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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Madrid, Spain. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The documented history of Madrid dates to the 9th century, even though the area has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The primitive nucleus of Madrid , a walled military outpost in the left bank of the Manzanares , dates back to the second half of the 9th century, during the rule of the Emirate of Córdoba .
Madrid – 22 August 1936 Madrid (aged 61) 8 October 1934 19 October 1934 (11 days) Agrarian Party: Rafael Salazar Alonso: 27 December 1895 Madrid – 23 September 1936 Madrid (aged 40) 19 October 1934 25 October 1935 (1 year, 6 days) Radical Republican Party: Sergio Álvarez de Villaamil: 14 March 1889 Madrid – 7 May 1960 Madrid (aged 71 ...
Pages in category "History of Madrid" ... History of Madrid; Timeline of Madrid; A. Abada (rhinoceros) Alcalá 20 nightclub fire; Ateneo de Madrid; Avianca Flight 011; B.
2004 Madrid train bombings: Madrid train bombings killed one hundred and ninety-one and injured over two thousand. Prime Minister José María Aznar blamed the Basque terrorists ETA. 14 March: Aznar's People's Party lost an election after the Partido Social-Obrero Español of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero promised to withdraw Spanish troops ...
The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity , the peninsula was the site of multiple successive colonizations of Greeks, Carthaginians , and Romans.
On 28 March, Madrid finally fell to Franco's forces. In spite of Casado's efforts at negotiation, many of the Republican defenders of Madrid were among the almost 200,000 people who were executed or died during imprisonment by Franco's regime between 1939 and 1943. [26]
Madrid is an important centre for trade fairs, many of them coordinated by IFEMA, the Trade Fair Institution of Madrid. [ 131 ] : 351–2 The public sector employs 18.1% of all employees. [ 131 ] : 630 Madrid attracts about 8M tourists annually from other parts of Spain and from all over the world, exceeding even Barcelona .