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July 3

Saints Days: Tomás, Tifrón, Heliodoro and Dato

1642 - The end of the Battle of Barcelona, episode of the War of the Reapers. Battle between the French and Spanish fleets. The Spanish group would retire to Majorca to make repairs.

Nathalia Ramos - Photo www.es.doblaje.wikia.com

1702 - within the framework of the War of Spanish Succession, Austria - supporter of Charles VI, declares war on France and Spain -partidarias of Felipe V.
1767 - Seaman Robert Pitcairn, which belonged to the expedition led by Philip Carteret- rediscovers the Pitcairn Islands (which had been sighted by the Spanish Pedro Fernandez de Quiros and his crew, January 26, 1606).
1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte hands over the Kingdoms of Spain and the Indias to his brother José.
1898 - Spanish–American War: The Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete is defeated by an American Squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Cuba starts the process of independence.
1976 - Adolfo Suarez is named Prime Minister after the end of the Francisco Franco dictatorship.
1999 - In Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Son Moix Stadium opened.
2004 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is re-elected as Secretary General of the PSOE party with 95% of the delegate vote
2005 - Marriage between people of the same sex approved in Spain
2006 - 43 people die in the Valencia metro accident and 150 passengers are evacuated
2007 - Swiss boat Alinghi won the 32nd edition of the Americas Cup held in Valencia
2018 - ‘Corruption as far as the traffic lights’ – Mayors and councillors from PSOE , PP and Ciudadanos were detained in 46 Town Halls on charges of accepting backhanders in exchange for tenders for traffic lights and the management of fines.
The network, which included local policemen, inflated the number of traffic accidents to justify buying more radars.
2022 - Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr.claimed his first Formula 1 victory after a breath-taking contest at the British Grand Prix, the Spaniard finishing ahead of the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton
Carlos Sainz Jr - Photo By XaviYuahanda


Births
1658 - Juan de Gaona y Abad, diplomat and noble (d. 1721).
1762 - Pedro Fermín de Vargas, naturalist and economist (d. 1813).
1845 - Apolinar Brull Ayerra, composer (d. 1905).
1865 - Carmelo Echegaray, writer and historian (d. 1925).
1871 - Francesc Ferriol i Carreras, architect (d. 1946).
1871 - Vicente Arregiu Garay, composer, born in Madrid (d. 1925)
1884 - José Piqueras, politician (d. 1939).
Ramón Gómez de la Serna - Bibliothèque nationale de France

1888 - Ramón Gómez de la Serna, author and playwright (d. 1963)
1889 - Trifón Gómez, politician and unionist (d. 1955).
1914 - Antonio Colino López, engineer and academic (d. 2008).
1914 - Joan Vinyoli, Catalan poet (d. 1984).
1920 - Gaby, clown (d. 1995).
1925 - José Vento Ruiz, painter (d. 2005).
1930 - Eloy Ybáñez Bueno, diplomat.
1936 - Jerónimo Saavedra, politician.
1945 - Miguel Cestau, Pelota player.
1945 - Gualberto García, musician.
1948 - Luis Martínez Noval, politician.
1958 - Ángel Acebes, politician.
1958 - Agustín Cuesta, basketball player.
1958 - Juan Antonio Larrañaga, footballer.
1959 - José Baselga, doctor.
1960 - Josu Erkoreka, Basque politician.
1961 - José Antonio Sobrino, physicist.
1966 - Pablo Domínguez Prieto, priest and theologian (d. 2009).
1966 - Daniel Plaza, athlete.
1968 - José Manuel Villegas, politician.
1970 - David Plaza, cyclist.
1973 - Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero, motorbike rider (d. 2012).
1978 - Pablo Galdo, pianist.
1979 - Berta Collado, presenter and reporter.
1980 - Jorge Suquet, actor.
1984 - Fernando Vega, footballer.
1992 - Nathalia Ramos, actress and singer


Deaths
1782 - Esteban Terreros, philosopher (b. 1707).
1795 - Antonio de Ulloa, general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1716)
1799 - Pedro García de la Huerta, priest and art historian (b. 1748).
1879 - Ángel Bañuelos y Serrano, poet and doctor (b. 1815).
1898 - Francisco de Cárdenas Espejo, politician (b. 1817).
1898 - Juan Bautista Lazaga Garay, sailor and soldier (b. 1845).
1898 - Fernando Villaamil, sailer (b. 1845).
1911 - Salvador Calderón y Arana, geologist, botanist and zoologist (b. 1851).
1939 - Juan José Gárate, painter (b. 1870).
1941 - Guillermo Ascanio, solider (b. 1907).
1946 - Francesc Ferriol i Carreras, architect (b. 1871).
1963 - Francisco Moreno Zuleta, politician (b. 1880).
1969 - Joaquín Planells Riera, soldier and politician (b. 1891).
1988 - Agustín Segura, painter (b. 1900).
1997 - Eduardo Blanco Fernández, politician (b. 1897).
2000 - Enric Miralles, architect (b. 1955).
2009 - María Asunción Català Poch, Catalan mathematician and astronomer (b. 1925).