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Pancho Villa

• 1284 – The Battle of the Gulf of Naples takes place, ending in an Aragonese victory.
• 1486 – In the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (present-day Spain), the Christian army enters the Muslim town of Íllora, and King Ferdinand the Catholic arrives shortly afterwards.
• 1599 – Birth of Diego Velázquez, Spanish Baroque painter considered one of the greatest exponents of Spanish painting and a master of universal painting (d. 1660).
• 1625 – During the war in Flanders, after a long siege, the city of Breda surrenders to the Spanish tercios under the command of General Ambrosio Espínola.
• 1806 – Napoleon Bonaparte names his brother Louis Bonaparte King of Holland.
• 1878 – Birth of José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923).
• 1885 – In Chile the Chilean Academy of the Language is created.
• 1895 – In Ecuador the Day of Liberalism is celebrated, in recognition of the liberal revolution, which brought about a profound political and educational reform in the country.
• 1898 – Birth of Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright and prose writer (d. 1936).
• 1906 – Death of Manuel del Palacio, Spanish journalist and satirical poet (b. 1831).
• 1959 – In Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), terrorists shoot at the Cuban embassy in that city, and a Dominican boy is shot dead.
• 1982 – Spain becomes part of NATO.
• 2001 – Death of Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish physician, historian, essayist and philosopher (b. 1908).
• 2005 – Death of Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican writer, political analyst, journalist, diplomat and politician (b. 1949).
• 2008 – Death of Eugenio Montejo, Venezuelan poet and essayist (b. 1938).
• 2009 – In Bagua (Peru), members of indigenous communities hold a demonstration against the Jungle Law in Peru, during which police officers open fire, leaving 33 dead and one missing, an incident known as the Baguazo.
• 2011 – In Peru, Ollanta Humala wins the presidency of the country after defeating Keiko Fujimori in the run-off.
• 2016 – In Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski wins the presidency of the country after defeating Keiko Fujimori in the run-off.