What happened on a day like today, April 15 in Spain

Here we bring you the main events and historical events that took place on a day like today , April 15 in the calendar of Spain.

April 15 in the history of Spain

On April 15, 1354 in Cuéllar, Spain Pedro I of Castile and Juana de Castro were married.

In the year 1408, Yusuf III, being king of Granada, signed a truce with the Christians.

91 years later, on April 15, 1493 , Christopher Columbus arrived in Seville after the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. It is triumphantly received.

Another April 15, but in 1717, the Royal Academy of Marine Guards Knights was created, the forerunner of the Spanish Naval Military School.

On the corresponding day in 1814, the Cortes of Cádiz approve the provisional regulations of the Military Militia.

A year later, in Puerta del Sol in Madrid, a fire destroyed a block of 16 houses.

On April 15, 1848 Bertrán de Lis; member of the Narváez ministry establishes the decimal monetary system.

On April 15, 1912, in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, at 2:20 in the morning, the Titanic finished sinking after hitting an iceberg. In all, 1,517 people died.

This day, but in 1920, the Spanish Communist Party was founded, which the following year would join the Spanish Communist Workers Party to found the Communist Party of Spain.

A few years later, on April 15, 1924, the right-wing Miguel Primo de Rivera founded the Patriotic Union party.

In 1931 Alfonso XIII set sail from Cartagena to Marseille aboard the light cruiser Príncipe Alfonso to live his exile. On the way, pick up the Infante Juan de Borbón.

On April 15, 1938, during the Civil War, Franco's troops, commanded by Alonso Vega, occupied Vinaroz. They divide Spain into two parts and manage to isolate Catalonia.