1697/08/10: XLIX. Meanwhile, the French king, in the hope of procuring more favourable terms, resolved to make
his last effort against the Spaniards in Catalonia and in the Netherlands, and to elevate the prince of Conti to the throne of Poland; an event which...
1909/07/30: BARCELONA RIOTERS SLEW EVEN NUNS; Killed Priests at Altar, Burned Churches and Convents, While Bystanders Cheered. WORST OVER, SAYS MADRID Rioters, Crushed, Have Surrendered -- London Hears General Strike in Spanish Capital Is Planned for Monday.
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1842/11/25: An insurrection has taken place in Barcelona. This is the next city in importance to Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Catalonia, the most active and mdustrious province in Spain. The Catalans are to Spain what the New England people are t...
1937/11/08: Meanwhile, for the first time in modern history, a Spanish Government moved to Barcelona, the second move of the Leftist Government since the war started. Plenty of government bureaus remained in overcrowded Valencia. Signaling the move, Minister of ...
1972/09/12: Nearly 1,000 persons demonstrated briefly in the center of [Barcelona today] to protest the arrest of 67 opponents of the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, police sources said. It was the second such demonstration in two days.
The demonstr...
