What happened in Asturias on each day of September: historical events, saints and festivals, and births and deaths of notable Asturians. Each entry links to its source.
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September 1
- 1880 — Valentín Álvarez Muñiz is born in Sotiello (Gijón); he emigrated to Cuba at 15 and became a businessman and republican politician. (source, in Spanish)
- 1937 — The rebel troops advance west from Santander; it is the beginning of the end of the northern front in the Civil War, which would end with the fall of Gijón in October. (source)
- 1954 — Manuel Díaz Vega, one of the best-known Asturian referees, who officiated in the First Division and as a FIFA international, is born in Godán (Salas). (source)
September 2
- 1920 — Victoriano Guisasola, from Oviedo, cardinal, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, dies in Madrid. (source)
- 1963 — Juan Carlos Ablanedo, a goalkeeper who spent his whole career at Sporting de Gijón and played for Spain, is born in Mieres. (source)
September 3
- 1972 — Natalia Estrada, an actress and presenter who found success above all on Italian television, is born in Gijón. (source)
September 4
- 1921 — Alejandro Fernández Sordo, Minister of Trade Union Relations in 1974-1975, in the last months of the Franco regime, is born in Oviedo. (source)
September 5
- 1933 — Francisco Acebal, writer, playwright and journalist from Gijón, dies in Madrid. (source)
- 1937 — The Battle of El Mazuco begins near Llanes: for two weeks the republican defenders hold up the rebel advance towards central Asturias in the mountains. (source)
- 1989 — José Ángel Valdés, "Cote", a defender who began and ended his career at Sporting, is born in Gijón. (source)
September 6
- 1925 — Poet Ángel González, of the Generation of the 50s, is born in Oviedo; he won the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature in 1985. (source)
- 1953 — The Miramar municipal stadium, home of Marino de Luanco, opens in Luanco (Gozón). (source)
- 1996 — The first issue of Les Noticies, a weekly written entirely in Asturian and published until 2012, comes out in Oviedo. (source)
September 7
- 1885 — José Posada Herrera, jurist and Prime Minister in 1883-1884, dies in Llanes, his home town. (source)
- 1965 — Antonio Lobato, the journalist who made Formula 1 popular on Spanish television, is born in Oviedo. (source)
September 8
- Every year — Official day of the Principality, which coincides with the Virgin of Covadonga; set by law in 1984, it had been celebrated since 1980. (source, in Spanish)
- Every year — Feast of Our Lady of Covadonga, "la Santina", patron saint of Asturias; her image was crowned in 1918, the 1,200th anniversary of the battle. (source)
- Every year — Llanes celebrates the feast of the Virgin of La Guía, of national tourist interest, one of its four great summer festivals. (source, in Spanish)
- 1565 — Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine, in Florida, the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the United States. (source)
- 1575 — According to tradition, the Virgin of El Acebo (Cangas del Narcea) works her first miracle on Our Lady's Day in September. (source)
- 1704 — Francisco Bances Candamo, from Avilés, court playwright of Charles II and one of the last authors of Baroque theatre, dies. (source)
September 9
- 2006 — Film director Tito Fernández, from San Esteban de Pravia, dies in Ronda; his "No desearás al vecino del quinto" was the highest-grossing Spanish film for 26 years. (source, in Spanish)
September 10
- 1936 — During the siege of Oviedo, a bombing hits the Chorín house, where more than a hundred civilians, mostly women and children, were sheltering; the death toll varies by source. (source, in Spanish)
- 1969 — Carmen Domínguez, a glaciologist and explorer who has studied the ice of Antarctica and other polar regions, is born in Oviedo. (source)
September 11
- 1929 — Joaquín Rubio Camín, sculptor and painter with works in the streets of his city, is born in Gijón. (source, in Spanish)
- 1976 — The Roller Hockey World Championship starts in Oviedo; it lasted until the 21st and Spain were champions. (source)
September 12
- 1840 — Ramón Martínez Vigil, a Dominican who was Bishop of Oviedo from 1884 to 1904, is born in Siero. (source)
September 13
- 1863 — Jurist Aniceto Sela, professor at the University of Oviedo and part of the group behind university extension, is born in Mieres. (source, in Spanish)
- 1946 — María Izquierdo Rojo, philologist, member of the Constituent Cortes and later MEP, is born in Oviedo. (source)
September 14
- Every year — Candás (Carreño) celebrates its great festival of the Holy Christ of Candás, on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross. (source)
- 1920 — Diamantina Rodríguez, one of the great voices of Asturian song (tonada), is born. (source)
- 1950 — Miners' leader Belarmino Tomás, who in 1937 presided over the Sovereign Council of Asturias and León, dies in exile in Mexico. (source)
- 2012 — Gijón hosts the Davis Cup semi-final between Spain and the United States, from 14 to 16 September, at the Hermanos Castro park. (source, in Spanish)
- 2014 — Isidoro Álvarez, born in Borondés (Grado), nephew and successor of Ramón Areces at the head of El Corte Inglés, dies. (source)
