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Template:On this day - November 20
From Hispanopedia
- 1500 – Christopher Columbus and his brothers, who had been arrested by the Governor of the Indies Francisco de Bobadilla, arrive in chains in Cádiz (Spain).
- 1542 – In Spain, the New Laws, inspired by Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, are promulgated.
- 1562 – Birth of Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish poet (d. 1627).
- 1760 – Birth of José Félix de Restrepo, New Granadan educator and magistrate (d. 1832).
- 1776 – In the Province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the chapel of Magdalena is founded (it will be the basis for the founding of a village on this site).
- 1820 – Death of Juan Escóiquiz, Spanish writer, tutor and canon (b. 1747).
- 1845 – On the banks of the Paraná River, 20 km northwest of San Pedro, Argentine forces under General Lucio Norberto Mansilla halt the attack of the British and French forces. It is celebrated in Argentina as National Sovereignty Day.
- 1893 – Death of María del Pilar Sinués, Spanish writer (b. 1835).
- 1910 – Francisco I. Madero, by publishing the Plan de San Luis Potosí, starts the Mexican Revolution, which seeks to overthrow the government.
- 1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, lawyer, politician and founder of the Falange Española, is executed by firing squad in the prison of Alicante (Spain) (b. 1903).
- 1936 – Buenaventura Durruti, Iberian trade unionist and anarchist revolutionary, dies of a gunshot during the defense of Madrid, in unexplained circumstances (b. 1896).
- 1962 – In Cuba, the Missile Crisis ends when John F. Kennedy (President of the United States) pledges not to invade the Caribbean nation and the Soviet Union agrees to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
- 1975 – In Spain, Francisco Franco, dictator and Head of State after the end of the Civil War, dies (b. 1892).
- 2004 – In Chile, the 16th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) begins.
- 2014 – Death of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, who held more titles than any other noble in the world (5 times Duchess, 18 times Marchioness, 20 times Countess, viscountess, Countess-Duchess and Constablesse, as well as 14 times Grandee of Spain) (b. 1926).
