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Martín Sarmiento

• 1492 – In Barcelona (Spain), King Ferdinand II of Aragon is wounded in an attack carried out by Juan de Cañamares.
• 1585 – In the Spanish Netherlands, the Miracle of Empel takes place (the surface of the Meuse River freezes, allowing the Spanish army to defeat the Dutch rebels), the event for which the «Immaculate Conception» (the Virgin Mary) is proclaimed patroness of the Spanish Tercios.
• 1760 – In the Province of New Andalusia and Paria (present-day Venezuela), the Capuchin friar Lucas de Zaragoza founds the town of San Judas Tadeo de Maturín.
• 1772 – Death of Martín Sarmiento, Spanish Benedictine writer and scholar (b. 1695).
• 1803 – Birth of María Josefa of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain, third wife of Ferdinand VII (d. 1829).
• 1896 – Death of Luis Ricardo Falero, Spanish painter, inventor and engineer (b. 1851).
• 1899 – Death of Juan Luna y Novicio, Filipino painter (b. 1857).
• 1907 – Birth of Antonio León Ortega, Spanish sculptor (d. 1991).
• 1927 – In Argentine Patagonia, the city of El Calafate is founded (the city where the Perito Moreno Glacier is located).
• 1983 – At Madrid–Barajas Airport (Madrid), an air accident leaves 93 dead.
• 2005 – At Playa de las Américas (Tenerife), the Spanish police capture the Croatian génocidaire Ante Gotovina.
• 2018 – Death of Belisario Betancur, Colombian lawyer, writer and politician, President of Colombia between 1982 and 1986 (b. 1923).