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March 13

Saint’s Day for Nicéforo, Cristina, Rodrigo and Salomón.

857 - The Christian martyr Rodrigo is decapitated by the Moorish rulers of Córdoba for publicly proclaiming his faith and his body is thrown into the Guadalquivir.
1328 - In Navarra, Juana II and Felipe III of Evreux are enthroned as kings.
1604 - A fire destroys part of the Royal Palace of El Pardo (Madrid), losing substantial works of art.
1697 - Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1741 - The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ( part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins
1861 - The railway between Sevilla and Cádiz was opened.

Carme Chacón - Archive photo

1900 - Spanish Cortes approved a law regulating the work of women and children.
1902 - The Cabinet chaired by Praxedes Mateo Sagasta resigns.
1902 - Madrid, the first car, belonging to the Marquis de Bolaños matriculates.
2016 - The Spanish continue against to return to the two party system’. Electoral preferences have hardly moved since December 20. Riviera is rewarded for his attempts a negotiating and Iglesias is the most punished.

Births
1769 - Fernando Camborda, writer (d. 1823).
1850 - Emilio Serrano y Ruíz, composer, born in Vitoria-Gasteiz (d. 1939)
1869 - Ramon Menendez Pidal, philologist and historian.
1879 - Alfredo Kindelan, military man and aviator.
1895 - Juan Larrea, poet.
1911 - José Ardévol, Cuban composer of Spanish origin born in Barcelona  (d. 1981).
1914 - Conchita Montes, actress.
1925 - Medardo Fraile, writer and professor.
1931 - Rodrigo Rubio, writer.
1937 - Antonio Betancort, footballer.
1939 - Jan, cartoonist.
1940 - Alfonso Cortina, businessman.
1941 - Charo, guitarist.
1942 - José Barrionuevo, politician.
1947 - Manolo Galván, Argentinean singer of Spanish origin (d. 2013).
1959 - Íñigo Liceranzu, footballer.
1962 - Pello Ruiz Cabestany, cyclist.
1965 - Miquel Soler, footballer.
1966 - Marcial Álvarez, actor.
1971 - Carmen Chacón Piqueras, Minister for Housing from July 2007 under the Socialist government led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, was born in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona province.
1980 - Kira Miró, actress and presenter.
1988 - Dani Rivas, motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1994 - Gerard Deulofeu, footballer


Deaths
600 - Leander of Seville, bishop and saint (b. 534)
857 - Rodrigo, Saint and Martyr.
1990 - Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera, writer (b. 1926)
2002 - The composer, Carlos Castellano Gómez, died at the age of 98.
2003 - Carmen Gracia Tesán, singer.
2003 - Tobío Lois Fernandez, diplomat, writer and translator (b 1906.).
2011 - Andrés Resino, actor (b. 1940).
2012 - Teresa Pàmies, writer (b. 1919)