XClone This page lists historical and other events on August 16th in Catalonia and the Catalan-speaking countries as well as a list of births and deaths of well-known Catalans. Events 1936 – The Republican troops land on Mallorca Births 1890 – Barcelona: Maria del Carme de Sojo i Ballester, lay person and servant of God. 1894 – Sabadell:…
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The Origins of the Generalitat Early Seal of the Generalitat The Generalitat de Catalunya is Catalonia’s current official government body but has its roots in the Diputació del General del Principat de Catalunya created by Pere the Ceremonious in 1359. In fact, the origins of the Generalitat go back even further to the Corts Catalanes during the reign of…
A Brief History of Convergència i Unió Convergència i Unió was a federation of two political parties comprising the liberals of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) and the Christian democrats of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (UDC). CiU only existed as a federation from 2001 to their break up in 2015 but the two parties had stood together…
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia – 1954 (in exile) to 1980 Josep Tarradellas i Joan was born in Cervelló in the comarca of El Baix Llobregat on January 19th 1899. He was an active member of CADCI as secretary of propaganda, and was one of the founding members of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya in 1931, and was the…
A Brief History of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), literally the Republican Left of Catalonia, was formed in the working-class Barcelona district of Sants in March 1931. Francesc Macià’s Estat Català, Lluís Companys Partit Republicà Català and Joan Lluhí’s group Opinió amongst others joined forces to face the forthcoming municipal elections that would…
A Brief History of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya The party was founded at the religious sanctuary of Montserrat on November 15th 1974, at a semi-clandestine meeting, organised by Miquel Sellarès i Perelló i Miquel Esquirol i Clavero and took advantage of the 75th anniversary celebrations of FC Barcelona. The meeting was attended by 125 people,…
A Brief History of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC-PSOE) The Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC-PSOE) is a Catalan social democrat party founded in 1978, which outside Catalonia is federated to the national Spanish socialist party PSOE, whose line it follows Congress and Senate in Madrid. The party currently has around 7,000 members…
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July to December 1976 This fifth article in my series on Spain’s Transition to Democracy covers the Law for the Political Reform under Adolfo Suárez. The Law for the Political Reform was the first Suárez government’s most important piece of legislation and the first major reform since the death of Franco. It effectively meant that…
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National Day of Catalonia on September 11th La Diada – September 11th The Catalan National day is known as La Diada and is celebrated on September 11th every year to commemorate the loss of Catalonia’s laws and institutions after the Siege of Barcelona in 1714. In 1980, the very first law passed by the restored…
Key Moments 1975-1982 The Spanish Transition is the period in Spain’s history during which the country left General Francisco Franco’s dictatorial regime behind it and came to be regulated by the 1978 Constitution, which introduced a social and democratic state under the rule of law. This period constitutes the first stage of the reign of…
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