- 1177 Reconquista: Alfonso VIII and Alfonso II surrender Cuenca after nine months of siege.
- 1292 Reconquista: Sancho IV conquers Tarifa after an economically exhausting campaign.
- 1526 Spanish pilot Bartolomé Ruiz landed at and gave name to San Mateo de las Esmeraldas Bay in Ecuador.
- 1551 The Royal University of México was founded, the first in North America, created by a Royal Decree of Emperor Carlos V and signed in his name by prince Felipe in Toro, Zamora.
- 1558 Carlos V dies in Yuste.
- 1794 Malaspina's expedition returns.
- 1832 British writer Walter Scott dies.
- 1895 Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu (d. 1936) is born in Murcia.
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