 |
Mexican Empire declares its independence; Mexican revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw |
1824-08-06 |
Battle at Junan - Simon Bolívar's army defeats the Spanish |
1839-07-02 |
Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another |
1841-03-09 |
US Supreme Court rules the kidnapped slaves from the Spanish schooner the Amistad are free |
1858-04-15 |
Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists |
1865-03-25 |
Battle of Mobile, AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) |
1865-03-27 |
Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals |
1865-08-16 |
Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic: The Dominican Republic regains its independence after 4 years of fighting against the Spanish Annexation. |
1865-11-26 |
Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile. |
1866-03-31 |
The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile. |
1866-05-02 |
Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. |
1870-11-16 |
Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I |
1873-02-11 |
Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I |
1875-09-29 |
US-Spanish relations decline in wake of Cuban rebellion |
1892-07-07 |
Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia. |
1895-01-31 |
Jose Martí & others leave NYC for invasion of Spanish Cuba |
1895-03-11 |
Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks in Straits of Gibraltar, over 400 die |
1896-08-30 |
Eight provinces in the Philippines were declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco. This included the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Nueva Ecija as well as the nearby areas. |
1897-02-17 |
Emilio Aguinaldo and a group of katipuneros defeat Spanish forces led by General Camilo de Polavieja at the Battle of Zapote Bridge in Cavite |
1898-04-11 |
President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration |
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. |
1898-04-22 |
1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship |
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. |
1898-05-01 |
George Dewey commands "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as US route Spanish fleet at Manila |
1898-06-10 |
US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War |
1898-06-11 |
1st US Marines (600) land at Guantanamo Cuba during Spanish-American War |
1898-06-15 |
US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo, Cuba |
1898-06-24 |
American troops drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas, Cuba |
1898-07-03 |
US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba |
1898-07-04 |
US flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) |
1898-07-17 |
Spanish American War - Spaniards surrender to US at Santiago Cuba |
1898-07-28 |
Spanish troops in Ponce, Puerto Rico, surrender |
1898-08-12 |
Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed |
1898-08-13 |
US forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war |
1898-12-10 |
Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam |
1899-01-01 |
Spanish rule ends in Cuba. |
1899-02-06 |
Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate |
1900-11-05 |
Under US military control since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention |
1902-05-30 |
Spanish King Alfonso XII, who was elected as a constitutional monarch, suspends the Cortes, Spain's parliament |
1902-05-31 |
Labor trouble and riots lead Spanish King Alfonso XII to impose martial law |
1904-09-29 |
1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) |
1912-03-05 |
Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die |
1912-11-27 |
Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms |
1918-03-08 |
The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic. |
1918-03-11 |
First confirmed cases of the Spanish Flu in the US are reported at Fort Riley, Kansas. |
1918-10-31 |
Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week |
1920-05-16 |
Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull |
1920-09-20 |
Foundation of the Spanish Legion. |
1921-03-08 |
Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. |
1921-04-13 |
Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party. |
1926-08-10 |
Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed |
1929-03-17 |
Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid |
1931-02-14 |
Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls |
1931-04-12 |
Spanish voters reject the monarchy |
1931-08-02 |
Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status |
1931-10-01 |
Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage |
1931-10-14 |
Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State |
1932-09-09 |
Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy |
1933-05-09 |
Spanish anarchists call for general strike |
1933-06-09 |
Spanish president Zamora takes power |
1933-09-12 |
Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government |
1933-10-08 |
Martinez Barrios forms new Spanish government |
1933-11-05 |
Spanish Basques vote for autonomy |
1934-04-28 |
Spanish government of Samper forms |
1936-01-16 |
Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular |
1936-02-16 |
Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections |
1936-02-19 |
Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier |
1936-07-17 |
Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War |
1936-07-18 |
Spanish Civil War : General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leds uprising with army in Morocco |
1936-07-19 |
Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral |
1936-07-24 |
Generals Mola & Cabanellas form Spanish anti-government |
1936-07-26 |
The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War. |
1936-09-04 |
Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier |
1936-09-21 |
Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander |
1936-10-20 |
Spanish government moves to Barcelona |
1936-11-18 |
Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Francisco Franco |
1937-02-21 |
The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War. |
1937-07-01 |
Spanish bishops support Franco & fascists |
1937-07-19 |
Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood |
1937-07-26 |
End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War. |
1937-08-24 |
In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement. |
1937-09-05 |
Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls. |
1937-09-06 |
Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco. |
1937-09-22 |
Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco. |
1937-10-31 |
Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona |
1938-05-25 |
Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths. |
1938-12-06 |
117 Spanish knights under capt Piet Laros return to Netherlands |
1939-01-24 |
Spanish government moves to Figueras |
1939-02-06 |
Spanish government flees to France |
1939-03-28 |
Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco |
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 |
1958-01-13 |
Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. |
1958-04-10 |
Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco |
1958-04-20 |
Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops |
1960-10-27 |
Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" & "Stand By Me" |
1961-02-27 |
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. |
1961-08-30 |
Last Spanish troops leave Morocco |
1966-01-17 |
B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die |
1967-09-10 |
Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish |
1968-10-12 |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain |
1969-01-24 |
Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency |
1975-11-14 |
Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara |
1976-02-28 |
Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession |
1976-05-14 |
Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast |
1977-01-24 |
Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. |
1980-01-31 |
Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41 |
1981-02-23 |
Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails |
1981-12-02 |
Spanish government requests membership in NATO |
1982-05-12 |
In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II |
1983-02-23 |
The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos. |
1985-01-13 |
99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course |
1985-02-19 |
150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain |
1985-07-20 |
Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha |
1986-04-13 |
Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second |
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. |
1988-12-14 |
Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures |
1989-02-22 |
1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) |
1994-07-16 |
Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights |
1995-11-02 |
Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
1996-01-20 |
WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format |
