Aconteció
Acaeció
Sucedió
Ocurrió
Pasó
Acontecía, sucedía, acaecía, ocurría, pasaba
Aconteciera-aconteciese, sucediera - sucediese, acaeciera - acaeciese, ocurriera - ocurriese, pasara - pasase
In Spanish we say "Eso ocurre" o "Eso sucede" for "It happens"
to take place= tener lugar, ocurrir, pasar
Cuando algo ocurre
When it took place.
The inquisition took place in Spain.
The Spanish Armada took place on the English Channel.
The Spanish American War took place in 1898.
ella paseó
The Spanish-American War of 1898 took place in Cuba and the Philippines.
You could say "Tú me tomaste literalmente."
In 1898.
The book does not actually say when it took place but with it being about unckle sam I would say that it took place around the time unckle sam died which is in 1854.
Philippines
Yo tengo un semetre de espanol
I'm not sure but I think its Texas.