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1641. Barcelona (Catalonia). Catalan Revolt (The Reapers' War) - The battle of Montjuïc.
The Battle of Montjuïc led into the Reapers' War, which lasted for almost 19 years. Catalonia became another front in the Thirty Years' War, in which France and Spain fought to become the dominant power in Europe.
1808. Madrid (Spain). Uprising of the people of Madrid against Napoleonic forces.
On May 2, 1808 the people of Madrid rebelled against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French Imperial forces and triggering the Peninsular War.Web: Wikipedia
1808. Madrid (Spain). Uprising of the people of Madrid against Napoleonic forces.
On May 2, 1808 the people of Madrid rebelled against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French Imperial forces and triggering the Peninsular War.Web: Wikipedia
2017. Catalonia. In memory of a thousand people injured by the brutality of the security forces of the state.
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1886. World-wide. May Day or International Workers' Day.
May Day has been set aside to commemorate the labor movement in many countries around the world. An international workers’ day was first called for in 1889 at the Second International, a meeting of socialists in Paris, France. The day was intended to honor anarchist workers who were sentenced to death following the Haymarket Square Riot in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois.Web: Encarta Encyclopedia
1917. World-wide. International Women's Day.
Web: Wikipedia
1714. Catalonia. National Day of Catalonia.
In Catalonia this date commemorates the defeat he suffered at the hands of the Spanish troops of Philip V of Spain and who represented the loss of the national freedoms, the repeal of the country's own laws and the prohibition of the language and culture.Web: teranyina.net
