What happened in Asturias on each day of November: historical events, saints and festivals, and births and deaths of notable Asturians. Each entry links to its source.
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November 1
- 1882 — Alejandro Mon, Minister of Finance and author of a major tax reform in 1845, dies in Oviedo, his home town. (source)
- 1977 — Prince Felipe, today King Felipe VI, is solemnly proclaimed Prince of Asturias in Covadonga. (source, in Spanish)
- 1990 — Midfielder Pelayo Novo, a Real Oviedo player, is born in Riaño (Langreo). (source)
- 1993 — Severo Ochoa, from Luarca, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959, dies in Madrid. (source)
November 2
- 1846 — José Menéndez, an emigrant who became one of the great businessmen of Patagonia, is born in Miranda (Avilés). (source)
- 1968 — Juan Ramón López Muñiz, footballer and later coach, is born in Gijón. (source)
November 3
- 1937 — The first issue of the newspaper Voluntad, published until 1975, comes out in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
November 4
- 1976 — Brothers Carlos and Sergio Souto, rugby players for Spain, are born in Oviedo. (source)
November 5
- 1895 — Manuel Suárez, who became master general of the Dominican Order, is born in Herías (Lena). (source)
- 1900 — Painter Paulino Vicente, a great portraitist, is born in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 1919 — Anselmo López, founder and first president of Sporting, dies in Gijón. (source)
November 6
- 1936 — Ernesto Winter, from Gijón, mining engineer, educator and essayist, dies in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 1958 — Cyclist Pedro Muñoz Machín, a great climber and King of the Mountains at the 1986 Giro d'Italia, is born in Mieres. (source)
November 7
- 1823 — Rafael del Riego, born in Tuña (Tineo), the liberal officer who rose up in 1820 for the Constitution of Cádiz, is executed in Madrid. (source)
- 1976 — Handball player Alberto Entrerríos, world champion with Spain in 2005, is born in Gijón. (source)
- 2019 — Margarita Salas, a biochemist from Canero (Valdés) and one of Spain's great scientists, dies in Madrid. (source)
November 8
- 1941 — Gaspar García Laviana, a priest who died as a Sandinista guerrilla in Nicaragua, where he is a national hero, is born in Las Roces (Langreo). (source)
- 1985 — Miguel Marcos, "Míchel", midfielder and later coach, is born in Pola de Lena. (source)
November 9
- 1829 — Teodoro Cuesta, a very popular 19th-century poet in Asturian, is born in La Pasera (Mieres). (source, in Spanish)
- 1877 — Enriqueta González Rubín, from Santianes (Ribadesella), journalist and writer in Asturian, dies in Infiesto. (source)
- 1937 — Anita Orejas, a nurse from Sama de Langreo and victim of Franco's repression, is executed by firing squad in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
November 10
- 1915 — Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, President of the Cortes and a key figure of the Transition, is born in Gijón. (source)
- 1970 — Midfielder Pirri Mori is born in Cangas de Onís. (source)
November 11
- 1886 — Federico Romero, one of the most important zarzuela librettists of the 20th century, is born in Oviedo. (source)
- 1961 — Historian and writer Pilar Sánchez Vicente is born in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
November 12
- 1923 — Julia Rodríguez-Maribona, a nurse regarded as the inventor of the mop, is born in Avilés. (source)
- 1984 — Sailor Ángela Pumariega, Olympic champion at London 2012, is born in Gijón. (source)
November 13
- 2008 — Paco Ignacio Taibo I, an exiled writer and journalist from Gijón, dies in Mexico. (source)
November 14
- 1825 — Chemist José Ramón de Luanco, a university professor, is born in Castropol. (source, in Spanish)
- 1926 — Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera, psychiatrist and best-selling writer, is born in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 2016 — Diana Balmori, a landscape architect from Gijón with an international reputation, dies in New York. (source)
November 15
- 1947 — Guerrilla fighter Baldomero Fernández Ladreda, from Soto de Ribera, who took to the hills after the war and led his own band, dies in Oviedo. (source)
November 17
- 1918 — Ángeles Flórez, "Maricuela", a socialist militiawoman who lived to 105, is born in Blimea (San Martín del Rey Aurelio). (source)
- 1941 — Pedro Pidal, Marquis of Villaviciosa, first to climb the Naranjo de Bulnes and promoter of the Mountain of Covadonga National Park, Spain's first, dies in Gijón. (source)
- 1984 — Striker Adrián Colunga is born in Oviedo. (source)
November 18
- 2000 — Alba Suárez, "Yenesi", singer and content creator, is born in Avilés. (source)
November 19
- 1943 — Midfielder Alberto Fernández is born in Candás. (source)
- 1951 — Boxer Enrique Rodríguez Cal, "Dacal", an Olympic bronze medallist, is born in Candás. (source)
November 20
- 1948 — Architect Manuel del Busto, designer of many of the city's buildings, dies in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
- 1995 — Cyclist Iván García Cortina, a classics specialist, is born in Gijón. (source)
November 21
- 1732 — Álvaro Navia Osorio, from Puerto de Vega, soldier and author of celebrated reflections on the art of war, dies in Oran. (source)
- 1982 — Actress María Cotiello is born in Mieres. (source)
- 2015 — Germán Robles, an actor from Gijón famous for his vampire roles in Mexican cinema, dies in Mexico. (source)
November 22
- 2016 — Dorotea Bárcena, an actress and theatre director from Oviedo, dies in Santiago de Compostela. (source, in Spanish)
November 23
- 1845 — Naval officer Fernando Villaamil, who commanded the destroyer flotilla and died at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898, is born in Serantes (Tapia de Casariego). (source)
- 2022 — Olympic boxer Enrique Rodríguez Cal, "Dacal", dies in Avilés. (source)
November 24
- 1983 — Aida Nuño, seven-time Spanish cyclocross champion, is born in Hevia (Siero). (source)
- 2022 — Writer Begoña Huertas, from Gijón, dies in Madrid. (source)
November 25
- 1799 — Pedro José Pidal, Marquis of Pidal, politician, historian and minister, is born in Villaviciosa. (source)
November 26
- 1786 — José María Queipo de Llano, Count of Toreno, historian of the Peninsular War and Prime Minister, is born in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 1906 — Jurist Rodrigo Uría, a great authority on commercial law, is born in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
November 27
- 1811 — Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, from Gijón, great figure of the Enlightenment, dies in Puerto de Vega (Navia) while fleeing the French. (source)
- 1879 — Dominican friar Alberto Colunga, a biblical scholar who translated the Bible into Spanish (the "Nácar-Colunga"), is born in Noreña. (source)
November 28
- 1853 — José Manuel García, "Marcos del Torniello", a writer in Asturian, is born in Santiago de Ambiedes (Gozón). (source, in Spanish)
- 1950 — Poet María Teresa González, who wrote in Asturian, is born in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
November 29
- 1894 — Cardinal Ceferino González, from Villoria (Laviana), Dominican philosopher and Archbishop of Seville and Toledo, dies in Madrid. (source)
- 1973 — Midfielder José Manuel Colmenero is born in Gijón. (source)
November 30
- 1938 — Margarita Salas, a pioneer of molecular biology in Spain, is born in Canero (Valdés). (source)
- 1983 — The last issue of Región, an Oviedo newspaper founded in 1923, comes out. (source)
- 2014 — José Manuel García Herrero, "Herrero II", midfielder of the great 1970s Sporting side, dies in Gijón. (source)
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