- 1652 Juan José de Austria surrenders Barcelona. On 13 October, the French will leave the city.
- 1698 France, England and Holland sign a treaty in The Hague to divide up the territories of the Spanish crown, following the death without heir of Carlos II.
- 1866 Carlos Arniches, author of famous sainetes, is born.
- 1900 José Sureda y Fuentes, a retired Navy engineer, register Spain's first vehicle in Palma de Mallorca.
- 1915 Arthur Miller, American playwright, is born.
- 1938 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the intensification of US rearmament in the face of the developing European crisis.
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