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Alaric II

• 484 – In Visigothic Hispania, Alaric II succeeds Euric.
• 801 – In Barcelona (present-day Spain), the Franks make a solemn entry and proclaim Bera the first Count of Barcelona.
• 1104 – Death of Peter I, King of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068).
• 1287 – In Aragon, Alfonso III grants the Aragonese nobility the privileges of the Union of Aragon.
• 1550 – Birth of Vicente Espinel, Spanish writer and composer (d. 1624).
• 1536 – In the New Kingdom of Granada (present-day Colombia), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada reaches the plain of Bogotá after exploring the Magdalena River.
• 1696 – In Rome, death of the Spanish theologian Miguel de Molinos, sentenced by the Inquisition to life imprisonment (b. 1628).
• 1745 – Birth of Juan de Ayala, Spanish naval officer, explorer of the northern area of Alta California (d. 1797).
• 1833 – The Queen Regent Maria Christina secretly enters into a morganatic marriage with Fernando Muñoz, a Life Guard, in the Royal Palace of Madrid.
• 1836 – Spain signs a treaty of peace, friendship and recognition of independence with Mexico.
• 1852 – Birth of Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish mathematician, civil engineer and inventor (d. 1936).
• 1872 – Birth of Pío Baroja, Spanish novelist of the Generation of '98 (d. 1956).
• 1874 – In Sagunto, Arsenio Martínez Campos proclaims Alfonso XII.
• 1899 – Birth of Edgar Neville, Spanish diplomat, writer, playwright, film director and painter (d. 1967).
• 1903 – Cuba recognizes the new Republic of Panama, newly independent from Colombia.
• 1958 – In Cuba, the rebel offensive manages to occupy Santa Clara and split the island in two.
• 1979 – In Argentina, the dictator Jorge Rafael Videla removes the dictator Roberto Eduardo Viola as commander-in-chief of the Army and appoints the dictator Leopoldo F. Galtieri.
• 1984 – In Spain, the Conscientious Objection Law enters into force, recognizing the right of objectors and establishing an 18-month civilian service.
• 1993 – In Spain, the Bank of Spain takes over the bank Banesto (headed by Mario Conde).
• 2005 – In Chile, the Chilean police book the former dictator Augusto Pinochet for the first time and take his fingerprints.
• 2020 – Death of Armando Manzanero, Mexican composer, singer, actor, musician and record producer (b. 1935).
• 2024 – Hispanopedia receives the Grand Cross of the Order of Altruistic Merit in recognition of its contributions of content on Hispanic subjects around the world.