1997-01-18 |
In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. |
1997-03-17 |
CNN begins spanish broadcasts |
1999-12-21 |
The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid. |
1999-12-22 |
The Spanish Civil Guard finds near Calatayud (Zaragoza) another van loaded by ETA with 750 kg of explosives (see related event on December 21, 1999). |
2001-01-16 |
US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War. |
2003-12-24 |
Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station. |
2004-04-02 |
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted. |
2005-12-08 |
Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police. |
2006-07-31 |
Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequeña Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated. |
2007-12-20 |
The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari. |
2012-03-30 |
Spanish Government cuts 27 Billion Euros from its budget in one of its toughest austerity driver in history |
2012-04-03 |
Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50% |
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Spanish - Notable Birthdays
Spanish - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1334-08-30 |
Pedro, the Cruel, Burgos, Spanish King of Castilia & Leon |
1350-01-23 |
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) |
1398-08-19 |
Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) |
1428-05-03 |
Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) |
1431-01-01 |
Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503) |
1453-09-01 |
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515) |
1458-07-15 |
Juan Ponce de Leon, Spanish Explorer (d. 1521) |
1485-12-16 |
Catherine of Aragon, Madrid, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII, (d. 1536) |
1491-12-24 |
Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (d. 1556) |
1492-03-06 |
Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer |
1498-11-30 |
Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568) |
1507-10-29 |
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) |
1510-10-28 |
Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572) |
1515-03-28 |
Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint |
1515-09-08 |
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) |
1534-04-07 |
Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians) |
1539-01-07 |
Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer |
1542-06-24 |
St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint, priest and poet (d. 1591) |
1545-02-24 |
Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) |
1545-07-08 |
Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II |
1547-02-24 |
Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland |
1547-09-29 |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author and novelist (Don Quixote), (d. 1616) |
1548-01-05 |
Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617) |
1550-09-10 |
Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615) |
1558-11-06 |
Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy) |
1561-07-11 |
Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) |
1561-09-10 |
Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) |
1567-11-01 |
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626) |
1579-08-01 |
Luís Vélez de Guevara, Écija, Spanish writer |
1580-09-14 |
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645) |
1583-11-24 |
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641) |
1586-12-29 |
Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona |
1589-02-05 |
Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) |
1591-01-12 |
José Ribera/Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker, nicknamed Lo Spagnoletto (d. 1652) |
1598-11-07 |
Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) |
1599-06-06 |
Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) |
1599-11-11 |
Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal |
1601-01-08 |
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) |
1601-03-19 |
Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) |
1602-04-02 |
Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan |
1606-05-23 |
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) |
1621-09-05 |
Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694) |
1629-04-07 |
Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands |
1630-03-24 |
Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal |
1635-01-08 |
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709) |
1664-05-31 |
Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal |
1676-10-08 |
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764) |
1700-05-19 |
José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) |
1701-02-14 |
Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773) |
1703-03-24 |
Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer |
1710-04-14 |
Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer |
1716-01-12 |
Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) |
1723-07-01 |
Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary |
1750-09-18 |
Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias) |
1767-05-12 |
Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) |
1772-04-11 |
Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo) |
1775-01-27 |
Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer |
1775-09-05 |
Juan Martín Díez, el Empecinado (the undaunted), Spanish guerrillero (d. 1825) |
1777-12-14 |
Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo) |
1778-02-14 |
Fernando Sor, Spanish composer (d. 1839) |
1778-02-25 |
Jose de San Martin, Yapeyú Corrientes, Argentine General, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule |
1778-08-20 |
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chillán, Chile, South American independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule (1817-1823 Supreme Director of Chile) |
1783-07-24 |
Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, political and military leader (freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule), (d. 1830) |
1786-11-07 |
Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, Spanish choirmaster and composer of Italian parentage |
1788-02-16 |
Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer |
1792-02-27 |
Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/fieldmarshal |
1806-01-27 |
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) |
1808-03-24 |
Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) |
1808-03-25 |
Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes) |
1809-01-20 |
Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma) |
1817-09-24 |
Ramon de Campoamor Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras) |
1818-05-01 |
Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet |
1828-08-02 |
Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) |
1833-02-06 |
José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906) |
1836-02-17 |
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870) |
1836-10-18 |
Máximo Gómez, Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War |
1843-05-10 |
Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920) |
1844-03-10 |
Pablo Martin M de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer (Spanish Dancing) |
1846-08-19 |
Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906) |
1851-04-25 |
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist (d. 1901) |
1851-09-15 |
Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra) |
1852-05-01 |
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934) |
1852-06-25 |
Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect (d. 1926) |
1858-06-08 |
Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor |
1860-05-29 |
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909) |
1865-10-10 |
Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal |
1866-02-10 |
Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian |
1866-08-12 |
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) |
1868-11-04 |
Carolina Otero, a.k.a La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965) |
1869-03-22 |
Emilio Aguinaldo, Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War |
1872-03-28 |
Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco) |
1872-12-28 |
Pío Baroja y Nessi, San Sebastián, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer) |
1873-08-04 |
Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War |
1875-05-04 |
Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine) |
1875-07-26 |
Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939) |
1876-11-23 |
Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946) |
1879-03-29 |
Billy Merson, Billy's Spanish Love Spasm |
1880-01-10 |
Manuel Azaña y Diaz, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39) |
1880-01-10 |
Manuel Azaña, The Spanish Earth |
1881-02-20 |
Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) |
1881-05-11 |
Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964) |
1882-06-21 |
Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940) |
1882-08-23 |
