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Emiliano Zapata

• 1235 – The Crown of Aragon conquers the island of Ibiza (present-day Spain).
• 1588 – In England (in the course of the Anglo-Spanish War), the Grande y Felicísima Armada arrives in the English Channel, where the Battle of Gravelines takes place.
• 1730 – Birth of Domingo de Bonechea, Spanish navigator and explorer, known for having attempted to incorporate Tahiti into the Spanish Empire (d. 1775).
• 1736 – In Córdoba (Spain), the mortal remains of Ferdinand IV and Alfonso XI of Castile are moved from the Royal Chapel of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba to the Royal Collegiate Church of San Hipólito, where they rest today.
• 1774 – On the west coast of present-day Canada, the Spaniard Juan Pérez, in command of the frigate Santiago of the Spanish Navy, discovers Quadra Island, today known as Vancouver.
• 1879 – Birth of Emiliano Zapata, military and peasant leader of the Mexican Revolution (d. 1919).
• 1897 – Death of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Spanish politician (b. 1828).
• 1967 – In Asunción (Paraguay) the newspaper ABC Color is founded, which will be persecuted and closed down during the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner.
• 1914 – Birth of Román Viñoly Barreto, Uruguayan-Argentine film and theater director.
• 2000 – In Chile, the Supreme Court of Justice strips former dictator Augusto Pinochet of his diplomatic immunity and of the office of "senator for life".
• 2010 – Death of José María López Piñero, Spanish physician and historian of science, a leading specialist in the field of medical bibliometrics (b. 1933).
• 2019 – Following the rejection of the abortion Law in Argentina, the International Day of Action for Both Lives begins to be celebrated in cities throughout Ibero-America.