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Juan Luis Vives

• 690 – Death of Julian of Toledo, archbishop, theologian, poet and historian of Visigothic Hispania (b. 644).
• 1137 – Death of Olegarius, Bishop of Barcelona and Archbishop of Tarragona (present-day Spain) (b. 1060).
• 1405 – Birth of John II, King of Castile between 1406 and 1454, and father of Isabella the Catholic (d. 1454).
• 1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed, by which Portugal recognized the sovereignty of Castile over the Canary Islands, in exchange for keeping its possessions in the region of Guinea, Elmina, Madeira, the Azores Islands, Flores Island and Cape Verde.
• 1492 – Birth of Juan Luis Vives, Spanish humanist, philosopher and pedagogue (d. 1540).
• 1521 – In the Pacific Ocean, the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan, in the service of Charles I of Spain, reaches the island of Guam.
• 1531 – Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Governor of Castilla de Oro (present-day southern Panama and northern Colombia) and Veragua (present-day Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) (b. 1440).
• 1537 – On the sea coast of the Viceroyalty of Peru, 12 km from Lima (inland), the Spaniard Diego Ruiz obtains the license to open a tambo at the port, thereby founding the Villa del Callao.
• 1593 – In the New Kingdom of Granada, the Corregidor Álvaro Leiva founds the municipality of Tópaga (present-day department of Boyacá in Colombia).
• 1606 – Death of Toribio de Mogrovejo, Spanish Catholic priest, archbishop and missionary in the Viceroyalty of Peru (b. 1538).
• 1714 – The Treaty of Rastatt is signed, ending the fighting between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg Empire in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1728 – The Convention of El Pardo is signed in Madrid, ending the Spanish alliance with Austria and accepting once again the Treaty of Utrecht.
• 1812 – In present-day Venezuela, the forces of the Spanish captain Domingo de Monteverde recover Caracas.
• 1834 – In Havana (Cuba), the Cuban Academy of Literature is officially constituted.
• 1836 – The forces of the United Mexican States capture El Álamo in San Antonio after a 13-day siege against the Texan troops.
• 1839 – Birth of Olegario Víctor Andrade, Argentine poet, journalist and politician (d. 1882).
• 1862 – During the Second French intervention in Mexico, the explosion of the San Andrés collection house occurs, in which more than a thousand soldiers and civilians die accidentally.
• 1862 – In Spain, fire breaks out in the Alcázar of Segovia, seat of the Artillery Academy during the reign of Charles III.
• 1882 – In Havana, the U.S. company Edison Telephone Exchange opens the first telephone service in Cuba.
• 1870 – Death of José Rodríguez Losada, Spanish clockmaker, known for having donated to the Madrid City Council the Gobernación Clock that presides over the Puerta del Sol.
• 1900 – The Canary archipelago is declared a free port, after a declaration to that effect from 1852 is ratified by law.
• 1905 – Colombia and Costa Rica sign a treaty definitively fixing the border between the two countries.
• 1938 – Off Cartagena (Spain), the Republican squadron sinks the Baleares, a warship of the Nationalist side, during the Battle of Cape Palos. 788 men of her crew perish in the sinking.
• 1974 – Death of Lucio Demare, Argentine tango composer, musician and orchestra conductor (b. 1906).
• 1994 – Death of Isaco Abitbol, musician and bandoneon player from Argentina, considered one of the pioneers of chamamé and the music of the Litoral region (b. 1917).
• 2005 – The President of Bolivia, Carlos Mesa, announces his resignation.
• 2007 – Death of José Luis Coll, Spanish actor, comedian and writer (b. 1931).
• 2019 – Death of José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish politician, diplomat and jurist, one of the seven fathers of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (b. 1940).