1697/08/10: During the two sieges of Barcelona, made by M. Vendome in 1697, and M. de Barwick in 1713, the first of those Generals attacked, sword in hand, the convent of capuchins situated without the town, with several detachments of foot, and made himself mas...
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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1909/10/14: RIOTS OVER FERRER SPREAD IN EUROPE; Anti-Spanish and Anti-Clerical Outbreaks in France, Italy, and Austria. VIENNA MOB IS FIRED ON Cavalry Charges Crowds in Florence and Milan -- Bombs Found in Barcelona -- Spanish Ships Boycotted.
PARIS, Oct. 14....
1808/08/30:
The nuns of Junqueras leave their convent by order of the French general and the building is converted into a military hospital.
Por órden del general francés, salen de su monasterio las monjas de Junqueras y el edificio es convertido en hospital ...
1824/02/22: Alicante, 22nd February. At Barcelona in Catalonia they boil the cork bark in place of burning it, which makes it white, clean, and very elastic. All of the cork used in Britain under the name of French corks are sent from Barcelona to France and shi...