September 15
- 1904 — Ramón Areces, the emigrant who built El Corte Inglés after returning from Cuba, is born in La Mata (Grado). (source)
- 1972 — Letizia Ortiz, journalist and Queen of Spain since 2014, is born in Oviedo. (source)
- 1978 — Rubén Garabaya, handball pivot and world champion with Spain in 2005, is born in Avilés. (source)
September 16
- 1843 — José María Queipo de Llano, Count of Toreno, from Oviedo, historian and Prime Minister in 1835, dies in Paris. (source)
- 1951 — The new El Batán stadium, named Hermanos Antuña since 1964, opens in Mieres. (source)
September 17
- 1749 — Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez, art historian, painter and friend of Jovellanos and Goya, is born in Gijón. (source)
- 1965 — Playwright Alejandro Casona, born in Besullo (Cangas del Narcea), author of "La dama del alba", dies in Madrid. (source)
September 18
- 1782 — José Tomás Boves, the royalist commander who fought Bolívar on the plains of Venezuela, is born in Oviedo. (source)
- 1860 — Adolfo González-Posada, jurist and sociologist, professor of political law at the University of Oviedo, is born in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 1970 — The monument to the Emigrant's Mother, by Ramón Muriedas, a tribute to the families of those who left for America, is unveiled in Gijón. (source)
- 2012 — Santiago Carrillo, from Gijón, general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party during the Transition, dies in Madrid. (source)
September 19
- Every year — In the middle of the San Mateo festivities, Oviedo holds the Day of America in Asturias parade, recalling the ties of emigration; the first was in 1950. (source, in Spanish)
- 1919 — Actor José Suárez, a leading man of 1950s Spanish cinema, is born in Trubia (Oviedo). (source)
September 20
- 1983 — Handball player Jessica Alonso, Olympic bronze medallist with Spain at London 2012, is born in Gijón. (source)
- 2000 — Real Oviedo's new Carlos Tartiere stadium opens with a friendly against Partizan Belgrade, during the San Mateo festivities. (source)
September 21
- Every year — Main day of the San Mateo festivities, Oviedo's great annual fiestas. (source, in Spanish)
- 1608 — The University of Oviedo, founded at the wish of Archbishop Fernando Valdés Salas, begins teaching Arts, Canon Law, Law and Theology. (source)
- 1952 — The Archaeological Museum of Asturias opens to the public in the cloister of the former San Vicente monastery, in Oviedo. (source)
- 1959 — Enrique Figaredo, a Jesuit who leads the Catholic Church in Battambang (Cambodia) and helps landmine victims, is born in Gijón. (source)
- 1982 — Valentín Andrés Álvarez, from Grado, economist, physicist, writer and humorist of the Generation of '27, dies in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
September 22
- 1991 — Tino Casal, born in Tudela Veguín (Oviedo), an icon of 1980s pop, dies in a car crash in Madrid. (source)
September 23
- 1949 — Enrique Castro, "Quini", "el Brujo", Sporting's goalscorer and seven-time Pichichi winner, is born in Oviedo. (source)
- 2015 — Actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, from La Felguera (Langreo), Goya winner for best new actor for "Solas", dies. (source)
September 24
- 1817 — Ramón de Campoamor, one of the most widely read poets of the 19th century, is born in Piñera (Navia). (source)
- 1905 — Severo Ochoa, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959, is born in Luarca (Valdés). (source)
- 1980 — The Principality of Asturias Foundation, which awards today's Princess of Asturias Awards, is set up in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
September 25
- 1997 — Ricardo Rodríguez, "Riki", a midfielder trained at Real Oviedo, is born in Oviedo. (source)
September 26
- 1897 — Actor Félix Fernández, a supporting player in many post-war Spanish films, is born in Cangas de Onís. (source)
- 1930 — Film director Tito Fernández is born in San Esteban de Pravia. (source, in Spanish)
- 1971 — Marcelino Elena, a defender who played for Sporting, Mallorca and Newcastle and for Spain, is born in Gijón. (source)
September 27
- Every year — Pilgrimage of the Holy Martyrs (Saints Cosmas and Damian) of Valdecuna, in Mieres. (source, in Spanish)
- 1764 — Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, the great figure of the early Spanish Enlightenment, dies in Oviedo, where he lived most of his life as a Benedictine monk. (source)
September 28
- 1834 — Nun and writer Teresa Cónsul, who wrote in Spanish and Asturian, dies of cholera in Oviedo. (source, in Spanish)
- 2025 — Javier García Cuesta, from Mieres, handball player, coach and sports executive, dies in Gijón. (source)
September 29
- Every year — Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, after whom many Asturian parishes and pilgrimages are named, such as the one in Anleo (Navia). (source)
- 2026 — Gonzalo Suárez, from Oviedo, writer and director of "Rowing with the Wind", dies in Madrid aged 92. (source)
September 30
- 1945 — José Manuel Fuente, "el Tarangu", a great climber and two-time Vuelta a España winner, is born in Limanes (Siero). (source)
- 1955 — Mime artist Carlos Martínez, who has taken his wordless theatre all over the world, is born in Pravia. (source)
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