Hispanic Facts

  • Sept. 15: 1821
    Costa Rica's, El Salvador's, Guatemala's, Honduras' and Nicaragua's Independence Day.
  • Sept. 16: 1810
    Mexico's Independence Day.
  • Sept. 17: 1766
    Founding of the presidio in San Francisco, at that time the most northern point under Spain's control. Presidio of San Francisco. The Moret Law in Puerto Rico passes and frees all child and elderly slaves.
  • Sept. 18: 1810
    Chile's Independence Day.
  • Sept. 19: 2004
    20,000 U.S. troops are welcomed in Haiti to supervise the country's transition to a democracy. Haiti is not a Hispanic country they were colonized by the French.
  • Sept. 19
    Armed Forces Day, Chile
  • Sept. 20: 1596
    Founding of the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Sept. 21: 1971
    Bernardo Houssay, the first Latin American scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine, dies.
  • Sept. 22: 1868
    Argentine medical pioneer Luis Agote, who was one of the first to perform a successful blood transfusion using an anticoagulant, was born.
  • Sept. 23: 1947
    Women are granted the right to vote in Argentina.
  • Sept. 24: 1928
    The first group of taxis with three rows of seats arrive in Argentina.
  • Sept. 25: 1513
    Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovers the "Mar del Sur" (South Sea), which was later named the Pacific Ocean by Ferdinand Magellan.
  • Sept. 26: 1512
    The first school of advanced studies was established by Bishop Alonso Manso.
  • Sept. 27:1821
    Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
  • Sept. 28: 1542
    Spanish missionaries introduce a new fruit to California, the grape.
  • Sept. 29: 1538
    Founding of the city of Sucre, Bolivia.
  • Sept. 30: 1765
    Mexican activist José Morelos y Pavón, who joined Hidalgo in Mexico's independence movement and became known as a great social thinker and strategist, is born.
  • Oct. 1: 1805
    The first issue of the Mexican newspaper "El Diario de México" is published.
  • Oct. 2: 1535
    The first viceroy of Mexico (then, a Spanish colony), Antonio de Mendoza, arrives from Europe at the port in Veracruz.
  • Oct. 3: 1714
    The "Real Academia Española" (Royal Spanish Language Academy) is created, which sets standards for the development of the Spanish language.
  • Oct. 4: 1824
    The proclamation of Mexico's first constitution - making it a federal republic, much like the United States - takes place.
  • Oct.5: 1582
    Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
  • Oct. 6: 1896
    Eloy Gonzalo García, a Spanish hero in the war against Cuba, risks his life on a dangerous mission in Cascorro, in the province of Camagüey.
  • Oct.8:
    Navy Day (Peru)
  • Oct.7: 1886
    Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
  • Oct. 9: 1820
    Guayaquil's (Ecuador) Independence Day.
  • Oct. 10: 1868
    Carlos Manuel de Céspedes frees his slaves and begins the first war of Cuban independence against Spain, known as the "Grito de Yara".
  • Oct. 11: 1979
    Cuban lyricist Joselito Fernández, who wrote the famous "La Guantanamera," dies.
  • Oct. 12: 1492
    Spanish conquistadors arrive on an island, which they named San Salvador. "dia de la raza" Day of the Race is a celebration of Hispanic heritage of Latin America.
  • Oct. 13: 1987
    Costa Rica's president, Oscar Arias Sánchez, receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his plan to end the regional crisis in Central America.
  • Oct. 14: 1526
    Mexico celebrates the first Catholic marriage between natives.
  • Oct. 15: 1984
    Argentine biochemist César Milstein receives the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his studies relating to the immune system.