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Mariano Fortuny

• 965 – Birth of Hisham II, third Umayyad caliph of the Caliphate of Córdoba (present-day Spain) (d. 1013).
• 1479 – Death of Juan de Sahagún, Spanish Augustinian priest and hermit (b. 1430).
• 1485 – In Marbella (south of present-day Spain), the Muslim alcaide Mohammad Abuneza surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs, handing them the keys of the city.
• 1496 – Christopher Columbus returns to Cádiz (Spain) from his second voyage to America.
• 1509 – In England the marriage between Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon is celebrated.
• 1521 – The Siege of Logroño ends with the flight of the French troops, unable to take the city defended by Castilian troops.
• 1580 – In the Governorate of Paraguay, the Spanish conquistador Juan de Garay refounds the Ciudad de La Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Ayre (present-day Buenos Aires, Argentina).
• 1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the nobles of the Philippines, creating the Principalía.
• 1641 – In Caracas (Province of Venezuela) an earthquake destroys the city and La Guaira, leaving 10,000 dead.
• 1737 – Birth of Francisco de Biedma y Narváez, Spanish naval officer and explorer (d. 1809).
• 1762 – In Havana (Cuba), British troops take the Fortress of San Carlos de La Cabaña, one of the most important forts.
• 1823 – The Spanish Cortes declare Ferdinand VII unfit to rule, and a regency is formed composed of Cayetano Valdés, Gabriel Císcar and Gaspar de Vigodet.
• 1826 – On the Río de la Plata, the Argentine-Irish admiral William Brown, in command of four ships, puts to flight a squadron of the Empire of Brazil that was blockading the port of Buenos Aires, during the Battle of Los Pozos.
• 1830 – At El Chacay, near the fort of Malargüe (in Mendoza Province, Argentina), the Pehuenche caciques Coleto and Mulato (under orders of the Pincheira brothers) kill the Federalist governor Juan Corvalán, the deputy Juan Agustín Maza and Colonel José Aldao.
• 1838 – Birth of Mariano Fortuny, Spanish painter and engraver (d. 1874).
• 1873 – In Spain the Federal Republic is proclaimed under the presidency of Francisco Pi y Margall.
• 1894 – Death of Federico Madrazo, Spanish painter (b. 1815).
• 1898 – In the course of the War of Cuba, the United States navy sets sail for the island.
• 1924 – Death of Ramón Gómez Ferrer, Spanish physician (b. 1864).
• 1933 – The Spanish aviators Mariano Barberán and Joaquín Collar, in the Cuatro Vientos aircraft, reach Camagüey (Cuba) from Seville, breaking the world record for non-stop flight over the sea.
• 1982 – During the Falklands War, Pope John Paul II visits Argentina.
• 2005 – Death of Juan José Saer, Argentine writer (b. 1937).
• 2014 – Death of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor (b. 1933).
• 2019 – Death of Francisco Miró-Quesada Cantuarias, Peruvian philosopher, journalist and politician (b. 1918).
• 2021 – Death of Valentín de la Cruz, Spanish Carmelite, historian and teacher (b. 1928).