April 8
Saint’s Day for Jenaro, Edesio, Máxima, Armónico and Perpetuo.
1513 - Florida (current United States), the Spanish Juan Ponce de León took possession on behalf of Spain.
1701 - The Spanish Courts recognised as King Felipe V.
1740 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
1898 - The Atlantic Fleet, under Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete leaves Cadiz course to Cuba to quell outbreaks of the colony independence.
1701 - The Spanish Courts recognised as King Felipe V.
1740 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
1898 - The Atlantic Fleet, under Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete leaves Cadiz course to Cuba to quell outbreaks of the colony independence.
2006 - Two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning gypsy singer Rosario Flores (42) weds 'Kingdom of Heaven' first assistant director Pedro Lazaga in Caños de Meca (Cádiz)
2015 - Detained in Cataluña, 11 components of a Judaist cell, among them five Spaniards
2015 - Detained in Cataluña, 11 components of a Judaist cell, among them five Spaniards
José Couso - Archive photo
Births
1460 - Juan Ponce de León, explorer and conquistador who searched for the fountain of youth and the first European to discover Florida, born in Santervás de Campos (d. 1521)
1460 - Juan Ponce de León, explorer and conquistador who searched for the fountain of youth and the first European to discover Florida, born in Santervás de Campos (d. 1521)
1596 - Juan van der Haman, artist (d. 1631)
1605 - Felipe IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) born in the Royal Palace of Valladolid (d. 1665)
1754 - Juan Sempere y Guarinos, politician jurist biographer and economist.
1784 - Dionisio Aguado y García, composter and classical guitarist.
1886 - Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Cardinal (d. 1973).
1897 - Domingo Burgaleta, lawyer and politician (d. 1936).
1900 - Juan Planelles Ripoll, doctor (d. 1972).
1912 - Julián Berrendero, cyclist (d. 1995).
1930 - Carlos Hugo de Borbón Parma, Duke (d. 2010).
1940 - Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, singer songwriter(d. 2003).
1950 - Glòria Marcos, politician.
1976 - Cristina Medina, actress.
1978 - Mario Pestano, athlete.
1979 - Marta Baldó, gymnast.
1984 - Mikel Aguirrezabalaga, Basque pelota player.
Deaths
1648 - Payo Enriquez de Rivera, Spanish priest and viceroy of New Spain.
1957 - Pedro Segura, cleric (b. 1880).
1962 - Juan Belmonte, bullfighter (b. 1892)
1973 - Pablo Ruiz Picasso, artist, painter and sculptor, at his home in Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, France. (b. 1881 in Málaga)
1992 - Mariano Aguilar, professor and politician (b. 1916).
1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003 - José Couso, cameraman for Telecinco, and his colleague from Reuters, Taras Protsyuk, are killed when a US tank fires on the hotel in Baghdad where dozens of journalists are based, the Palestine Hotel.
2011 - Alfred Lucchetti, actor (b. 1934).
2011 - Xabier Gereño, writer (b. 1924).
2013 - Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
2013 - José Luis Sampedro, economist and author (b. 1917)
1754 - Juan Sempere y Guarinos, politician jurist biographer and economist.
1784 - Dionisio Aguado y García, composter and classical guitarist.
1886 - Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Cardinal (d. 1973).
1897 - Domingo Burgaleta, lawyer and politician (d. 1936).
1900 - Juan Planelles Ripoll, doctor (d. 1972).
1912 - Julián Berrendero, cyclist (d. 1995).
1930 - Carlos Hugo de Borbón Parma, Duke (d. 2010).
1940 - Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, singer songwriter(d. 2003).
1950 - Glòria Marcos, politician.
1976 - Cristina Medina, actress.
1978 - Mario Pestano, athlete.
1979 - Marta Baldó, gymnast.
1984 - Mikel Aguirrezabalaga, Basque pelota player.
Deaths
1648 - Payo Enriquez de Rivera, Spanish priest and viceroy of New Spain.
1957 - Pedro Segura, cleric (b. 1880).
1962 - Juan Belmonte, bullfighter (b. 1892)
1973 - Pablo Ruiz Picasso, artist, painter and sculptor, at his home in Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, France. (b. 1881 in Málaga)
1992 - Mariano Aguilar, professor and politician (b. 1916).
1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003 - José Couso, cameraman for Telecinco, and his colleague from Reuters, Taras Protsyuk, are killed when a US tank fires on the hotel in Baghdad where dozens of journalists are based, the Palestine Hotel.
2011 - Alfred Lucchetti, actor (b. 1934).
2011 - Xabier Gereño, writer (b. 1924).
2013 - Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
2013 - José Luis Sampedro, economist and author (b. 1917)
