2016

Gibraltar is shaken by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale. The earthquake located 102 east of Gibraltar struck at 5.22am. The tremors and aftershocks felt throughout the region, including in the cities of Malaga, Cordoba, Seville and Granada.

1830

‘De Soto’s ship chasing the Morning Star’

Benito de Soto, captain of the Burla Negra (Black Joke) and considered to be the most notorious of the last generation of pirates, is hanged in Gibraltar.