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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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