June 6
Saints Days: Norberto, Felipe, Claudio, Alejandro and Cándida
985 - Barcelona, Almanzor enters the village after besiege for eight days.
1339 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon granted the barony of Ayerbe his wife Leonor and this is the bequeaths to his son, Fernando.
1391 - in Écija (Sevilla) a large group of settlers—harangued by the Catholic bishop—enter the Jewish quarter and murder 4,000 Jews.
Felipe González
1528 - Carlos I granted a series of titles and honours to Hernán Cortés
1554 - Carlos I recognised Juan de Austria as his son
1586 - Francis Drake's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
1554 - Carlos I recognised Juan de Austria as his son
1586 - Francis Drake's forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
1665 - Battle at Monte Carlo. English and Portuguese armies beat Spain
1782 - Antonio Caballero and Góngora is appointed viceroy of the New Granada.
1801 - The Badajoz treaty put an end to the so-called ‘War of the Oranges’
1808 - Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
1808 - in El Bruc (Cataluña) - in the context of the Spanish War of Independence - the Battle of Bruc begins.
1808 - in Valdepeñas, the town rises against the French reinforcements for Andalusia, preamble of the battle of Bailén.
1782 - Antonio Caballero and Góngora is appointed viceroy of the New Granada.
1801 - The Badajoz treaty put an end to the so-called ‘War of the Oranges’
1808 - Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
1808 - in El Bruc (Cataluña) - in the context of the Spanish War of Independence - the Battle of Bruc begins.
1808 - in Valdepeñas, the town rises against the French reinforcements for Andalusia, preamble of the battle of Bailén.
1821 - in the northern part of Peru independence begins against Spain.
1869 - The Constitution of 1869 is promulgated.
1864 - Spanish Red Cross is founded.
1918 - In Sevilla, the Monumental Bull Ring is opened .
1945 - In Navarra the prison of San Cristóbal is closed.
1993 - General elections in Spain. Felipe González was re-elected for the fourth time
2000 - In Soria, 28 teenagers die as a result of the shock of a cattle truck and a bus.
2009 - Iago Aspas debuts in Celta Vigo football club
2026 - Spain, a country of 50 million people with infrastructure for 40 million: ‘The cracks are starting to show’ A population boom due to immigration, plus the 100 million tourists who arrive each year, underscore the need to increase spending in numerous sectors for the country to function properly
Births
1385 - Blanca I of Navarre, Navarre Queen (d. 1441).
1599 - Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,, painter and educator (Las Meninas) baptised (d. 1660)
1671 - Nicholas Carmine Caracciolo, Spanish aristocrat and viceroy of Peru.
1789 - María Isabel de Borbón, aristócrat.
1854 - Manuel Iradier, explorador (d. 1911).
1869 - José Juan Dómine, Spanish physician and entrepreneur, founder of the Spanish shipping company Trasmediterránea.
1877 - Niceto Alcalá Zamora, first president of the Second Spanish Republic.
1885 - Juan Gavala y Laborde, engineer (d. 1977).
1891 - Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, bullfighter (d. 1934).
1891 - Luis de Vargas y Soto, dramatist (d. 1949)
1898 - Domingo Gómez-Acedo, footballer (d. 1980).
1900 - Luis Gutiérrez Soto, arquitect.
1908 - Roberto Echevarría, footballer.
1910 - Jaume Vicens Vives, historian.
1914 - José García Nieto, writer.
1917 - Heribert Barrera, Catalan politican (d. 2011).
1924 - Joan Bernet Toledano, cartoonist (d. 2009).
1925 - José María Rodríguez Méndez, writer and dramatist (d. 2009).
1930 - John H. Elliott, English historian and Hispanist.
1931 - Víctor Mora Pujadas, writer and scriptwriter of Spanish comics.
1933 - Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Basketball player and trainer.
1939 - Jaume Aragall, tenor.
1940 - Manuel Ramírez Jiménez, jurist and political scientist.
1944 - Josep Maria Bachs, presenter of radio and television.
1945 - Augusto César Lendoiro, president of the RCD of La Coruña.
1958 - Arnaldo Otegi, Basque politician.
1960 - Lola Forner, actress (Wheels on Meals, Armout of God) and Miss Spain 1979, born in Alicante
1962 - Jordi Arcarons, driver of rallies.
1962 - Andrés Jiménez, basketball player.
1963 - Gustavo de Arístegui, Spanish diplomat and politician.
1964 - Bernardo Bonezzi, composor (d. 2012).
1964 - Javier Velasco Yeregui, priest and theologian (d. 2009).
1970 - Albert Ferrer, footballer defender, coach (Spain 36 caps FC Barcelona, Chelsea) born in Barcelona
1974 - Estíbaliz Espinosa, writer.
1974 - Juanra Bonet, actor, humourist and jornalist.
1978 - Joseba Albizu, cyclist.
1980 - Pau Gasol, basketball player.
1980 - Leandro Rivera, actor.
2002 - María Elena, business woman
Deaths
1095 - Ines of Aquitaine, first wife of King Pedro I of Aragon.
1217 - Enrique 1 King of Castilla (b. 1204)
1964 - Rafael Cansinos Assens, writer (b. 1882).
