April 28
Saints Days – Pedro Chanel, Teodora, Valeria, Marcos, Eusebio and Prudencio
Fiesta in the city of Vitoria today for San Prudence
796 - After the death of Hisham 1, his son, Al-Hakam 1 was proclaimed emir of Córdoba.
1484 - Pedro de Vera conquered the island of Gran Canaria
1625 - A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch-Portuguese War
1832 -The hangman’s noose was replaced by the garrotte for executions in Spain
1934 - Ricardo Samper is elected president of government of the Second Spanish Republic.
1977 - Unions UGT, USO and CCOO were made legal
1981- Definitive approval of the statute for the region of Galicia.
1934 - Ricardo Samper is elected president of government of the Second Spanish Republic.
1977 - Unions UGT, USO and CCOO were made legal
1981- Definitive approval of the statute for the region of Galicia.
Penelope Cruz - Archive photo
1994 - Poet Carlos Bousoño was presented with the Prince of Asturias prize for literature.
1996 - Spanish architect Rafael Moneo won the Pritzker Prize for architecture, the first Spaniard to do so.
Births
1589 - Margarita de Saboya, aristocrat (d. 1655)
1770 - Rita Luna, Actress (d. 1832)
1777 - Jose Primo de Rivera and Ortiz de Pinedo, Soldier (d. 1853)
1818 - Jose Maria Montoto Lopez-Vigil, writer and jurist (d. 1886).
1821 - Melchor Garcia Sampedro,bishop (d. 1858).
1996 - Spanish architect Rafael Moneo won the Pritzker Prize for architecture, the first Spaniard to do so.
Births
1589 - Margarita de Saboya, aristocrat (d. 1655)
1770 - Rita Luna, Actress (d. 1832)
1777 - Jose Primo de Rivera and Ortiz de Pinedo, Soldier (d. 1853)
1818 - Jose Maria Montoto Lopez-Vigil, writer and jurist (d. 1886).
1821 - Melchor Garcia Sampedro,bishop (d. 1858).
1845 - José Ramiro de la Puente y González Nandín, Marqués de Alta Villa sometimes Altavilla, was a Spanish grande and writer on Madrid, exiled for much of the later part of his life in Paris. (d. 1909)
1851 - Vital Aza, Comic dramatist (d. 1912)
1917 - Valentin García Yebra, writer and academic (d. 2010)
1928 - Alberto Blancafort, Conductor and composer,
1934 - Javier Pradera, writer and political analyst (d. 2011).
1941 - Ivà, draftsman (d. 1993).
1942 - Francisco Rico Manrique,philologist.
1957 - Poli Rincón, footballer
1851 - Vital Aza, Comic dramatist (d. 1912)
1917 - Valentin García Yebra, writer and academic (d. 2010)
1928 - Alberto Blancafort, Conductor and composer,
1934 - Javier Pradera, writer and political analyst (d. 2011).
1941 - Ivà, draftsman (d. 1993).
1942 - Francisco Rico Manrique,philologist.
1957 - Poli Rincón, footballer
1957 - Pedro María Azpiazu Uriarte ( born in Bilbao) is a Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) politician who represents Biscay Province in the Spanish Congress of Deputies, where he serves as a PNV spokesman
1974 - Penelope Cruz, actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno) born in Madrid
1985 - Nausicaa Bonnín, actress.
1988 - Juan Manuel Mata, footballer. (Manchester United) born in Burgos
Deaths
1810 - Francisco Cabarrús, Spanish financier and politician of French origin. (b. 1752)
1866 - José María López y Rastrollo, politician. (b. 1798)
1920 - Augusto Miranda y Godoy, soldier and politician (b. 1855).
1976 - Jesús Pabón y Suárez de Urbina, Writer and historian (b. 1902)
1995 - Santiago Lagunas, painter and architect. (b 1912)
2000 - Dramatist and academic, Antonio Buero Vallejo (b. 1916)
2002 - Diosdado Simón, researcher, biologist, botanist, arborist and environmental educator. (b. 1954)
2005 - Raimon Galí writer and historian (b. 1917)
2009 - Javier Ortiz, journalist (b. 1948).
2012 - Matilde Camus, writer and poet (b. 1919).
1974 - Penelope Cruz, actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno) born in Madrid
1985 - Nausicaa Bonnín, actress.
1988 - Juan Manuel Mata, footballer. (Manchester United) born in Burgos
Deaths
1810 - Francisco Cabarrús, Spanish financier and politician of French origin. (b. 1752)
1866 - José María López y Rastrollo, politician. (b. 1798)
1920 - Augusto Miranda y Godoy, soldier and politician (b. 1855).
1976 - Jesús Pabón y Suárez de Urbina, Writer and historian (b. 1902)
1995 - Santiago Lagunas, painter and architect. (b 1912)
2000 - Dramatist and academic, Antonio Buero Vallejo (b. 1916)
2002 - Diosdado Simón, researcher, biologist, botanist, arborist and environmental educator. (b. 1954)
2005 - Raimon Galí writer and historian (b. 1917)
2009 - Javier Ortiz, journalist (b. 1948).
2012 - Matilde Camus, writer and poet (b. 1919).
2021 - El Risitas, comedian (b. 1956)
