July 5
Saints days : Antonio Maria Zacarías, Atanasio, Miguel de los Santos, Numeriano, Aroa, Cirila, Filomena, Sedofa, Trifina, Zoa.
1811 - Venezuela declares independence from Spain with the participation of 42 deputies, including Juan Germán Roscio and Francisco de Miranda.
1968 - Javier Cortes Alvarez de Miranda discovers in Pedrosa de la Vega (Palencia) Roman Villa La Olmeda, considered one of the most important archaeological sites of the Hispanic Roman world.
2011 - Santiago de Compostela is stolen the Codex Calixtinus.
Blas Infante
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2022 - An independent commission that is to conduct the first official probe into suspected sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church opened
Births
1813 - Antonio García Gutiérrez, writer.
1846 - Zoel García de Galdeano, mathematician (d. 1924)
1871 - Miguel Asín Palacios, writer.
1879 - José Millán-Astray, soldier and founder of the Spanish Legion.
1885 - Blas Infante, Andalucia historian and politician (d. 1936)
1886 - Evaristo Bozas Urrutia, journalist and writer.
1911 - Luis Díez del Corral, political scientist (d. 1998)
1914 - Herrerita, footballer (d. 1991).
1920 - Rafael Alonso, actor.
1931 - José Antonio Fernández Romero, translator.
1964 - Uxue Barkos, journalist and Basque deputy.
1969 - Chusa Barbero, actress.
1970 - Valentí Massana, race walker
1982 - Javier Paredes, footballer
1988 - Lucía Pérez, singer. Eurovision 2011 representative based in Düsseldorf
1992 - Alberto Moreno, footballer
Deaths
1316 - Ferdinand of Majorca (b. 1278)
1468 - Alfonso de Castilla, infante .
1522 - Antonio de Nebrija, humanist (b. 1441).
1795 - Antonio de Ulloa, naturalist, soldier and writer (b. 1716).
1817 - Luis Lacy y Gautier, soldier (b. 1772).
1882 - Antonio Aguilar y Vela, astronomer.
1968 - Enrique Plá y Deniel, cardenal.
1985 - Paulino Uzcudun, boxer (b. 1899).
1989 - Ernesto Halffter, composer.
1998 - Maria Mercè Marçal, poet, lecturer, storyteller and Catalan translator.
2003 - Fernando Arbex, Drummer (Los Brincos) (b. 1941).
