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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora

• 1526 – In the Pacific Ocean, Toribio Alonso de Salazar takes possession of the Caroline Islands.
• 1646 – In New Spain, Ignacio Molarja and Jerónimo de la Canal found the Jesuit mission of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Arizpe, today Arizpe in the present-day state of Sonora.
• 1700 – Death of Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, New Spanish man of letters, astronomer and scientist (b. 1645).
• 1717 – Spanish troops land in Sardinia, which they reconquered in only two months.
• 1846 – The start of the Second Federal Republic of Mexico is decreed.
• 1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico.
• 1843 – Birth of Manuel Sales y Ferré, Spanish archaeologist, philosopher and historian (d. 1910).
• 1851 – Birth of Salvador Calderón y Arana, Spanish geologist, botanist and zoologist (d. 1911).
• 1857 – Birth of Juan Picasso González, Spanish soldier, second-degree uncle of the painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso (d. 1935).
• 1878 – Death of María Cristina de Borbón, Queen consort of Spain between 1829 and 1833, and regent between 1833 and 1840 (b. 1806).
• 1973 – In Chile, Congress votes in favor of the resolution condemning the government of Salvador Allende and forcing him to hold new elections.
• 1978 – In Managua (Nicaragua), a commando of FSLN guerrillas led by Edén Pastora takes the National Palace, in Operation Chanchera, during a session of Congress.
• 2003 – Death of Imperio Argentina, Spanish-Argentine dancer, actress and singer (b. 1906).
• 2010 – In Atacama (Chile), after 17 days of searching, the 33 miners trapped in the San José mine are found alive.