Person

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

Prime Minister of Spain

b. 1828 CE – d. 1897 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (February 8, 1828 – August 8, 1897) is a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.