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Spanish Roman Catholics

  • Catherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon was born in the early hours of the 16th of December 1485 at the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares, the youngest child of two…
  • Diego VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was baptized at the church of St. Peter in Seville on the 6th of June 1599, the son of a notary and a woman whose…
  • Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was born during a ball in Ghent on the 24th of February 1500, and before he drew his last breath he had ruled more of the world than any Christian…
  • Philip V of SpainPhilip V of Spain holds a record no other Spanish monarch has matched: he ruled for 45 years, 9 months, and 8 days, longer than any king or queen in the…
  • Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí was born on the 11th of May 1904, at 8:45 in the morning, in a house on Carrer Monturiol in the Catalan town of Figueres.
  • Philip II of SpainPhilip II of Spain was born on the 21st of May 1527 at the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid, and by the time he died on the 13th of September 1598, he had…
  • Juan Bautista de ToledoJuan Bautista de Toledo left his name carved in stone on the 23rd of April 1563, inscribed on the cornerstone of El Escorial by Juan de Herrera: "JOANNES…
  • El GrecoEl Greco was once asked what he thought of Michelangelo, the giant of the Sistine Chapel. His answer was startling. "He was a good man," El Greco said, "but…
  • Francisco GoyaFrancisco Goya could not hear the French declaration of war on Spain. By then an undiagnosed illness had left him deaf, the noises in his head a constant…
  • Inca Garcilaso de la VegaInca Garcilaso de la Vega was born on the 12th of April 1539 in Cuzco, Peru, at one of the most turbulent crossroads in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
  • Juan Luis VivesJuan Luis Vives died in Bruges in 1540, at the age of 47, having never returned to Spain after leaving it as a teenager.
  • Juan de HerreraJuan de Herrera left a mark on Spanish soil so severe and so deliberate that it still unsettles visitors who expect Renaissance warmth. Bare granite.