William M. Hough, The Spanish Prisoner |
1883-05-06 |
Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9] |
1883-07-29 |
Manuel Infante, Spanish composer/conductor |
1883-09-15 |
Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) |
1884-02-02 |
Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army |
1885-06-03 |
Harold Orlob, The Spanish Prisoner |
1886-02-28 |
Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas) |
1887-02-03 |
Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956) |
1887-08-08 |
Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom) |
1887-10-24 |
Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso |
1887-11-23 |
Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943) |
1888-08-31 |
Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano) |
1889-05-23 |
José Padilla, Almería, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge) |
1892-08-08 |
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922) |
1892-12-04 |
Francisco Franco [ y Bahamonde], Ferrol Galicia, Spanish General and Dictator (1936-75), (d. 1975) |
1893-04-20 |
Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983) |
1893-05-16 |
Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30) |
1895-01-21 |
Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972) |
1895-06-18 |
Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian |
1895-11-28 |
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980) |
1895-12-09 |
Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936) |
1896-07-14 |
Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (d. 1936) |
1896-10-03 |
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987) |
1897-05-20 |
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983) |
1898-05-18 |
Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada) |
1898-06-03 |
Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist |
1898-09-12 |
Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963) |
1898-10-22 |
Damaso Alonso, Spanish poet (Hijos de la ira) |
1899-03-04 |
Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962) |
1899-05-11 |
Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. 1963) |
1899-08-12 |
Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary) |
1900-02-22 |
Luis Buñuel, Calanda Spain, Spanish surrealist film director (Belle de Jour) |
1901-01-21 |
Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978) |
1901-12-21 |
Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer |
1902-07-01 |
Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/US architect |
1903-04-24 |
Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) |
1903-12-16 |
Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado) |
1905-01-16 |
Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor |
1905-02-16 |
José Muñoz Molleda, a Spanish composer, journalist, jurist and politician |
1905-06-29 |
Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad) |
1905-08-14 |
Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier |
1906-02-25 |
Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter |
1906-04-09 |
Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996) |
1907-11-14 |
Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit |
1908-09-05 |
Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Berlin Germany, Cuban/Spanish composer |
1909-05-24 |
Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) |
1911-03-17 |
Renee Torres, An Old Spanish Onion |
1912-02-14 |
Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent |
1912-03-11 |
Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas) |
1912-05-28 |
Tísner, Alice in Spanish Wonderland |
1913-03-02 |
Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996) |
1913-07-10 |
Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985) |
1913-08-05 |
Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], Dutch actress (Spanish Fly) |
1915-01-24 |
Robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic) |
1916-11-21 |
Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama) |
1917-07-04 |
Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947) |
1919-05-16 |
Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004) |
1919-09-26 |
Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and researcher |
1919-11-03 |
Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995) |
1920-01-04 |
Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta) |
1920-01-29 |
José Luis de Villalonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007) |
1920-10-17 |
Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer |
1920-11-10 |
Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur |
1920-11-17 |
Jerry Graff, The Spanish Prisoner |
1921-01-20 |
Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006) |
1921-08-28 |
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (d. 2007) |
1921-09-06 |
Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004) |
1921-09-07 |
Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 - 2000) |
1921-11-04 |
Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer |
1922-03-11 |
José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor |
1922-06-02 |
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
1922-11-23 |
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia |
1922-11-25 |
Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005) |
1923-07-02 |
Rafael Farina, Spanish Affair |
1923-11-01 |
Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano (d. 2005) |
1924-10-28 |
Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996) |
1925-07-24 |
Ignacio Aldecoa, Spanish writer (Gran Sol, Caballo the Pica) |
1925-12-08 |
Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000) |
1926-07-04 |
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer |
1926-07-26 |
Ana María Matute, Spanish author |
1926-08-29 |
María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer |
1926-11-09 |
Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996) |
1926-12-15 |
Josep Maria Castellet, Alice in Spanish Wonderland |
1928-01-16 |
Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996) |
1928-02-14 |
Juan Garcia Hortelano, Spanish author (Tormenta de verano) |
1928-03-10 |
Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer |
1928-03-18 |
Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist |
1928-06-11 |
Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium |
1928-07-09 |
Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist |
1928-11-11 |
Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (d. 1995) |
1929-03-20 |
Germán Robles, Spanish actor |
1929-04-25 |
Jose Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza) |
1929-08-29 |
Jose Barrera, Death Is a Spanish Dancer |
1930-03-02 |
Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007) |
1930-09-22 |
Antonio Saura, Spanish painter |
1930-10-16 |
Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress |
1930-10-30 |
Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992) |
1930-12-11 |
Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress |
1932-01-04 |
Carlos Saura, Spanish director |
1932-08-11 |
Fernando Arrabal, Spanish song/romance writer (Baal Babilonia) |
1933-03-03 |
Marco Antonio Munoz, Mexico, spanish singer (Murmullos) |
1933-03-03 |
Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor |
1933-04-12 |
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano |
1933-05-24 |
Joaquín Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter |
1933-09-15 |
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor |
1934-03-23 |
Alvin R. Friedman, The Spanish Moss Murders |
1935-03-16 |
Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano |
1935-05-02 |
Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager |
1935-05-11 |
Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007) |
1936-05-04 |
El Cordobés, Spanish matador |
1936-11-28 |
Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist |
1937-01-12 |
Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002) |
1937-03-11 |
Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor |
1937-05-09 |
José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect |
1937-08-20 |
El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007) |
1937-09-06 |
Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator |
1938-07-28 |
Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager |
1941-01-13 |
Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician |
1941-12-25 |
Oscar Peters, Spanish Lace |
1941-12-28 |
Don Francisco, Spanish variety show host (Sabado Gigante) |
1942-01-05 |
Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003) |
1942-07-14 |
Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief |
1942-09-12 |
Tomés Marco, Basque/Spanish composer |
1943-03-01 |
José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer |
1943-05-05 |
Raphael, Spanish singer |
1943-06-21 |
Salomé, Spanish singer |
1943-10-28 |
Charo López, Spanish actress |
1943-12-27 |
Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician |
1944-09-18 |
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) |
1944-10-04 |
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) |
