May 8
Saints Days – Dionisio, Nuestra Señora de la Antigua
589 - Reccared I summons the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church.
1254 - King Alfonso X the Wise of Spain granted the founding regulations of the University of Salamanca.
1254 - King Alfonso X the Wise of Spain granted the founding regulations of the University of Salamanca.
1366 - Pedro IV of Aragón gave a castle and the village of Ayerbe to Don Pedro Jordán de Urriés.
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1456 - The Christian troops of King Enrique IV overcame the Muslims defending Estepona in Málaga
1541 - Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espirtu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519)
1701 - The Cortes recognised Felipe V de Borbón as the King of Spain.
1931 - the Spanish Constituent Assembly recognized women as eligible for election for the first time
1981 - Luis Buñuel, Cristobal Halffter, Eduardo Chillida, Nicanor Zabaleta and Alfredo Kraus received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
1983 - second democratic municipal elections in Spain after Franco.
1987 - Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the UN, received the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
2005 - The Spanish Royal Family announce the birth of Leonor, first child to Felipe and Leticia.
1701 - The Cortes recognised Felipe V de Borbón as the King of Spain.
1931 - the Spanish Constituent Assembly recognized women as eligible for election for the first time
1981 - Luis Buñuel, Cristobal Halffter, Eduardo Chillida, Nicanor Zabaleta and Alfredo Kraus received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.
1983 - second democratic municipal elections in Spain after Franco.
1987 - Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the UN, received the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
2005 - The Spanish Royal Family announce the birth of Leonor, first child to Felipe and Leticia.
2023 - The far-left party in Spain's coalition government has called for a tax on people who buy properties, refurbish them and quickly resell properties for profit, a move aimed at stamping out speculation in the country's strained housing market.
Births
1712 - Pedro Miguel de la Cueva y Guzmán, solider and aristocrat (d. 1762).
Unidas Podemos, the junior coalition partner in Spain’s government, has proposed a new 20 percent tax on the total purchase price of homes sold less than two years after first being bought.
The proposed measure is aimed at addressing the practice known as ‘flipping’, buying a revenue-generating property, usually renovating it and reselling it quickly for profit.
2024 - Ukraine and Spain finalized negotiations on the text of a bilateral security agreement, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 7 after a call with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Over 30 countries have joined the Group of Seven (G7) Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine so far. The U.K., Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and Latvia have already signed bilateral agreements with Kyiv.
2024 - The violence in Gaza has already reached an unimaginable level, Spanish King Felipe VI said Wednesday. Speaking at an event in the capital Madrid, he said that the growing violence in Gaza is something that was rarely experienced during previous conflicts in the region, according to the state-run EFE news agency. Felipe noted that its consequences are projected globally with "many uncertainties."
“This did not begin on Oct. 7, but it was when this terrible escalation of violence began with the devastating destruction and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It has already reached unimaginable levels and is of utmost concern to everyone,” he said.
Births
1712 - Pedro Miguel de la Cueva y Guzmán, solider and aristocrat (d. 1762).
1753 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Catholic priest and leader of Mexican independence, born in Pémjamo, Guanajuato, Viceroyalty of New Spain (d. 1811)
1797 - José Rodríguez Losada, clockmaker. (d. 1870)
1877 - José María Salaverría, writer. (d 1940)
1895 - Joselito, bullfighter. (d. 1920)
1897 - José María Pemán, journalist and dramatist. (d.1981)
1906 - José Hernández Díaz, art historian and politician (d. 1998).
1927 - Chumy Chúmez, actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1956 - Josep Antoni Pujante, mountain climber.
1966 - Marta Sánchez, singer. (De Mujer a Mujer) born in Madrid
1970 - Luis Enrique, footballer.
1975 - Enrique Iglesias, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop ('Bailamos'. 'Hero') born in Madrid
Deaths
1063 - Ramiro I, was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death, although he is sometimes described as a petty king. He would expand the nascent Kingdom of Aragon though the acquisition of territories (b 1007)
1859 - José Madrazo, painter (b. 1781).
1988 - Domingo Ortega, bullfighter. (b.1906)
1993 - Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz, marine and minister (b. 1909).
1996 - Luis Miguel Dominguín, bullfighter (b. 1926)
1996 - Celedonio Romero, guitarist. (b, 1913)
2002 - Juan Miguel Lope Blanch, philologist (b 1927.)
2013 - Alfred Benlloch Llorach, inventor (b. 1917).
2014 - Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)
1797 - José Rodríguez Losada, clockmaker. (d. 1870)
1877 - José María Salaverría, writer. (d 1940)
1895 - Joselito, bullfighter. (d. 1920)
1897 - José María Pemán, journalist and dramatist. (d.1981)
1906 - José Hernández Díaz, art historian and politician (d. 1998).
1927 - Chumy Chúmez, actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1956 - Josep Antoni Pujante, mountain climber.
1966 - Marta Sánchez, singer. (De Mujer a Mujer) born in Madrid
1970 - Luis Enrique, footballer.
1975 - Enrique Iglesias, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop ('Bailamos'. 'Hero') born in Madrid
Deaths
1063 - Ramiro I, was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death, although he is sometimes described as a petty king. He would expand the nascent Kingdom of Aragon though the acquisition of territories (b 1007)
1859 - José Madrazo, painter (b. 1781).
1988 - Domingo Ortega, bullfighter. (b.1906)
1993 - Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz, marine and minister (b. 1909).
1996 - Luis Miguel Dominguín, bullfighter (b. 1926)
1996 - Celedonio Romero, guitarist. (b, 1913)
2002 - Juan Miguel Lope Blanch, philologist (b 1927.)
2013 - Alfred Benlloch Llorach, inventor (b. 1917).
2014 - Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)
