- 672 After Recesvinto's death, Wamba, the last of the great Gothic kings, appointed his successor.
- 1054 Battle of Atapuerca between Fernando I of León, King of Castile and his brother García Sánchez III, King of Navarre.
- 1715 French King Louis XIV dies of gangrene in Versailles.
- 1734 Prince Carlos(future Carlos III) is proclaimed King of the Two Sicilies in Palermo, ending the unwanted Austrian domination of the area.
- 1811 The French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville dies.
- 1844 First official review of the newly founded Guardia Civil.
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