- 737 Possible date of death of Don Pelayo, leader of the Reconquista and first Asturian king.
- 1475 The Battle of Baltanás took place as part of the War of Succession for the throne of Castile.
- 1499 Grand welcome in Portugal for the navigator Vasco de Gama, who had rounded the African continent by sea.
- 1750 Tomás de Iriarte, Spanish writer and fabulist, is born.
- 1851 The first issue of The New York Times goes on sale.
- 1868 General Juan Prim and Admiral Juan Bautista Topete start an uprising in Cadiz against Isabel II, which will become the Revolution "La Gloriosa".
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