This page lists historical and other events on August 12th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans.. Events 1888 – Barcelona: the socialist trades union the Unió General de Treballadors (UGT) is founded. 1906 – The first regular bus line in Barcelona. 1932 – Palma: A demonstration…
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Lluís Companys i Jover is best known for declaring the Catalan Republic on October 6th 1934 for which he was arrested and imprisoned by the right-wing government during the black biennial of the Spanish Republic. When the left-wing Popular Front came to power in February 1936, Companys was released and reinstated as President of the…
This page lists historical and other events on August 13th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans. Events 1714 – Talamanca (el Bages): a battle begins in which the miquelets, voluntareers, sometents and other regulated regiments of the Catalan Austriacist army, commanded by Antoni Desvalls,…
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Chapter 16: The Nueva Planta Decree In the days after the fall of Barcelona on September 11th 1714, the military terrorism that had characterised the siege continued unabated. Of a population in Barcelona of a little over 30,000, contemporary chroniclers talk of makeshift prisons full to bursting with over 4,000 detainees. The atmosphere of intimidation,…
Chapter 15: The Siege of Barcelona After the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in April 1713, Felipe V’s armies were no longer spread out all over Europe. The only military objective remaining was to mop up resistance in the Crown of Aragon. Apart from Mallorca, the main areas still to be brought under Bourbon…
from Catalonia Is Not Spain: A Historical Perspective by Simon Harris When Carlos II died without heir, there were two candidates to the throne – Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, and Archduke Charles of Austria. Philip was crowned Felipe V and the War of the Spanish Succession broke out. Catalonia was initially loyal to Felipe…
This page lists historical and other events on August 14th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans.. Events 1714 – Talamanca (el Bages): after two days of fighting, the miquelets, volunteers, sometents and other regulated regiments of the Catalan Austriacist army, commanded by Antoni Desvalls cause more than…
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Barcelona’s Coolest Suburb Vila de Gràcia Neighbourhood Map 42Save When people talk about Gràcia it is really the Vila de Gràcia – the historic old centre – that they are referring to. Until the 16th century, what we now know as Gràcia was little more than a few scattered farmhouses in open fields located on the hills…
This page lists historical and other events on August 15th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans.. Events 1250 – Xàtiva, Kingdom of València: King Jaume I concedes the privilege of organising a trade fair to the town. 1285 – Girona: Combat de Santa Maria, an…
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August 16th is the Saints Day of Sant Roc, which as it is summer, is a great excuse for Festa Majors around Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries. Sant Roc, or Saint Roch in English, was an Occitanian pilgrim who went to cure plague victims in Rome, where he died, apparently on August 16th, sometime in the…
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