- 1252 Fernando III of Castile dies, to be succeeded the following day by his son Alfonso X.
- 1410 Martin the Humane dies without heir and Fernando of Antequera aspires to the vacant throne of Aragon.
- 1557 Bartolomé Carranza is appointed archbishop of Toledo.
- 1565 Captain Diego de Villarroel founded the city of Tucumán (Arrgentina) under the name of San Miguel de Tucumán y Nueva Tierra de Promisión.
- 1793 The period of the Terror begins in revolutionary France with the arrest of the Girondins.
- 1906 King Alfonso XIII marries the British princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and also suffers an assassination attempt.
- 1911 The Titanic is launched.
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