August 31
Saints Days : Ramón Nonato, Amado, Aidano and Optato
1158 - In Castilla civil war begins with succession problems arising after the death of Sancho III.
1217 - In Castile, Queen Berenguela cedes the throne to his son Ferdinand III.
1451 - Inca (Balearic Islands), citizen oligarchy with the support of mercenaries Italians, defeat the forans.
Pepé Reina
1811 - The Cortes of Cadiz created the Order of San Fernando to reward acts of heroic courage in wartime.
1813 - At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
1823 - in the Bay of Cadiz, French forces led by Luis Antonio de France (Duke of Angouleme) take over the fort of Trocadero in the Battle of Trocadero.
1834 - Madrid Normal Training School Elementary is inaugurated, for the training of national teachers.
1839 - in Oñate (Guipúzcoa) Elizabethan General Baldomero Espartero and the Carlist general Rafael Maroto embrace before their (Abrazo de Vergara) armies, which ends the first Carlist War (of the three Carlist Wars of the nineteenth century) or War Seven Years (1833-1840).
1901 - in Guipúzcoa, the editorial of Guipuzcoa Mail is assaulted by waring marines.
1905 - Astronomers from all over Europe travel to Burgos to observe the total solar eclipse.
1925 - Algeciras, in the framework of the war in Morocco, French General Philippe Petain and Spanish Miguel Primo de Rivera draw a joint action plan against Abd el-Krim.
1953 - Santander airport is inaugurated.
1961 - Spain withdraws the last of her troops from Morocco.
1981 - Francisco Fernández Ordóñez resigns as Justice Minister.
2001 - The Directorate General of Pharmacy granting a protective immobilizing a dialyzer marketed by Baxter multinational, after the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona.
2012 - Comes into force on Royal Decree Law 24/2012 Restructuring and Resolution of Credit Institutions, which regulates the popularly known as bad bank.
Births
1869 - Juan Torrendell writer (d. 1937)
1874 - Juan Rof Codina, vet (d. 1967)
1895 - José Puche Álvarez, doctor (d. 1979)
1813 - At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
1823 - in the Bay of Cadiz, French forces led by Luis Antonio de France (Duke of Angouleme) take over the fort of Trocadero in the Battle of Trocadero.
1834 - Madrid Normal Training School Elementary is inaugurated, for the training of national teachers.
1839 - in Oñate (Guipúzcoa) Elizabethan General Baldomero Espartero and the Carlist general Rafael Maroto embrace before their (Abrazo de Vergara) armies, which ends the first Carlist War (of the three Carlist Wars of the nineteenth century) or War Seven Years (1833-1840).
1901 - in Guipúzcoa, the editorial of Guipuzcoa Mail is assaulted by waring marines.
1905 - Astronomers from all over Europe travel to Burgos to observe the total solar eclipse.
1925 - Algeciras, in the framework of the war in Morocco, French General Philippe Petain and Spanish Miguel Primo de Rivera draw a joint action plan against Abd el-Krim.
1953 - Santander airport is inaugurated.
1961 - Spain withdraws the last of her troops from Morocco.
1981 - Francisco Fernández Ordóñez resigns as Justice Minister.
2001 - The Directorate General of Pharmacy granting a protective immobilizing a dialyzer marketed by Baxter multinational, after the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona.
2012 - Comes into force on Royal Decree Law 24/2012 Restructuring and Resolution of Credit Institutions, which regulates the popularly known as bad bank.
Births
1869 - Juan Torrendell writer (d. 1937)
1874 - Juan Rof Codina, vet (d. 1967)
1895 - José Puche Álvarez, doctor (d. 1979)
1887 - Zenobia Camprubí Aymar was a Spanish-born writer and poet; she was also a noted translator of the works of Rabindranath Tagore. She was born in Malgrat de Mar (province of Barcelona, Cataluña) to a Puerto Rican mother and a Spanish father. She later lived in the United States, studied in Columbia University, and spent the duration of the Spanish Civil War (18 July 1936 – 1 April 1939) writing her Diario ("Diary") in Cuba. Her brother, José Camprubí, was owner and publisher of La Prensa, New York's most important Spanish-language daily newspaper, from 1918 to 1942.She eventually became a professor at the University of Maryland before her death from ovarian cancer, aged 69, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two days after her husband Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in Literature. (d. 1956)
1897 - Silverio Izaguirre, footballer (d. 1935)
1908 - Ricardo Gullón, writer and essayist (d. 1991)
1913 - Ambrós, cartoonist (d. 1992)
1916 - Ramón Salas Larrazábal, historian (d. 1993)
1897 - Silverio Izaguirre, footballer (d. 1935)
1908 - Ricardo Gullón, writer and essayist (d. 1991)
1913 - Ambrós, cartoonist (d. 1992)
1916 - Ramón Salas Larrazábal, historian (d. 1993)
1920 - Francesc Boix i Campo, was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and photographer who was imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp. At the Nuremberg and Dachau trials he presented photographs that played a role in the conviction of Nazi war criminals. (d.1951)
1936 - Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)
1942 - Pedro Solbes, politician.
1936 - Fernando Abril Martorell, politician (d. 1998)
1942 - Pedro Solbes, politician.
1942 - Eugenio Trias, philosopher, born in Barcelona (d. 2013)
1965 - Álvaro García, poet.
1965 - Pablo Motos, Tv and radio presenter and comic.
1965 - Terelu Campos, journalist.
1970 - Goyo Jiménez, journalist.
1982 - Pepe Reina, footballer
1987 - Xavi Annunziata,footballer
1993 - Pablo Mari, footballer
Deaths
1965 - Álvaro García, poet.
1965 - Pablo Motos, Tv and radio presenter and comic.
1965 - Terelu Campos, journalist.
1970 - Goyo Jiménez, journalist.
1982 - Pepe Reina, footballer
1987 - Xavi Annunziata,footballer
1993 - Pablo Mari, footballer
Deaths
1158 - Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
1240 - Ramon Nonato, priest (b. 1204)
1250 - Dominguito del Val, Zaragoza child killed, descanonizado in 1969 (b. 1243)
1240 - Ramon Nonato, priest (b. 1204)
1250 - Dominguito del Val, Zaragoza child killed, descanonizado in 1969 (b. 1243)
1450 - Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b. 1395)
1724 - Luis I, King.(b. 1707)
1979 - Alberto Martín-Artajo Álvarez, politician (b. 1905)
1724 - Luis I, King.(b. 1707)
1979 - Alberto Martín-Artajo Álvarez, politician (b. 1905)
