Template:On this day - February 7

Narciso Monturiol

• 1236 – During the Christian reconquest of Córdoba, King Ferdinand III "the Saint" reaches the city, weakened by the previous conquest of the suburbs of the Axerquía.
• 1518 – In Valladolid, King Charles I of Spain swears to the laws of Castile before the Cortes of Castile, undertaking to learn Spanish and to provide an heir.
• 1822 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain asks the Holy Alliance for help, after which its member powers agree to intervene to overthrow the liberals and restore the monarch.
• 1836 – The Battle of Socabaya takes place in the town of Socabaya, Peru, between the Confederate forces and the Restoring forces.
• 1852 – At the Canal de Isabel II (Madrid), the priest Martín Merino, who had attempted to kill Queen Isabella II, is publicly hanged.
• 1861 – In the waters off Alicante, Narciso Monturiol carries out successful tests of his submarine Ictíneo, although he fails to obtain official support.
• 1862 – Death of Francisco Martínez de la Rosa, Spanish poet, playwright and politician (b. 1787).
• 1897 – Benito Pérez Galdós is admitted to the Royal Spanish Academy.
• 1906 – In San Sebastián, the ceremony of conversion to Catholicism of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg is held.
• 1907 – Honduras and Nicaragua break off diplomatic relations, which will lead to an armed conflict.
• 1913 – King Alfonso XIII makes a flight in the airship España.
• 1934 – In Valencia, Juan de la Cierva tests landing and taking off with his autogyro on the deck of the aircraft carrier Dédalo.
• 1962 – By executive order, the President of the USA, John F. Kennedy, extends the trade restrictions of the American embargo against Cuba.
• 1971 – In Mexico, Melchor Ortega, former president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is murdered.
• 1978 – The IMF grants Spain a loan of 300 million dollars.
• 1991 – The plenary session of the Congress approves the creation of the Instituto Cervantes, whose aim is to spread the Spanish language and culture abroad.
• 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, formally establishing the European Union.
• 1999 – In Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang's Democratic Party wins 75 of the 80 seats in the Chamber of People's Representatives.
• 2003 – Death of Augusto Monterroso, Honduran writer, naturalized Guatemalan, and exiled in Mexico (b. 1921).
• 2003 – Belize and Guatemala sign an agreement within the OAS to establish a "Transition Process and confidence-building measures between the two countries".
• 2009 – Death of Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Mexican poet and painter (b. 1932).