1945-01-28 |
José Luis Perales, Spanish singer |
1945-05-05 |
Raphael, Spain, spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano) |
1945-06-09 |
Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994) |
1945-09-15 |
Carmen Maura, Spanish actress |
1946-09-16 |
Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer |
1947-01-13 |
Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach |
1947-01-25 |
Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer |
1947-02-11 |
Joselito, Spanish singer |
1947-03-08 |
Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive |
1947-08-02 |
Massiel, Spanish singer |
1947-12-21 |
Paco de Lucía, Spanish musician |
1948-03-05 |
Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984) |
1949-06-29 |
Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician |
1950-01-18 |
Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti) |
1950-02-25 |
Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006) |
1950-03-12 |
Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager |
1950-12-05 |
Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992) |
1951-01-15 |
Charo [Maria Baeza], Spanish-American actress, comedienne and flamenco guitarist (Chico and the Man, Love Boat) |
1951-02-18 |
Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite |
1951-04-15 |
Hansel, Cuba, spanish personality |
1951-07-28 |
Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect |
1951-09-20 |
Javier Marías, Spanish author, translator and academic |
1951-11-25 |
Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter |
1952-08-03 |
Loles León, Spanish actress |
1952-09-07 |
Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998) |
1952-10-19 |
Veronica Judith Sainz Castro, Mexico, spanish singer/actress (Nana) |
1954-01-23 |
Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer (Extranjero) |
1954-04-15 |
Emmanuel, Mexico City Mexico, spanish singer |
1954-09-25 |
Juande Ramos, Spanish Football Manager |
1955-01-26 |
Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno) |
1955-02-19 |
Christopher Kaldor, The Spanish Prisoner |
1955-12-01 |
Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress |
1956-01-10 |
Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer |
1956-04-03 |
Miguel Bose, Panama, spanish singer/actor (El Avaro, Queen Margot) |
1956-08-02 |
Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura) |
1956-08-17 |
Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist |
1957-01-08 |
Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer |
1957-03-15 |
Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football manager |
1957-04-09 |
Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer |
1957-10-29 |
Ricardo T. Jose, Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War |
1958-02-07 |
Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita) |
1958-05-06 |
Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress |
1958-06-10 |
Debra Domasin, How to Be a Spanish Grandmother |
1958-11-11 |
Luz Casal, Spanish singer |
1959-02-21 |
José María Cano, Spanish musician |
1959-08-25 |
Santi Ugalde, Spanish Affair |
1959-11-09 |
Sito Pons, Spanish motorbike racer |
1959-11-16 |
Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silv-1988) |
1959-12-14 |
Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer |
1959-12-28 |
Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano) |
1960-04-15 |
Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist |
1960-04-16 |
Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager |
1960-05-07 |
Almudena Grandes, Spanish novelist |
1960-08-04 |
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician |
1960-10-08 |
Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster |
1961-01-04 |
Juan Botella, Spanish Affair |
1961-06-11 |
María Barranco, Spanish actress |
1961-06-21 |
Manu Chao, Spanish musician |
1961-10-23 |
Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer |
1961-11-24 |
Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament |
1962-01-23 |
Elvira Lindo, Spanish writer and journalist |
1962-09-08 |
Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player |
1962-09-11 |
Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer |
1962-09-28 |
Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma) |
1963-02-11 |
José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer |
1963-03-26 |
Amparo Larrañaga, Spanish actress |
1963-04-07 |
Jaime de Marichalar, duke of Lugo, Spanish royalty |
1963-06-15 |
Blanca Portillo, Spanish actress |
1963-07-22 |
Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer |
1963-11-04 |
Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress |
1964-04-23 |
Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m) |
1964-06-25 |
Emma Suárez, Spanish actress |
1964-07-16 |
Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist (Tour de France winner 1991-95) |
1964-09-16 |
Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress |
1964-11-11 |
Anabel Alonso, Spanish actress |
1964-12-28 |
Maite Zúñiga, Spanish athlete |
1965-03-16 |
Belén Rueda, Spanish actress |
1965-07-17 |
Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor |
1965-10-21 |
Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer |
1965-12-04 |
Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director |
1966-05-08 |
Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer |
1966-06-02 |
Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter and singer |
1966-09-05 |
Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director |
1966-10-01 |
Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer |
1966-11-05 |
Nayim, Spanish footballer |
1966-11-18 |
Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet |
1967-01-01 |
Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director |
1967-01-19 |
Javier Cámara, Spanish actor |
1967-04-12 |
Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong) |
1967-06-12 |
Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director and writer |
1967-08-11 |
Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer |
1968-01-15 |
Iñaki Urdangarín, Spanish royalty |
1968-01-30 |
Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne |
1968-03-23 |
Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer |
1968-04-19 |
Pascal Kleiman, Spanish DJ, producer, musician |
1968-05-13 |
Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997) |
1968-05-26 |
Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish film director |
1968-10-13 |
Carlos Marin, Spanish baritone (Il Divo) |
1968-11-05 |
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress |
1968-12-12 |
Tatianna, Phila Pa, spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy) |
1968-12-18 |
Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer |
1969-01-23 |
Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress |
1969-02-22 |
Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer |
1969-03-01 |
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor |
1969-04-23 |
Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer |
1969-09-24 |
Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model |
1969-10-07 |
Javier Álvarez, Spanish singer-songwriter |
1969-10-19 |
DJ Sammy, Spanish DJ |
1969-12-18 |
Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer |
1970-01-22 |
Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist |
1970-02-15 |
Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas) |
1970-04-19 |
Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz Mexico, spanish singer |
1970-06-06 |
Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer |
1970-10-02 |
Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress |
1970-11-28 |
Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player |
1971-01-18 |
Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer |
1971-02-24 |
Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver |
1971-04-10 |
Sílvia Abril, Spanish Movie |
1971-04-16 |
Selena, Texas, spanish singer (Grammy-1994) |
1971-07-01 |
Rafael Carreras, Spanish Uprising |
1971-10-06 |
Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress |
1971-11-08 |
Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director |
1971-12-31 |
Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer |
1972-02-14 |
Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress |
1972-03-31 |
Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director |
1972-04-25 |
Sara Baras, Spanish ballerina |
1972-04-26 |
Kiko Narváez, Spanish footballer |
1973-02-25 |
Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer |
1973-06-09 |
Laura Ponte, Spanish model and royal |
1973-07-14 |
Candela Peña, Spanish actress |
1973-07-31 |
Jerry Rivera, Puerto Rico, spanish singer |
1973-08-01 |
Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor |
1973-08-12 |
Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist |
1973-10-22 |
Andrés Palop, Spanish footballer |
1973-11-21 |
Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress |
1973-11-24 |
Lucas Foz, Spanish Uprising |
1974-02-01 |
Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist |
1974-02-01 |
