On This Day

1493 In Barcelona, the Catholic Monarchs receive the navigator, Christopher Columbus, who has just arrived from America, with full honours.

1588 Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón founds Corrientes (Argentina)with the name Ciudad de Vera.

1682 Painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo dies. He was the best known and most appreciated Spanish painter outside Spain in his time.

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