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During the time that has elapsed from this date [March 1917] to the present time, the affirmation made by the proletariat to demand, as a remedy for the ills suffered by Spain, a fundamental change of political regime has been corroborated by the attitude that important national organizations have successively adopted since the energetic ...
The Crisis of 1917 is the name that Spanish historians have given to the series of events that took place in the summer of 1917 in Spain.In particular, three simultaneous challenges threatened the government and the system of the Restoration: a military movement (the Juntas de Defensa), a political movement (the Parliamentary Assembly, organized by the Regionalist League of Catalonia in ...
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.
The imminent victory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean theatre induced a change in the Spanish diplomatic position vis-à-vis Japan and, using as pretext the massacre of Spanish nationals in the conflict, the former accused the later of deliberate attacks and toyed with the idea of a war declaration. [13]
Pistolerismo refers both to a specific period of Spanish history, between the general strike of August 1917 and Primo de Rivera's coup in September 1923, and to the social phenomenon spread in many areas of Spain [1] during which Spanish employers hired thugs to intimidate and often attack trade unionists and notable workers – and vice versa. [2]
Spanish tactical Victory in ending Bruneian empire at sea and its influence on Philippines; 1582 Cagayan battles (1582) Spain New Spain. Spanish Philippines; Indian auxiliaries from Mexico (mostly Tlaxcalans) [2] Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) Victory Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568)
The Spanish–American War was also the first time that the Marine Corps acted as America's "force in readiness" because they were the first American force to land on Cuba. Being a "body of troops which can be quickly mobilized and sent on board transports, fully equipped for service ashore and afloat" became the Marine Corps' mission ...
23 January – Encarna Hernández, basketball player and coach (died 2022). 1 February – José Luis Sampedro, economist and human rights activist (died 2013). 20 April – María Silva Cruz, "La Libertaria", anarchist known for the 1933 Casas Viejas uprising (died 1936).