David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer |
1974-02-21 |
Iván Campo, Spanish footballer |
1974-02-21 |
Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist |
1974-03-27 |
Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer |
1974-03-29 |
Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver |
1974-04-28 |
Penélope Cruz, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno) |
1974-05-23 |
Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer |
1974-05-29 |
Marc Gené, Spanish Formula One driver |
1974-08-30 |
Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist |
1974-10-04 |
Paco León, Spanish actor |
1974-10-28 |
Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer |
1974-11-17 |
Berto Romero, Spanish humorist |
1975-01-21 |
Ito, Spanish footballer |
1975-03-28 |
Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer |
1975-04-22 |
Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist |
1975-05-03 |
Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress |
1975-05-04 |
Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer |
1975-05-08 |
Enrique Iglesias, Madrid, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop (Bailamos, Hero) |
1975-05-20 |
Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (d. 2006) |
1975-05-22 |
Salvador Ballesta, Spanish Footballer. |
1975-06-25 |
Chenoa, Spanish singer |
1975-07-11 |
Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer |
1975-07-17 |
Elena Anaya, Spanish actress |
1975-07-28 |
Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer |
1975-07-29 |
Josmar Gerona, Troma Is Spanish for Troma |
1975-08-02 |
Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress |
1975-09-29 |
Albert Celades, Spanish football player |
1975-10-22 |
Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer |
1975-11-08 |
José Pinto, Spanish footballer |
1976-01-02 |
Paz Vega, Spanish actress |
1976-01-05 |
Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer |
1976-01-18 |
Alberto López, Spanish Affair |
1976-01-20 |
David de María, Spanish Affair |
1976-02-15 |
Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist |
1976-02-16 |
David Chelsea, Spanish Uprising |
1976-03-29 |
Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist |
1976-04-05 |
Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer |
1976-07-11 |
Egoitz Lasa, Spanish Affair |
1976-07-18 |
Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress |
1976-08-02 |
Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete |
1976-08-26 |
Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh) |
1976-09-29 |
Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist |
1976-09-30 |
Adita Linares, Miami Fla, spanish actress (Clueless, Cookie) |
1976-10-07 |
Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer |
1976-10-08 |
Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player |
1976-10-31 |
Guti, Spanish footballer |
1976-12-07 |
Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model |
1976-12-14 |
Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer |
1977-03-01 |
Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and supermodel |
1977-04-01 |
Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist |
1977-04-29 |
Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite |
1977-05-04 |
Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer |
1977-05-09 |
Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist |
1977-05-11 |
Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer |
1977-05-19 |
Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer |
1977-06-23 |
Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer |
1977-06-27 |
Raúl, Spanish footballer |
1977-08-03 |
Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist |
1977-08-17 |
Chris Clark, Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen |
1977-08-19 |
Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist |
1977-09-01 |
David Albelda, Spanish footballer |
1977-09-05 |
Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger |
1977-10-19 |
Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer |
1977-12-19 |
Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player |
1978-01-04 |
Mai Meneses, Spanish singer |
1978-03-11 |
Albert Luque, Spanish footballer |
1978-04-13 |
Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer |
1978-04-18 |
Cathleen Oveson, Spanish Practices |
1978-06-24 |
Luis García, Spanish footballer |
1978-07-14 |
Emily Weisberg, The Spanish Prisoner |
1978-07-18 |
Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer |
1978-09-08 |
Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer |
1978-09-18 |
Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress |
1978-09-19 |
Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer |
1978-10-13 |
Diego San José, Spanish Affair |
1978-10-28 |
Marta Etura, Spanish actress |
1978-11-21 |
Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress |
1978-12-02 |
David Rivas, Spanish Footballer plays for Real Betis |
1979-01-19 |
Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer |
1979-03-20 |
Silvia Abascal, Spanish actress |
1979-03-26 |
Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer |
1979-04-18 |
Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer |
1979-06-05 |
David Bisbal, Spanish singer |
1979-07-20 |
David Ortega, Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer |
1979-07-31 |
Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer |
1979-08-07 |
Ricard González, Spanish Movie |
1979-08-26 |
Rubén Pazos, Spanish footballer |
1979-08-28 |
Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer |
1979-09-18 |
Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer |
1979-11-07 |
Marc Gras, Troma Is Spanish for Troma |
1979-11-15 |
Josemi, Spanish footballer |
1980-01-04 |
Alexandra Jiménez, Spanish Movie |
1980-01-09 |
Sergio García, Spanish golfer |
1980-01-25 |
Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer |
1980-02-02 |
Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player |
1980-02-12 |
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player |
1980-02-29 |
Ruben Plaza, Spanish cyclist |
1980-03-16 |
Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player |
1980-04-15 |
Raúl López, Spanish basketball player |
1980-04-25 |
Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist |
1980-05-16 |
Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer |
1980-05-25 |
David Navarro, Spanish footballer |
1980-05-28 |
Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer |
1980-06-15 |
Almudena Cid, Spanish gymnast |
1980-07-06 |
Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player |
1980-07-17 |
Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer |
1980-08-14 |
Estrella Morente, Spanish flamenco singer |
1980-11-01 |
Dani Rovira, Spanish Affair |
1980-11-05 |
Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen |
1980-11-07 |
Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast |
1981-01-14 |
Rosa López, Spanish singer |
1981-01-19 |
Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer |
1981-01-21 |
Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter |
1981-01-29 |
Álex Ubago, Spanish musician |
1981-05-12 |
Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999 |
1981-05-17 |
Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist |
1981-05-20 |
Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer |
1981-07-21 |
Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer |
1981-07-29 |
Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver |
1981-08-23 |
Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer |
1981-09-13 |
Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist |
1981-09-13 |
Antonio Lopez Spanish footballer |
1981-09-20 |
Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player |
1981-09-28 |
José Calderón, Spanish basketball player |
1981-10-01 |
Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer |
1981-11-25 |
Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer |
1981-12-03 |
David Villa, Spanish footballer |
1981-12-12 |
Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer |
1981-12-23 |
Beth, Spanish singer |
1982-01-14 |
Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper |
1982-02-02 |
Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer |
1982-03-26 |
Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer |
1982-04-15 |
Albert Riera, Spanish footballer |
1982-05-01 |
Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player |
1982-08-31 |
José Reina, Spanish footballer |
1982-09-05 |
Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss footballer |
1982-12-06 |
Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist and 2007 Tour de France winner |
1982-12-10 |
Aitziber Garmendia, Spanish Affair |
1982-12-15 |
Borja García, Spanish racing driver |
1983-01-17 |
Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer |
1983-02-09 |
Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer |
1983-08-26 |
Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing driver |
1983-09-01 |
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer |
1983-11-15 |
Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player |
