and General the Count Pallavicini, founder of the Austrian branch of that celebrated Italian house, a courtier Littlepage could have met at Madrid in December, 1780.

* Thomas Patten from Dooega died fighting Francisco Franco's fascist forces during the Siege of Madrid in December 1936.

* 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico ( b. 1934 )

In 2010 Eye to Eye: Alan Parsons Project Live in Madrid was released on CD.

Alfonso XII ( born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo ) ( Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885 ) was King of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d ' état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.

The Puerto Rican activist Julio Vizcarrondo had moved the Spanish Abolitionist Society from San Juan de Puerto Rico to Madrid at the request of premier Miguel Prim, himself a former Puerto Rico governor.

The Cuban slavers counteracted with a fierce media campaign and political action committees in Madrid and the coastal comecial cities with great economic and family ties to the Antilles.

At the end of 1874, when Field Marshal Serrano left Madrid to take command of the northern army in the Carlist War, Brigadier Martínez Campos, who had long been working more or less openly for the king, led some battalions of the central army to Sagunto, rallied to his own flag the troops sent against him, and entered Valencia in the king's name.

On 23 January 1878 at the Basilica of Atocha in Madrid, Alfonso married his cousin, Princess Maria de las Mercedes, daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, but she died within six months of the marriage.

Towards the end of 1878 a young workman of Tarragona, Juan Oliva Moncasi, fired at the king in Madrid.

On 29 November 1879 at the Basilica of Atocha in Madrid, Alfonso married a much more distant relative, Maria Christina of Austria, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria.

During the honeymoon, a pastry cook named Otero fired at the young sovereign and his wife as they were driving in Madrid.

* Alfonso Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( 28 January 1880, Madrid – 1970 ), married in 1922 to María de Guadalupe de Limantour y Mariscal ( d. 1977, Marbella ), daughter of Julio de Limantour y Marquet ( 17 June 1863, Mexico City – 11 October 1909, Mexico City ) and wife Elena Mariscal y ..., paternal granddaughter of French Joseph Yves de Limantour y Rence de la Pagame ( 1812, Ploemeur – 1885, Mexico City ) and wife Adèle Marquet y Cabannes ( 1820, Bordeaux –?

**** Alejandra García y Wittig ( b. 1984, Madrid )

Alfonso was born in Madrid, posthumously born son of Alfonso XII of Spain, and became King of Spain upon his birth.

The problems with the lodging of his wedding guests prompted the construction of the luxury Hotel Palace in Madrid.

His fondness for the sport of football led to the patronage of several " Royal " (" Real " in Spanish ) football clubs such as Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Unión and Real Zaragoza.

1929 portrait of King Alfonso XIIIOn 31 May 1906, at the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo in Madrid, Alfonso married Scottish-born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg ( 1887 – 1969 ), a niece of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

* Infante Jaime Luitpold Isabelino Enrique Alberto Alfonso Victor Acacio Pedro Maria of Spain ( 1908 – 1975 ), a deaf-mute as the result of a childhood operation, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1933 and became Duke of Segovia, and later Duke of Madrid, and who, as a legitimist pretender to the French throne from 1941 to 1975, was known as the Duke of Anjou.

* Order of the Chrysanthemum, 1930: Emperor Showa's second brother, Prince Takamatsu, traveled to Madrid to confer the Great Collar of the Chrysanthemum on King Alfonso.

* 2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid.

* 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia (" Royal Academy of History ") is founded in Madrid.

* A statue of Alexander Fleming stands outside the main bullring in Madrid, Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas.

* 2004 – Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.

* Fernando Sanz y Martínez de Arizala ( 28 February 1881, Madrid – 1922, Nice, France ), unmarried and without issue

On June 28, 1854, a military coup occurred in Madrid, led by General Domingo Dulce y Garay and General Leopoldo O ' Donnell y Jarris.

Madrid Pride Parade, known as " Orgullo Gay ", is held the first Saturday after June 28 since 1979.

In their first European final since 1977 and first ever in a single match, Athletic could not maintain their momentum and deliver a first trophy for 28 years, as they lost 3-0 to Atletico Madrid ( who were inspired by the forward play of Radamel Falcao ), on 9 May in the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, Romania.

Iberia and Air France operate the most trans-Atlantic flights ( 28 flights per week ) with nonstop service to Madrid and Paris.

On July 28, 2007, Carlyle announced the acquisition of Applus + from its shareholders Agbar, Unión Fenosa and Caja Madrid for an enterprise value of € 1, 480 million.

He scored 28 goals combined from 2000 – 02 ( including a hat-trick against Hamburger SV on 24 November 2001 ), while also adding five in 15 UEFA Champions League appearances in 2001 – 02, as Bayer finished second to Real Madrid ( he scored one apiece in both legs of the semifinal clash against Manchester United ); the club also finished second in the league during this timeframe.

El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, located 45 km ( 28 mi ) northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid.

Agustín Moreto y Cavana ( April, 1618, Madrid – 28 October 1669 ), was a Spanish Catholic priest, dramatist and playwright.

It is also one of the youngest municipalities in the country and was formed on July 28 of 1993 by decree of the State Congress during the administration of Mario Villanueva Madrid.

Van Nistelrooy signed with Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid on 28 July, departing Old Trafford after five seasons with a total of 150 goals in 220 appearances.

Carmen Laforet ( Barcelona 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004 ) was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War.

Madrid fell six months later on March 28, 1939.

by February 1939, Bonnet believed that the rapid collapse of the Republican war effort made recognition of the Burgos government imperative if France were to have any hope of having influence with General Franco, and on February 28, 1939, France broke diplomatic relations with the Republican government in Madrid and recognized the Nationalist government in Burgos.

His 19 goals in 23 league matches and six goals in ten Champions League matches ( including a hat trick over two legs against Real Madrid ) were followed by 28 total goals in all competitions in 1998 – 99.

On 28 August 2009 Van Gaal strengthened his team by getting Arjen Robben from Real Madrid, this reunited him with Van Gaal who debuted him in the Dutch National U20 team.

The result was clearly favourable to the federal republicans, which captured 343 of the 371 seats, but turnout was probably the lowest in Spanish history, with about 28 % in Catalonia and 25 % in Madrid.

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* Alonso Maria Cristino Justo ( 28 May 1912 Madrid, Spain – 18 November 1936 Spain ); Killed in action during the Spanish Civil War

The Battle of Talavera ( 27 – 28 July 1809 ) was a battle fought some 120 kilometers southwest of Madrid, Spain in the Peninsular War.

When introducing the song during a live concert in Madrid ( July 28, 2009 ) Taylor publicly said that he composed " Fire and Rain " in 1968 during a stay in the Spanish island of Formentera, which he jokingly defined as a place ( then ) " full of goats and drug smugglers ".