Subscribe

Gift subscription to ARGIA

Society Environment Politics Economy Culture Basque language Feminism Education International Opinion

saturday 04 may 2024

BETA: Automatically translated from Basque, translation may contain errors. More information here.

Elhuyarren itzultzaile automatikoaren logoa

Historia > Efemerideen kanala

End of the 1936 war

85

years ago

01 April 1939,

The war ended in 1936. Francoists won, starting a fascist dictatorship of almost 40 years. It caused nearly 500,000 deaths.

Thousands of dead bodies are still missing along the roads throughout the state.

1978The Neighbourhood Associations of Gabrirota and Orereta called for “kidnapping” and demonstrated with seven public buses

1990Strangeways rebellion begins in the English city of Manchester

1994First Youth Meeting in Etxarri Aranatz

2002A group of foreigners stood in solidarity with the Palestinians acting as a human shield in Arafate

This year in history: < >

From newest From oldest

1939-01-05

Amelia Earthart was officially declared dead, the first woman crossing the Atlantic and Pacific

1939-02-22

Antonio Machado died in exile in Northern Catalonia

1939-02-24

Supreme Court banned “fallen arms strikes”

1939-03-16

Prohibition of writing in Basque in Hego Euskal Herria

1939-03-28

Francoists turned the fronton Euskal Jai of Pamplona into prison

1939-04-01

End of the 1936 war

1939-06-11

Pius XII. Pope welcomed a Francoist delegation to the Vatican

1939-08-18

Hitler's government launched a program to kill newborns with severe disabilities

1939-09-03

Winnipeg arrives in Chile with 2,200 refugees from the Spanish Republic

1939-10-19

Aquiles Cuadra was shot by Francoists

1939-11-08

With a bomb they tried to kill Hitler in Munich

1939-11-17

Eight students and one teacher were killed by the Nazis in Prague, Czechoslovakia

1939-12-29

Feminist psychiatrist and activist Madeleine Pelletier dies

This month's anniversaries:
Highlights only |
From newest From oldest

15

years ago

2009-04-07

Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, was sentenced to 25 years in prison

25

years ago

1999-04-05

Entrepreneurs chained to the hospital bed of the Basque prisoner Esteban Nieto

30

years ago

1994-04-27

Nelson Mandela wins elections in South Africa

30

years ago

1994-04-07

Voids started genocide against Rwanda's Tutsis

30

years ago

1994-04-01

First Youth Meeting in Etxarri Aranatz

35

years ago

1989-04-18

A group of conscientious objectors interrupted the passage of a military convoy in Vitoria

40

years ago

1984-04-22

The Ertzaintza rebelled against the AEK demonstration before the Basque Parliament

45

years ago

1979-04-23

New Zealand Professor Blair Peach was killed by police in England during a demonstration against fascism

50

years ago

1974-04-25

The leftist military launched the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the dictatorship

50

years ago

1974-04-03

ETA killed torturing civilian guard Gregorio Posada in Azpeitia

55

years ago

1969-04-30

They created Seaska: Federation of Ikastolas de Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa

55

years ago

1969-04-12

American military base emitted gas and 6,000 sheep died in Skull Valley, Arizona

55

years ago

1969-04-06

EGI members, Artajo and Asurmendi, died while preparing a bomb

55

years ago

1969-04-02

Police raided 21 Black Panthers militants with false accusations

60

years ago

1964-04-20

Four councillors of the City of San Sebastian refused to celebrate the 25 years of peace established by Franco

60

years ago

1964-04-17

Palestinian boxer and prisoner Hamza Younis fled prison for the first time

80

years ago

1944-04-21

They recognized women ' s right to vote in the French State

85

years ago

1939-04-01

End of the 1936 war

105

years ago

1919-04-13

British soldiers shot the crowd and killed over 1,000 people in the Indian city of Amritsar

105

years ago

1919-04-10

Emiliano Zapata Dies in Mexico

105

years ago

1919-04-10

In Ireland they formed the Limerick Sobieta, printing their own currency and fixing the price of basic necessities.

110

years ago

1914-04-09

Anarchist Kaxilda Hernaez is born in Zizurkil

130

years ago

1894-04-02

French feminist journalist Jeanne Deroin dies in London

135

years ago

1889-04-16

Charles Chaplin, actor and film director, was born in London

390

years ago

1634-04-20

The Spanish army enters the city to crush the bilbain uprising

415

years ago

1609-04-04

Expelled former Muslims Felipe from Spain III.ak