1984-03-20 |
Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer |
1984-05-11 |
Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player |
1984-05-21 |
Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen |
1984-09-02 |
Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer |
1984-10-01 |
Daniel Guillén, Spanish footballer |
1984-11-21 |
Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer |
1984-11-26 |
Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007) |
1984-11-30 |
Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer |
1984-12-20 |
David Tavaré, Spanish singer |
1985-01-12 |
Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress |
1985-01-21 |
Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer |
1985-01-29 |
Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player |
1985-03-14 |
Idaira, Spanish singer |
1985-04-04 |
Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player |
1985-06-14 |
Andy Soucek, Spanish racing driver |
1985-10-15 |
Marcos Martinez Ucha, Spanish racing driver |
1985-11-21 |
Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer |
1986-01-08 |
David Silva, Spanish footballer |
1986-01-12 |
Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer |
1986-02-14 |
Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer |
1986-02-18 |
Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer |
1986-03-30 |
Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer |
1986-04-03 |
Sergio Sánchez, Spanish footballer |
1986-06-03 |
Rafael Nadal, Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spanish tennis player |
1986-06-03 |
Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver |
1987-02-02 |
Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player |
1987-05-04 |
Cesc Fabregas, Spanish footballer |
1987-05-04 |
Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer |
1987-10-05 |
Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver |
1988-04-21 |
Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer |
1990-03-06 |
Clara Lago, Spanish Affair |
1990-08-28 |
Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer |
1990-10-21 |
Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player |
1992-10-12 |
Charles Bockaert, Spanish Fury |
1994-06-11 |
Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress |
1995-01-04 |
María Isabel, Spanish singer |
1998-07-17 |
Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal |
1999-09-29 |
Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal |
2000-12-06 |
Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal |
Spanish - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1560-01-31 |
Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois |
1964-04-29 |
Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma |
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 |
2006-04-08 |
Spanish model and actress Ines Sastre (32) weds Alexandro Corrias at Brompton Oratory in South Kensington, London |
2006-06-10 |
Spanish singer Bertin Osborne (51) weds Venezuelan model Fabiola Martinez in Seville, Spain |
2006-07-22 |
Spanish singer David Bustamante (24) weds Spanish TV star Paula Echevarria at Basilica de Santa Maria la Real de Covadonga in the Asturias |
2007-04-30 |
"Timbiriche" pop singer Paulina Rubio (35) weds Spanish public relations executive Nicolas "Colate" Vallejo Najera in Cancun, Quintana Roo |
2010-08-23 |
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (66) weds Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger (44) at Virgen del Carmen Church in Marbella, Spain |
2010-12-28 |
"Thor" actor Chris Hemsworth (27) weds spanish actress Elsa Pataky (34) in Indonesia |
2012-05-23 |
Grammy-winning Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz (43) weds longtime girlfriend Raquel Perera (37) in Barcelona |
Spanish - Notable Deaths
Spanish - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
388-08-28 |
Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed |
395-01-17 |
Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 |
859-03-11 |
Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr |
1073-12-20 |
Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies |
1099-06-10 |
El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Spanish general strategist, dies at 59 |
1249-12-25 |
Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies |
1275-01-06 |
Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies |
1315-06-29 |
Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235) |
1367-08-22 |
Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 |
1412-04-02 |
Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????) |
1419-04-05 |
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) |
1423-05-23 |
Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies |
1446-12-28 |
Clement VIII, (Sanchez Muñoz), Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies |
1458-03-25 |
Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies |
1468-09-26 |
Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388) |
1469-05-30 |
Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop |
1479-06-11 |
Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies |
1495-01-11 |
Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428) |
1503-08-18 |
Alexander VI, [Rodrigo de Borja], Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies |
1510-02-28 |
Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer |
1513-02-08 |
Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies |
1515-12-02 |
Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies |
1519-01-21 |
Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475) |
1520-06-30 |
Moctezuma II, Aztec emperor (1502-20), killed either by the Spanish or stoned by his own people |
1521-04-22 |
Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded |
1521-07-15 |
Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer (b. 1458) |
1525-02-28 |
Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor (1520 - 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés |
1526-02-23 |
Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies |
1526-08-04 |
Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer, dies |
1527-01-21 |
Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489) |
1527-07-28 |
Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador |
1528-04-01 |
Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer |
1531-03-06 |
Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador |
1533-08-29 |
Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors |
1536-10-14 |
Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle |
1538-07-08 |
Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), killed at Las Salinas at about 63 |
1540-05-06 |
Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 |
1541-06-26 |
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed. |
1541-07-04 |
Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 |
1542-09-16 |
Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded |
1542-09-21 |
Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet |
1545-07-12 |
Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies |
1546-08-12 |
Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies |
1547-12-02 |
Hernán Cortés, Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire, dies of pleurisy at 61/62 |
1548-06-03 |
Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468) |
1552-12-02 |
Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) |
1553-10-07 |
Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) |
1553-10-27 |
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy |
1554-01-01 |
Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. 1500) |
1554-09-22 |
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer |
1555-09-08 |
Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies |
1556-07-31 |
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, dies in Rome at about 65 |
1558-02-03 |
Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies |
1560-09-30 |
Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525) |
1561-02-26 |
Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer |
1561-10-27 |
Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510) |
1563-08-11 |
Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500) |
1566-07-31 |
Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92 |
1568-07-23 |
Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 |
1569-05-10 |
Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer |
1572-08-20 |
Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) |
1573-07-29 |
Spanish prince of Eboli, dies |
1575-03-24 |
Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488) |
1578-03-31 |
Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered |
1578-10-01 |
Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader, dies at 31 |
1579-12-21 |
Vicente Masip, Spanish painter |
1580-04-01 |
Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer |
1580-07-25 |
Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47 |
1580-11-03 |
Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512) |
1582-10-04 |
Theresia van Avila, Spanish mystic writer, dies |
