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Events from the year1797 in Spain

• Monarch –Charles IV

• Guantánamo was founded in 1797.

• Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), one of the opening battles of theAnglo-Spanish War (1796-1808), resulting in a British victory under SirJohn Jervis.
• 1797 Riobamba earthquake, a deadly earthquake causing between 6,000-40,000 casualties in theRiomba and surroundingInterandean valley. Theepicenter reached at least XI (Extreme) on theMercalli intensity scale. This is the most powerful historical event inEcuador.

• Mission San José (California), the fourteenth historicSpanish mission located in the present-day city ofFremont, California by theFranciscan order on June 11, 1797.

• Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797), an amphibious assault by theRoyal Navy on theSpanish port city ofSanta Cruz de Tenerife in theCanary Islands launched byRear-AdmiralHoratio Nelson. The result was a Spanish victory by truce after Nelson's party had lost several hundred men.

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• Juan José Guzmán was the first president ofEl Salvador.
• Ramón Castilla was a president ofPeru

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• Francesco Sabatini died inMadrid after completing important architecture projects in Spain.

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