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Leopoldo Alas «Clarín»

• 693 – In Visigothic Hispania, the 16th Council of Toledo begins.
• 1196 – Death of Alfonso II, nicknamed "the Chaste" or "the Troubadour", King of Aragon (b. 1157).
• 1295 – Death of Sancho IV, the Brave, nicknamed "the Brave", King of Castile (b. 1258).
• 1362 – In the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (present-day Spain), Muhammad VI of Granada, usurper of the throne of Granada, dies at the hands of the soldiers of Peter I, ally and friend of the legitimate monarch Muhammad V of Granada.
• 1503 – Birth of Henry II of Navarre, King of Navarre dispossessed by Ferdinand the Catholic (d. 1555).
• 1531 – Death of Pedro Girón y Velasco, comunero Captain General of Valladolid (Spain) appointed by the Junta of Tordesillas (b. 1478).
• 1532 – King Charles I grants the title of city to the Villa of Oaxaca in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico).
• 1534 – In the Viceroyalty of Peru, Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Santa Fe de Hatun Xauxa (Jauja), intending it to be the capital of the conquered territories, for which reason it is considered the "first capital of Peru".
• 1607 – At the Battle of Gibraltar of 1607, the fleet of the United Provinces of the Netherlands defeats the Spanish fleet.
• 1667 – Death of Pedro de San José de Betancur, Spanish Franciscan tertiary religious and missionary (b. 1626).
• 1703 – Birth of José Francisco de Isla, Spanish writer and religious (d. 1781).
• 1707 – At the Battle of Almansa (during the War of the Spanish Succession), the army of Philip V defeats the Austracists.
• 1827 – At Camacuá (during the war between Argentina and Brazil), the Battle of Camacuá is fought, in which the Argentine troops defeat the Brazilian ones.
• 1852 – Birth of Leopoldo Alas Clarín, Spanish critic, novelist and jurist, author of the novel La Regenta, known for his biting articles aimed at many contemporary men of letters (d. 1901).
• 1937 – In Éibar, during the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi German and Fascist Italian air forces bomb the civilian population, leaving hundreds dead.
• 1938 – George Orwell publishes his Homage to Catalonia, in which he recounts his own experience during the Spanish Civil War.
• 1976 – Death of Aquiles Nazoa, Venezuelan writer, essayist, journalist, poet and humorist (b. 1920).
• 1980 – In Buenos Aires (Argentina), the Ministry of Economy takes over several banks and financial institutions during the financial crisis of 1980.
• 1990 – In Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro takes office as the candidate of the National Opposition Union (UNO) coalition, after defeating the Sandinista president Daniel Ortega in the elections of 25 February of the same year, becoming the first woman president of the country.
• 1998 – In the Sevillian town of Aznalcóllar (Spain), a waste reservoir owned by the Swedish company Boliden bursts, causing the Aznalcóllar disaster (contamination of aquifers and natural environments in the Doñana National and Natural Park).
• 2009 – Death of Antonio Pereira, Spanish poet, writer and oral storyteller, who practiced the custom of the filandón (b. 1923).
• 2021 – Death of Óscar Castro Ramírez, Chilean actor and film director (b. 1947).