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1339 – Treaty of Madrid secures collaboration between Aragon and Castile; 1499 – Cardinal Cisneros founded the Complutense University. Fernando de Rojas publishes La Celestina in Madrid; 1500 – Printing press in operation. [2] 1505 – San Jerónimo el Real built. 1526 – Treaty of Madrid signed. 1537 – Casa de Cisneros built.
The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939.
Ruins of Madrid's Muslim wall, built in the 9th century. The primitive urban nucleus of Madrid (Majriṭ) was founded in the late 9th century (from 852 to 886) as a citadel erected on behalf of Muhammad I, the Cordobese emir, on the relatively steep left bank of the Manzanares. [1]
Euzko Gudarostea besieged the town of Villarreal. Although Nationalist forces repelled their offensive, they secured some land in the nearby mountains. [66] Inconclusive Siege of Madrid: November 8, 1936 – March 28, 1939 Nationalist forces besieged the city of Madrid. After a few years of fighting the city fell to the rebels. [67] [68 ...
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Pablo Iglesias founds the Partido Socialista Obrero Español or PSOE in Casa Labra, a bar from Madrid: 1898: 25 April: Spanish–American War: The war began. Spanish Empire as of 1898. 12 August: Spanish–American War: The war ended.
Royal Palace of Madrid, built in the 18th century. The reign of the Bourbons during the eighteenth century marked a new era in the city. Philip V tried to complete King Philip II's vision of urbanisation of Madrid. Philip V built a palace in line with French taste, as well as other buildings such as St. Michael's Basilica and the Church of ...
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Madrid in 1959.. The Pact of Madrid, signed on 23 September 1953 by Francoist Spain and the United States, was a significant effort to break the international isolation of Spain after World War II, together with the Concordat of 1953.