1585-02-13 |
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b. 1515) |
1585-04-04 |
Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57 |
1585-11-28 |
Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532) |
1588-02-09 |
Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies |
1588-08-08 |
Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter |
1591-12-14 |
Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies |
1594-07-16 |
Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (b. 1558) |
1595-02-12 |
Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) |
1597-06-09 |
Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies |
1599-11-08 |
Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528) |
1600-02-15 |
Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) |
1600-10-12 |
Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) |
1604-08-03 |
Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander |
1607-04-25 |
Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle |
1608-10-26 |
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies |
1610-05-19 |
Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550) |
1610-08-05 |
Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile |
1611-08-27 |
Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies |
1616-04-23 |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 |
1617-04-05 |
Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) |
1617-09-25 |
Francisco Suarez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1548) |
1622-05-03 |
Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564) |
1624-02-17 |
Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) |
1625-03-29 |
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) |
1625-05-18 |
Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies |
1626-10-02 |
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567) |
1629-06-18 |
Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (Spanish silver fleet) and folk hero (b. 1577) shot by cannonball at 51 |
1630-09-25 |
Ambrogio Spinola, Spanish marquis of Balbases, dies at about 61 |
1631-07-28 |
Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (b. 1569) |
1635-08-17 |
Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 |
1638-01-27 |
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist |
1639-08-04 |
Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58 |
1641-01-11 |
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583) |
1644-10-06 |
Elisabeth (In Spanish Isabel) of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602) |
1644-11-10 |
Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (b. 1579) |
1645-09-08 |
Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author/poet, dies at 64 |
1646-10-09 |
Baltasar Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip IV, dies |
1647-09-12 |
Joos Banckert, Swiss admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48 |
1648-01-23 |
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40 |
1648-03-12 |
Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 |
1650-10-21 |
Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies |
1651-12-18 |
Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54 |
1652-10-20 |
Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611) |
1654-09-08 |
Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies |
1655-08-02 |
Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 |
1658-04-07 |
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595) |
1658-10-26 |
Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies |
1660-08-06 |
Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 |
1661-10-28 |
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518) |
1662-11-20 |
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614) |
1664-08-27 |
Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598) |
1665-05-24 |
Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies |
1667-09-03 |
Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66 |
1679-09-17 |
Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish general/govenor of Netherlands, dies at 50 |
1681-05-25 |
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) |
1682-04-03 |
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies |
1682-09-08 |
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606) |
1685-05-15 |
Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies |
1686-04-19 |
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610) |
1692-04-14 |
Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies |
1693-10-01 |
Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619) |
1695-09-12 |
Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630) |
1699-02-06 |
Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies |
1699-08-19 |
Jose Saenz d'aguirre, Spanish cardinal, dies at 69 |
1752-06-16 |
Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88 |
1764-09-26 |
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1767) |
1770-04-28 |
Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 |
1773-08-20 |
Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) |
1781-11-02 |
Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 |
1784-08-28 |
Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) |
1795-07-03 |
Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. 1716) |
1798-01-09 |
Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 |
1803-02-03 |
Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 |
1811-07-31 |
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish |
1817-01-12 |
Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) |
1826-01-17 |
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806) |
1828-04-16 |
Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82 |
1837-02-13 |
Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 |
1842-05-23 |
Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 |
1842-10-24 |
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule, dies at 64 |
1851-10-04 |
Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767) |
1853-01-09 |
Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 |
1857-03-11 |
Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84 |
1865-12-06 |
Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 |
1870-09-11 |
Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, Spanish poet, dies at about 46 |
1870-12-30 |
... Prim, Spanish general, murdered |
1878-02-17 |
Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 |
1885-07-15 |
Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language ('Séculos Escuros') (b. 1837) |
1893-01-23 |
Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75 |
1895-05-19 |
Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies |
1901-02-12 |
Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 |
1901-05-13 |
Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) |
1903-02-12 |
Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) |
1905-06-17 |
Máximo Gómez, Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War |
1906-03-01 |
José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833) |
1906-04-18 |
Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) |
1908-09-20 |
Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist/composer (Spanish Dancer), dies at 64 |
1909-10-13 |
Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed |
1914-09-03 |
Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58 |
1916-09-04 |
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832) |
1920-01-04 |
Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843) |
1921-05-12 |
Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies |
1922-03-01 |
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892) |
1926-06-10 |
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies |
1927-05-11 |
Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40 |
1928-06-17 |
Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies |
1930-02-26 |
Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 |
1932-09-05 |
Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866) |
1933-02-26 |
Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74 |
1934-10-17 |
Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1852) |
1936-03-30 |
Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895) |
1936-07-13 |
Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43 |
1936-07-20 |
Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies |
1936-08-11 |
Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) |
1936-08-19 |
Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38 |
1936-11-19 |
Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle |
1936-11-20 |
Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed |
1937-07-26 |
Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), photojournalist dies covering Spanish Civil War aged 26 |
1939-02-22 |
Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) |
1940-11-03 |
Manuel Azaña, The Spanish Earth |
1940-11-04 |
Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60 |
1942-03-28 |
Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31 |
1946-11-14 |
Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876) |
