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Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832–1914) Spanish Prime Minister and President of the Senate of Spain. Juan Carlos I (born 1938), King of Spain (1975–2014) Federica Montseny (1905–1994), Minister of Health (1936–1937) and anarchist - first woman to be a minister in Spanish History; José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903–1936)
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Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961), civil engineer, structural architect, world-famous specialist in concrete structures. [64] [65] Juanelo Turriano (1500-1585) Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician, he built the Artificio de Juanelo, an engine that, driven by the river itself, lifted water from the Tagus to a height of almost 100 ...
On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (/ s ɜːr ˈ v æ n t iː z,-t ɪ z / sur-VAN-teez, -tiz; [5] Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) [6] was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.
The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14, 1931 when Alfonso XIII left the country following a period of social unrest after the collapse of General Primo de Rivera's dictatorship a year earlier, and April 1, 1939 when the last of the Republican (republicanos) forces surrendered to the Nationalist ...
Estefan is one of the most beloved performers in Latin music history (and in music history in general). During her legendary career, Estefan sold over 100 million records, landed 38 #1 hit on the ...
General and dictator of Spain: Jerez de la Frontera: 1870: 1930 Nicolás Salmerón: Politician and philosopher, third President of the First Spanish Republic: Alhama de Almería: 1838: 1908 Trajan: Roman emperor: Italica: 53: 117 Antonio de Ulloa: General, explorer, writer and first Spanish governor of Louisiana: Seville: 1716: 1795 José Cobo Cano