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1991 In Spain
Events in the year 1991 in Spain. Incumbents * Monarch – Juan Carlos I * Prime Minister of Spain – Felipe González Márquez Events *26 May – 1991 Spanish local elections are held, to elect 66,308 councillors in the 8,060 municipalities of Spain and 1,032 seats in 38 provincial deputations. Popular culture Music * Spain, represented by Sergio Dalma, finishes 4th in the Eurovision Song Contest with 119 points. Film *See List of Spanish films of 1991 Television *The comedy series, ''Farmacia de guardia'', is launched. Literature * ''El caballero de Sajonia'' by Juan Benet Goitia Notable births *9 January – Álvaro Soler, singer *21 January – Javier Calvo, actor and director *6 February – Maxi Iglesias, actor and model *11 April – Thiago Alcântara, footballer *15 April – Javier Fernandez, figure skater *10 June – Pol Espargaró, motorcycle racer *1 July – Lucas Vázquez, footballer *24 September – Oriol Romeu, footballer *13 October – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarchy Of Spain
, coatofarms = File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Spanish_Monarch.svg , coatofarms_article = Coat of arms of the King of Spain , image = Felipe_VI_in_2020_(cropped).jpg , incumbent = Felipe VI , incumbentsince = 19 June 2014 , his/her = His , heir_presumptive = Leonor, Princess of Asturias , first_monarch = Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon ( Catholic Monarchs of Spain) , date = , appointer = Hereditary , residence = Royal Palace of Madrid (official)Palace of Zarzuela (private) , website The Spanish Monarchy The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy ( es, Monarquía Española), constitutionally referred to as The Crown ( es, La Corona), is a constitutional institution and the highest office of Spain. The monarchy comprises the reigning monarch, his or her family, and the royal household organization which supports and facilitates the monarch in the exercise of his du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 will ride in the MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development of Tech3. He previously spent two years with Repsol Honda. Pol is the younger brother of fellow MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaró, and is best known for winning the 2013 Moto2 World Championship. This earned him a move to Monster Yamaha Tech3 in 2014 but had 3 largely unsuccessful seasons failing to score a single podium. He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2015 with Bradley Smith and Katsuyuki Nakasuga, and in 2016 with Nakasuga and Alex Lowes. He is the first rider to finish on the podium riding a KTM motorcycle in MotoGP. Career 125cc World Championship Youngest rider to score a championship point (2006) Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Espargaró, arrived in the 125cc World Championship in participating in the last six races of the year. This rider from replaced the injured Andrea Iannone at Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Spain
Events in the year 1991 in Spain. Incumbents * Monarch – Juan Carlos I * Prime Minister of Spain – Felipe González Márquez Events *26 May – 1991 Spanish local elections are held, to elect 66,308 councillors in the 8,060 municipalities of Spain and 1,032 seats in 38 provincial deputations. Popular culture Music * Spain, represented by Sergio Dalma, finishes 4th in the Eurovision Song Contest with 119 points. Film *See List of Spanish films of 1991 Television *The comedy series, ''Farmacia de guardia'', is launched. Literature * ''El caballero de Sajonia'' by Juan Benet Goitia Notable births *9 January – Álvaro Soler, singer *21 January – Javier Calvo, actor and director *6 February – Maxi Iglesias, actor and model *11 April – Thiago Alcântara, footballer *15 April – Javier Fernandez, figure skater *10 June – Pol Espargaró, motorcycle racer *1 July – Lucas Vázquez, footballer *24 September – Oriol Romeu, footballer *13 October – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 In Spain
Events in the year 1942 in Spain. Incumbents *Caudillo: Francisco Franco Events * August 16 - Begoña Bombing Births * January 2 - Jesús Glaría, footballer. (died 1978) * February 4 - Joaquim Rifé, footballer. * February 9 - Manuel Castells, sociologist. * February 23 – Rogelio Baón, politician (died 2008) * February 28 - Bernardo Adam Ferrero, composer (died 2022) * May 29 – Óscar Alzaga, jurist and politician * December 2 - Vicente López Carril, racing cyclist. (died 1980) * December 14 - Juan Diego, actor. (died 2022) Undated * ** Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga (died 1991), Spanish sociologist Deaths * April 26 - Romà Forns. * June 8 - José Pellicer Gandía. (born 1912) * Undated ** Agustín Olguera, painter (born 1906) See also * List of Spanish films of the 1940s References {{Year in Europe, 1942 Years of the 20th century in Spain 1940s in Spain Spain Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga
Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga (Barcelona, 1942 — May 1991, Madrid) was a Spanish sociologist, who from 1988 until his death was president of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Career Obtaining his bachelor's degree at ICADE, Rodríguez graduated from the 1970 class of the Complutense University of Madrid with his Doctor of Law, his thesis being on the French academic Raymond Aron. From 1969 to 1971, he studied sociology at the University of Pau and the Adour Region, collaborating with Spanish exiles like Manuel Tuñón de Lara. As such, Rodríguez was anti-Francoist, advocating for democracy during the early 1970s. Consequently, in addition to his studies on Alexis de Tocqueville, he was described by Carlos Moya as a "Tocquevillian socialist sociologist". From 1972, he taught social philosophy at the Faculty of Law at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1982, he became an associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, obtaining the chair of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 May
Events Pre-1600 *1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. *1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. * 1436 – Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson * 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. *1493 – Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. 1601–1900 *1626 – Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the ''See Meeuw''. *1686 – The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines. *1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. *1799 – Fourth A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 In Spain
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Events in the year 1904 in Spain. Incumbents *Monarch: Alfonso XIII *Prime Minister: Antonio Maura (until 16 December), Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero (starting 16 December) Births *March 4 - Luis Carrero Blanco, navy officer (d. 1973) *May 11 - Salvador Dalí, artist (d. 1989) Deaths *January 13 - Urbano González Serrano (b. 1848), ''krausipositivista'' intellectual References Years of the 20th century in Spain 1900s in Spain Spain Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Zambrano
María Zambrano Alarcón (22 April 1904 – 6 February 1991) was a Spanish essayist and philosopher associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Her extensive work between the civic engagement and the poetic reflection started to be recognised in Spain over the last quarter of the 20th century after living many years in exile. She was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award (1981) and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1988). Biography María Zambrano Alarcón was born on 22 April 1904 in Vélez-Málaga, Spain, daughter of Blas José Zambrano García de Carabante, friend and collaborator of Antonio Machado, and Araceli Alarcón Delgado. In 1905, the family moved to Madrid and a year afterwards to Segovia, where her father obtained a job as Spanish Grammar professor. She spent there her teenage years. Zambrano studied under and was influenced by José Ortega y Gasset and went on to teach metaphysics at Madrid University and at the Instituto Cervantes from 1931 to 1936. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 February
Events Pre-1600 *1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 *1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II. *1694 – The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery. *1778 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. * 1778 – New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. *1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. * 1806 – Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. *1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Spain
Events in the year 1907 in Spain. Incumbents *Monarch: Alfonso XIII *President of the Government: Antonio Aguilar Correa (until 25 January), Antonio Maura Montaner (starting 25 January) Births *February 21 - José González, sport shooter *March 18 - Luis Gabriel Portillo, aristocrat (d. 1993) Deaths * Emilio Sánchez Perrier, painter (b. 1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city. * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River open ...) References 1907 in Spain, Years of the 20th century in Spain 1900s in Spain 1907 by country, Spain 1907 in Europe, Spain {{Spain-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Arrupe
Pedro Arrupe Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Basque priest who served as the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983. He has been called a second founder of the Society, as he led the Jesuits in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor. Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In 1983, a paralysis from a stroke caused him to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary. Education and training Pedro Arrupe attended school at the Santiago Apostol High School in Bilbao. In 1923, he moved to Madrid to attend the Medical School of the Universidad Complutense. There he met Severo Ochoa, who later won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. One of his teachers was Juan Negrín, a pioneer in physiol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 February
Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1601–1900 * 1783 – In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins. * 1810 – Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins. * 1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. * 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public. * 1859 – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state. * 1862 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
