- 079 According to traditional sources, Mount Vesuvius erupt, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum with an estimated 20,000 people killed.
- 410 The Visigoths, under Alaric I, began to pillage Rome.
- 1499 Alonso de Ojeda, together with Americo Vespuccio y Juan de la Cosa, discovers Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela).
- 1542 Francisco de 0rellana reaches the Atlantic after crossing a mighty river which he names Amazonas.
- 1562 In Ávila (Spain), Saint Teresa of Ávila founds the convent of San José, founding the order of the Discalced Carmelites.
- 1639 Spanish captain Juan de Lemos y Aguirre founded the village of San Bartolomé de Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
- 1648 Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, Spanish writer, politician and diplomat dies.
- 1821 Viceroy Juan O'Donojú and Agustín de Iturbide sign the Treaty of Córdoba recognising New Spain as an independent empire.
- 1944 World War Two: "Lanueve" a company formed mostly by Spanish REpublican volunteers in the 2nd French Armoured Division is the first to enter Paris.
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