1947-06-25 |
Billy Merson, Billy's Spanish Love Spasm |
1947-08-28 |
Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) |
1949-01-14 |
Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 |
1951-06-01 |
Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85 |
1952-05-26 |
Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 |
1953-05-19 |
Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79 |
1954-07-14 |
Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 |
1954-09-25 |
Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Spanish essayist/philosopher, dies at 71 |
1955-10-18 |
Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 |
1956-10-30 |
Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83 |
1957-05-12 |
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928) |
1958-05-29 |
Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76 |
1959-07-26 |
Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 |
1960-10-25 |
José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71 |
1962-01-01 |
Diego Martínez Barrio, Spanish president (1939), dies at 76 |
1962-11-20 |
William M. Hough, The Spanish Prisoner |
1963-08-05 |
Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898) |
1963-09-21 |
Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (b. 1899) |
1963-10-08 |
Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist dies of a heart attack aged 54 |
1963-11-19 |
Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50 |
1963-11-21 |
Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61 |
1966-10-17 |
Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 |
1967-02-15 |
Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 |
1967-03-02 |
José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873) |
1968-01-17 |
Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83 |
1969-04-15 |
Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 |
1973-04-08 |
Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91 |
1973-10-22 |
Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96 |
1974-03-02 |
Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948) |
1975-06-26 |
St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902) |
1975-11-20 |
Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 |
1976-07-16 |
Carmelo Soria, Spanish diplomat assassinated in 1976 by the Chilean DINA |
1978-12-14 |
Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist (b. 1886) |
1980-06-28 |
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895) |
1982-06-25 |
Harold Orlob, The Spanish Prisoner |
1983-03-15 |
Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 |
1983-10-18 |
Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (b. 1897) |
1983-12-25 |
Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 |
1984-09-26 |
Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948) |
1984-12-14 |
Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1898) |
1985-02-22 |
Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913) |
1987-06-02 |
Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94 |
1987-07-08 |
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896) |
1988-09-06 |
Antonio Samaniego, An Old Spanish Custom |
1989-11-12 |
Dolores Ibárruri, The Spanish Earth |
1990-10-27 |
Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900) |
1991-02-05 |
Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83 |
1991-02-15 |
Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78 |
1991-05-30 |
Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74 |
1991-07-16 |
Robert Motherwell, US painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76 |
1991-09-09 |
Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies |
1992-03-04 |
Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 |
1992-07-02 |
Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies |
1993-01-05 |
Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65 |
1993-01-12 |
Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45 |
1993-10-18 |
Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 |
1993-10-19 |
Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered |
1993-11-04 |
Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56 |
1994-02-11 |
Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23 |
1994-03-09 |
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 |
1994-03-23 |
Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80 |
1994-03-31 |
Leon J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87 |
1994-06-01 |
Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered |
1994-07-07 |
Rosa Chacel, spanish Novelist, dies at 96 |
1994-07-27 |
Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96 |
1994-07-29 |
Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68 |
1994-11-28 |
Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87 |
1995-01-02 |
Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 |
1995-11-21 |
Rafael Farina, Spanish Affair |
1996-02-05 |
Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74 |
1996-03-05 |
Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, spanish courtier, dies at 90 |
1997-05-03 |
Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927) |
1997-07-13 |
Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968) |
1997-11-12 |
Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915) |
1998-12-19 |
Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) |
1998-12-27 |
Renee Torres, An Old Spanish Onion |
1999-04-20 |
Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896) |
1999-07-06 |
Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901) |
1999-09-10 |
Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927) |
2000-02-21 |
Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933) |
2000-02-22 |
Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946) |
2000-05-07 |
Tísner, Alice in Spanish Wonderland |
2000-07-22 |
Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925) |
2000-12-05 |
Alvin R. Friedman, The Spanish Moss Murders |
2001-06-05 |
Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist |
2001-08-29 |
Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926) |
2002-01-17 |
Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
2002-02-09 |
Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937) |
2002-05-17 |
Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927) |
2002-10-30 |
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2003-10-18 |
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939) |
2003-12-21 |
Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924) |
2004-02-28 |
Carmen Laforet, famed Spanish novelist |
2004-05-23 |
Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919) |
2005-12-04 |
Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922) |
2006-02-23 |
Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921) |
2006-03-25 |
Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944) |
2006-06-01 |
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944) |
2006-07-07 |
Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911) |
2006-11-06 |
Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b. 1950) |
2006-11-26 |
Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975) |
2007-06-11 |
Christopher Kaldor, The Spanish Prisoner |
2007-06-19 |
El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937) |
2007-08-27 |
Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930) |
2007-08-28 |
Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984) |
2007-08-28 |
Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935) |
2007-11-21 |
Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (b. 1921) |
2008-02-14 |
Jerry Graff, The Spanish Prisoner |
2008-03-25 |
Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926) |
2008-05-03 |
Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926) |
2009-04-11 |
Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist (b. 1927) |
2009-05-12 |
Antonio Vega, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (b. 1957) |
2009-08-08 |
Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983) |
2009-11-03 |
Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906) |
2010-03-12 |
Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920) |
2010-11-13 |
Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921) |
2010-12-13 |
Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942) |
2011-05-07 |
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer, dies of brain cancer at 54 |
2011-10-30 |
Jose Barrera, Death Is a Spanish Dancer |
2012-02-06 |
Antoni Tapies, Spanish artist, dies at 88 |
2012-03-16 |
Estanislao Basora, Spanish footballer, dies at 85 |
2013-02-10 |
Eugenio Trias, Spanish philosopher, dies at 70 |
2013-04-02 |
Jesús Franco, Spanish film director and writer, dies from complications from a stroke at 82 |
2013-05-24 |
Antonio Puchades, Spanish football player, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 87 |
2014-01-09 |
Josep Maria Castellet, Alice in Spanish Wonderland |
2014-03-23 |
Adolfo Suarez, Spanish Prime Minister, dies from a respiratory infection at 81 |
2017-06-05 |
Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo dies, aged 86 |
