On This Day

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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