1996 - José María Valverde, writer and professor.
1999 - Joaquín Rodrigo, composor.
2001 - José Manuel Castañón, writer.
2004 - Miguel Ángel Benítez Gómez, singer, in the band Los Delinqüentes.
2004 - José Ignacio San Martín, soldier (b. 1924).
2004 - Ángel Fernández Santos, critic and screenwriter (b. 1934).
2006 - Juan de Ávalos, sculptor (b. 1911).
2007 - Enrique Fuentes Quintana, politician (b. 1924).
2009 - Alfons Figueras, cartoonist (b. 1922).
1869 - The Constitution of 1869 is promulgated.
1864 - Spanish Red Cross is founded.
1918 - In Sevilla, the Monumental Bull Ring is opened .
1945 - In Navarra the prison of San Cristóbal is closed.
1993 - General elections in Spain. Felipe González was re-elected for the fourth time
2000 - In Soria, 28 teenagers die as a result of the shock of a cattle truck and a bus.
2009 - Iago Aspas debuts in Celta Vigo football club
2026 - Spain, a country of 50 million people with infrastructure for 40 million: ‘The cracks are starting to show’ A population boom due to immigration, plus the 100 million tourists who arrive each year, underscore the need to increase spending in numerous sectors for the country to function properly
Births
1385 - Blanca I of Navarre, Navarre Queen (d. 1441).
1599 - Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez,, painter and educator (Las Meninas) baptised (d. 1660)
1671 - Nicholas Carmine Caracciolo, Spanish aristocrat and viceroy of Peru.
1789 - María Isabel de Borbón, aristócrat.
1854 - Manuel Iradier, explorador (d. 1911).
1869 - José Juan Dómine, Spanish physician and entrepreneur, founder of the Spanish shipping company Trasmediterránea.
1877 - Niceto Alcalá Zamora, first president of the Second Spanish Republic.
1885 - Juan Gavala y Laborde, engineer (d. 1977).
1891 - Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, bullfighter (d. 1934).
1891 - Luis de Vargas y Soto, dramatist (d. 1949)
1898 - Domingo Gómez-Acedo, footballer (d. 1980).
1900 - Luis Gutiérrez Soto, arquitect.
1908 - Roberto Echevarría, footballer.
1910 - Jaume Vicens Vives, historian.
1914 - José García Nieto, writer.
1917 - Heribert Barrera, Catalan politican (d. 2011).
1924 - Joan Bernet Toledano, cartoonist (d. 2009).
1925 - José María Rodríguez Méndez, writer and dramatist (d. 2009).
1930 - John H. Elliott, English historian and Hispanist.
1931 - Víctor Mora Pujadas, writer and scriptwriter of Spanish comics.
1933 - Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Basketball player and trainer.
1939 - Jaume Aragall, tenor.
1940 - Manuel Ramírez Jiménez, jurist and political scientist.
1944 - Josep Maria Bachs, presenter of radio and television.
1945 - Augusto César Lendoiro, president of the RCD of La Coruña.
1958 - Arnaldo Otegi, Basque politician.
1960 - Lola Forner, actress (Wheels on Meals, Armout of God) and Miss Spain 1979, born in Alicante
1962 - Jordi Arcarons, driver of rallies.
1962 - Andrés Jiménez, basketball player.
1963 - Gustavo de Arístegui, Spanish diplomat and politician.
1964 - Bernardo Bonezzi, composor (d. 2012).
1964 - Javier Velasco Yeregui, priest and theologian (d. 2009).
1970 - Albert Ferrer, footballer defender, coach (Spain 36 caps FC Barcelona, Chelsea) born in Barcelona
1974 - Estíbaliz Espinosa, writer.
1974 - Juanra Bonet, actor, humourist and jornalist.
1978 - Joseba Albizu, cyclist.
1980 - Pau Gasol, basketball player.
1980 - Leandro Rivera, actor.
2002 - María Elena, business woman
Deaths
1095 - Ines of Aquitaine, first wife of King Pedro I of Aragon.
1217 - Enrique 1 King of Castilla (b. 1204)
1964 - Rafael Cansinos Assens, writer (b. 1882).
1996 - José María Valverde, writer and professor.
1999 - Joaquín Rodrigo, composor.
2001 - José Manuel Castañón, writer.
2004 - Miguel Ángel Benítez Gómez, singer, in the band Los Delinqüentes.
2004 - José Ignacio San Martín, soldier (b. 1924).
2004 - Ángel Fernández Santos, critic and screenwriter (b. 1934).
2006 - Juan de Ávalos, sculptor (b. 1911).
2007 - Enrique Fuentes Quintana, politician (b. 1924).
2009 - Alfons Figueras, cartoonist (b. 1922).
2009 - Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (b 1916)
2010 - José Rico Pérez, businessman and football manager (b. 1918).
2011 - Miquel Pairolí, writer and journalist (b. 1955).
2012 - Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2014 - Darío Barrio, chef (b. 1972)
2010 - José Rico Pérez, businessman and football manager (b. 1918).
2011 - Miquel Pairolí, writer and journalist (b. 1955).
2012 - Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2014 - Darío Barrio, chef (b. 1972)