On the Mediterranean coast, James I of Aragon, proceeded to conquer the Balearic Islands ( from 1228 over the following four years ) and Valencia ( the city capitulated September 28, 1238 ).

The Borgias emerged from Aragonese Valencia in Spain.

Valencia, Catalonia, and Aragon pronounced in favor of the Austrian candidate as king, fearing that Philip of Anjou would attempt to change the decentralized administration of the country that afforded the Catalans and Aragonese considerable autonomy from Madrid.

The Almoravid ( Governor of Valencia ) defeat invading Aragonese and kill Gaston IV of Béarn of the First Crusade.

* 1256-Fighting flares up between the Valencia rebels and the Aragonese.

The conquest of what would later become the Kingdom of Valencia started in 1232 when the king of the Crown of Aragon, James I, called Jaume I el Conqueridor or the Conqueror, took Morella, mostly with Aragonese troops.

Finally the Aragonese nobles were granted several domains but only managed to obtain the inland, mostly mountainous and sparsely populated parts of the Kingdom of Valencia.

* 1264 – In Spain, King James I of Aragon reconquers the cities of Orihuela in Alicante and Elx in Valencia from the Moors, ending over 500 years of Islamic rule.

* May – El Cid completes his conquest of Valencia, Spain, and begins his rule of Valencia.

* In Spain, King James I of Aragon reconquers the cities of Orihuela in Alicante and Elx in Valencia from the Moors, ending over 500 years of Islamic rule.

In 1145, it became part of the emirate of Valencia and was occupied, along with the rest of the emirate, by the Almohads in 1172, then passing as Almohad rule in Iberia collapsed to the emirate of Murcia in 1229.

Valencia and its suburbs Manises and Paterna became important centres after potters migrated there from the south ; the city had returned to Christian rule from 1238, and the immigration of skilled potters had been going on since at least the mid-14th century.

Barcelona in Catalonia in northern Spain, which was only under Muslim rule until 801, became a centre for pottery much later, probably receiving immigrant potters from the Valencia area or Andalucia.

Given that both he and Narciso López were neighbors in Valencia, Venezuela and both were originally members of the Spanish Armies who turned against Spanish rule, it is possible that he conspired with Narciso López in Lopez's failed attempt to throw the Spanish out of Cuba.

Within a few days after Canovas del Castillo took power as Premier, the new king, proclaimed on 29 December 1874, arrived at Madrid, passing through Barcelona and Valencia and was acclaimed everywhere ( 1875 ).

Alfonso had been betrothed to Maria of Castile ( 1401 – 1458 ; sister of John II of Castile ) in Valladolid in 1408 ; the marriage was celebrated in Valencia on 12 June 1415.

Only from Spain did Louis XIV receive any good news where Das Minas and Galway had been forced to retreat from Madrid towards Valencia, allowing Philip V to re-enter his capital on 4 October.

El Cid gradually came to have more influence on Valencia, then ruled by al-Qadir.

Valencia was captured by Masdali on May 5, 1102 and it did not become a Christian city again for over 125 years.

In the first week of July 1937 Orwell arrived back at Wallington ; on 13 July 1937 a deposition was presented to the Tribunal for Espionage & High Treason, Valencia, charging the Orwells with ' rabid Trotskyism ', and being agents of the POUM.

* 1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.

In 1217, Alfonso had captured the Kingdom of Murcia, on the Mediterranean coast south of Valencia, for his father, King Alfonso IX, thereby unifying the kingdoms of Castile and León, bringing together the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula under one Christian throne.

* 1348 – The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro on the pretext that they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus " royalists.

Currently, the festivals of moros y cristianos ( Castilian ), moros i cristians ( Catalan ), mouros e cristãos ( Portuguese ) and mouros e cristiáns ( Galician ), these meaning " Moors and Christians ", recreate the fights as colorful parades with elaborate garments and lots of fireworks, especially on the central and southern towns of the Land of Valencia, like Alcoi, Ontinyent or Villena.

Based on the terms of the accord, Alfonso VIII agrees to give Alfonso II three hostages in order to be used as tribute payments owed by Ibn Mardanīš of Valencia and Murcia.

Within Spain, the community is flanked by Catalonia on the east, Valencia and Castile – La Mancha to the south, and Castile and León, La Rioja, and Navarre to the west.

Rock paintings on cave walls in Africa and eastern Spain show people gathering honey from trees or rock crevices while bees fly around them — cave drawings in Spain, near Valencia.

Paella ( ) is a Valencian rice dish that originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century near lake Albufera, a lagoon in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain.

But in Valencia, this ancient tradition led to the burning of accumulated waste at the end of winter, particular wood, on the day of Saint Joseph, as was fitting.

The number of members that compose The Plenary varies depending on city's population ( for example, since 2007 Valencia has 33 members and Pamplona has 27 ).

In another document, signed in Valencia on 9 May 1402, King Martin sought to promote the Estudi General of Medicine with the appointment of a number of teachers of the liberal arts, without which the study of medicine was virtually useless.

In March 1934 this type of autogyro became the first rotorcraft to take off and land on the deck of a ship, when a C. 30 performed trials on board the Spanish navy seaplane tender Dédalo off Valencia.

His long reign saw the expansion of the Crown of Aragon on all sides: into Valencia to the south, Languedoc to the north, and the Balearic Islands to the east.

In 1276, the king fell very ill at Alzira and resigned his crown, intending to retire to the monastery of Poblet, but he died at Valencia on 27 July.

stronghold on the road to Valencia in 1171.

* September 28 – James I of Aragon captures the city of Valencia from the Moors, who retreat to Granada.

On 28 May 1950, Zarraonandía again played in a Copa del Rey final, this time against Real Valladolid after FC Valencia was disbanded.

It was opened on 28 October 1944 with a league game against Valencia.

* October 28 – Lieutenant Colonel Ramón Franco, commander of Spanish Nationalist air forces in the Balearic Islands, dies when his seaplane crashes off Pollença, Majorca, during an attempt to bomb Republican-held Valencia.

During his first stint with Valencia, he won two consecutive Pichichis, scoring 24 and 28 goals in 1976 – 77 and 1977 – 78.

* Valencia is the number two ( 2 ) public college in Florida and number twenty-eight ( 28 ) nationally ( among all colleges ) in Pell grant recipients.

Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia ( 1820 – 1871 ) was the 18th President of Bolivia, from December 28, 1864, to January 15, 1871.

Santiago Calatrava was born in Valencia Spain on the July 28, 1951.

Ramón Franco was killed in an air accident on October 28, 1938 when his hydroplane crashed off Pollença, near the coast of Majorca, while attempting to bomb Republican-controlled Valencia.

Valencia, ES-From 28 Nov 2003 to 21 Dec 2003

scoring impressive 28 goals in the 1995 / 1996 Primera División season for Valencia, which in turn led him to controversially move to Real Madrid, where he scored a goal for Real Madrid in the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final that brought the biggest European title back to Madrid after 32 years.

After steady progression he got the Spanish Footballer of the Year honours in the 1995 / 96 season in which he led Valencia to second place in La Liga with 28 goals in 40 league matches-a truly impressive tally considering he was often deployed as a midfield creator.

After the dead of Linares Alcántara, is named President by the congress ( 1878 – 1879 ), being overthrown by the Revolución Reivindicadora that exploded in Valencia, on 28 December 1878.

The opening game was against Valencia CF in 28 October 1944, which saw Depor lose 2-3.