This document summarizes political assassinations that occurred in Spain between 1870 and 1973. It provides details on 5 major historical figures that were murdered: Juan Prim in 1870, Antonio Cánovas in 1897, José Canalejas in 1912, Eduardo Dato in 1921, and Luis Carrero Blanco in 1973. For each person, it gives background on their political role and a brief description of how and when they were assassinated.

1. Made by:
- Rocío Cueto
- Nuria Sola

2. 
Throught out Spanish history,
there have been many events.
Among them, we can stand out
murders for political reasons. In
this work, we are going to talk to
Prim in 1870, until Carrero Blanco
in 1973.
INTRODUCTION:

3. 
Juan Prim (1870)
Antonio Cánovas (1897)
José Canalejas (1912)
Eduardo Dato (1921)
Luis Carrero (1973)
MAJOR HISTORICAL
FIGURES

4. 
JUAN PRIM (1870)

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Spanish general
Beacause of different reasons, he offered the
throno to prince Amadeo de Saboya (Italian
origin).
He looked for intensefy the power of the
figure of the king.
He was attacked and died from the wounds
the attacked caused him in 1870.
Juan Prim

6.  Prim's death was close to Paseo de
Prado (Madrid) in December 1870.
Only one year after acceding his
post. When Prim left the Congress,
his carriage was assaulted by
assassins who were hidden in two
rented cars. When Prim's carriage
stopped armed bandits got down
their cars and broke the carriage's
window shooting him several
times.
Juan Prim’s murder

7. 
ANTONIO CÁNOVAS
DEL CASTILLO (1897)

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Spanish politician and historian
He was so important in the Bourbon
Restoration
He created 1876 Constitution
He was killed by Michele Angiolillo
Antonio Cánovas

9.  In 1897, Antonio Cánovas del
Castillo, president of
theMinisters, went to take the
waters tothe resort of Holy
Águeda, in Mondragón,
Guipuzcoa, where the
assasain was waiting for him,
registered with his name and
as correspondent of Il Popolo
of Italy, the anarchist
MicheleAngiolillo, who shot
him three times.
Antonio Cánovas’s
murder

10. 
JOSÉ CANALEJAS
MÉNDEZ (1912)

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Spanish lawyer and politician
He ruled the Liberal Party
He got a universal male suffrage
He was killed by an unknown man in the
street
José Canalejas

12.  José Canalejas was
going back to his
house and stopped
at the window of a
bookstore. Then, a
man approached
the President from
behind and pulled
a gun and resting
it on his shoulder
made three shots
causing him the
death.
José Canalejas’s murder

13. 
EDUARDO DATO E
IRADIER (1921)

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Conservative Spanish lawyer and politician
He developed the first labor laws and created
the Ministry of Labour
His presidencies were marked by the First
World War, the crisis of 1917 and the Catalan
gangsterism.
He was murdered by three Catalan
anarchists
Eduardo Dato

15.  He was murdered by three Catalan anarchists in the
Independence Square. They knew the president's car
travel and chased the vehicle on a motorcycle, then
through the window, they shot the president.
Eduardo Dato’s murder

16. 
LUIS CARRERO
BLANCO (1973)

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Spanish writer, soldier and politician
He held various positions during the
dictatorship of Franco. That dictatorship
lasted almost 40 years
He died victim of an ETA attempt
Luis Carrero

18.  Carrero Blanco was on his way home after
hearing mass in the church of San
Francisco de Borja in Madrid, and on
arriving at Calle Claudio Coello, corner
of Maldonado, a huge explosion, caused
by members of ETA (José Ignacio
Abaitua Gomeza and José Miguel
Beñarán Ordeñana) launched the car he
was traveling at a height of over twenty
feet high causing his death and that of
two others
Carrero Blanco’s murder

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