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The Barcelona riots ended, the last days of the 'Tragic Week'

115
years ago

31 July 1909,

The Barcelona riots ended, the last days of the tragic week. Contrary to the Government of Spain ' s order to send reserve military personnel to Morocco, called on 26 July for a general strike and initiated as an uprising of workers, the Government moved it. Most of those on the reserve were men from working-class families. The government staged protests with 75 deaths. The tragic week ended on 2 August, when the workers returned to work.

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