Some important events of Spain

1. History of
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2. The Civil War
• The War (Spanish: La Guerra)
was a civil war fought from
1936 to 1939 between the
Republicans, who were loyal to
the democratically elected
Spanish Republic, and the
Nationalist, a fascist rebel
group led by General Francisco

3. Fall of Franco
• On November 20, 1975 is a
marked in the history of Spain
dates: it was the day when
General Franco died. 36-year
dictatorship that followed three
of bloody civil war ended well.
Carlos Arias Navarro, then Prime
Minister, announced on television
all the Spanish dictator's death.

4. Women's
suffrage• Women's suffrage (also
known as woman
suffrage) is the right of
women to vote and to stand
for electoral office.
Limited voting rights were
gained by women in Sweden
Finland and some western
U.S. states in the

5. 2004 Madrid
train bombings• The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also
known in Spain as 11-M) were nearly
simultaneous, coordinated bombings
against the Cercanías commuter train
system of Madrid, Spain, on the
morning of 11 March 2004 – three
days before Spain´s general
elections and two and a half years
after the September 11 attacks in
the United States. The explosions
killed 191 people and wounded
1,800. The official investigation by
the Spanish judiciary found that the

6. Santiago de
Compostela rail
disaster• The Santiago de Compostela rail
disaster occurred on 24 July 2013, when
an Alvia high-speed train travelling
from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west
of Spain, derailed at high speed on a
bend about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) outside
of the railway station at Santiago de
Compostela Spain. Of the 222 people (218
passengers and 4 crew) aboard, around
140 were injured and 79 died.
• The train's data recorder showed that it
was travelling at about twice the posted
speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour
(50 mph) when it entered a bend in the