- 636 Isidoro de Sevilla dies in Sevilla, Spain.
- 1284 Alfonso X dies in Sevilla, being succeded by his banished son Sancho IV.
- 1541 St. Ignatius of Loyola is elected the first general of the Jesuits order.
- 1545 Captain García Holguín, founded the town of Holguín, in Cuba.
- 1609 Fernando III finally completes the expulsion of the Jews from Castilla and Aragón.
- 1883 Alfonso XII lays the first stone in the current cathedral of Nuestra Señora la Real de la Almudena (Our Royal Lady of La Almudena) in Madrid.
- 1910 King Alfonso XIII, uses a golden pickaxe to start the demolition of a building, marking the beginning of the works to build the iconic Gran Via in Madrid.
- 2004 Battle of Najaf (Irak) in which Spanish troops rescue some Salvadoran soldiers trapped by heavy enemy fire, earning several awards for this action.
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