Interwar Years: 1930s By Dancajur Aug 17, 1930 Pact of San Sebastian Period: 1931 to 1933 Reformist Biennium Apr 12, 1931 Municipal Elections Apr 14, 1931 Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic Dec 9, 1931 The 1931 Constitution Aug 10, 1932 Failed Sanjurjo's Coup Period: 1933 to 1937 Roosevelt's New Deal Period: 1933 to 1936 Black Biennium Jan 10, 1933 Anarchist Labourers Occupy Casas Viejas Oct 5, 1934 Start of the Revolution of October 1934 1936 The Popular Front Jul 12, 1936 Lieutenant Castillo is Murdered Jul 13, 1936 Calvo Sotelo Kidnapped and Killed Jul 17, 1936 Start of the Civil War Jul 17, 1936 Soldiers seized control of Ceuta, Mellilla and Tetuán Sep 4, 1936 Largo Caballero's Coalition Government in Valencia Sep 21, 1936 Franco becomes Generalísimo and Forms Government in Burgos Nov 18, 1936 Garmany and Italy recognise Franco's Government Apr 20, 1937 Franco creates FET y de las JONS May 1, 1937 Barcelona May Days Jun 1, 1937 Spanish Bishops Publicly ENdorsed the Movimiento Nacional Oct 1, 1938 Stalin Stops Helping the Republican Side Mar 1, 1939 France Great Britain and the Vatican recognise Franco's Government