June 15
Saints Day: María Micaela del Santísimo, Vito y Libia
1094 - Cid Campeador conquered the city of Valencia
Blanca Portillo - photo www.rtve.es
1300 - The city of Bilbao was founded
1492 - The Catholic Monarchs approve the capitulation to sell property that had yielded to Boabdil and those that before had, in the sum of 80,000 ducats.
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1580 - Felipe II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1492 - The Catholic Monarchs approve the capitulation to sell property that had yielded to Boabdil and those that before had, in the sum of 80,000 ducats.
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
1580 - Felipe II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1607 - Virginia Colonists finished building James's Fort to defend against Spanish and Indian attacks
1808 - The first assault on the city of Zaragoza in the Spanish War of Independence
1808 - Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1977 - The first democratic elections in Spain since the death of the dictator Francisco Franco
1808 - Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1977 - The first democratic elections in Spain since the death of the dictator Francisco Franco
2023 - Spain will boycott a meeting of NATO defence ministers with the defence industry today in protest at the Alliance’s decision not to invite any of Spain’s leading firms. Minister Margarita Robles, who will be in Brussels for a meeting with her 30 colleagues at NATO headquarters, will be absent from the room when the meeting begins, however, as she is very upset about the selection of companies, the opacity of the criteria used and the lack of transparency.
Births
1754 - Juan José Elhuyar, chemist and mineralogist (d. 1796)
1934 - Mikel Leboa, Basque singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1938 - Jesús Pereda, football player and manager (d. 2011).
1947 - Fernando Onega journalist
1949 - Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Deputy Prime Minister
1955 - Beatriz Packer, journalist.
1957 - Iñaki Cano, Basque journalist.
1963 - Blanca Portillo, stage and screen actress (Volver, Goya's Ghost) born in Madrid
1973 - Carlos Jean, music producer
1980 - Almudena Cid Tostado, gymnast
1980 - Iker Romero, handball player.
1985 - Cristina Llorente, singer.
1989 - Víctor Cabido, cyclist (d. 2012)
1994 - Iñaki Williams - Basque footballer
Deaths
1901 - José Luis Pellicer, painter and sketcher (b. 1842).
1949 - Antonio Ballesteros Beretta, historian (b. 1880).
1961 - Eduardo Torroja Mired, engineer (b. 1899).
1994 - Carmen Bravo-Villasante, writer (b. 1918).
2009 - Fernando Delgado, actor (b. 1930).
