Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco

Stock Market Crash

1929

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Election: Republicans win

Apr 12, 1931

Beginning of the Second Republic

Apr 14, 1931

The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alphonso XIII goes to exile.

Creation of the Falange

Oct 29, 1933

Falange: a far-right nationalist party created by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

Civil War

Period: 1936 to 1939

Rebellion justified

Jul 18, 1936

Franco declares the rebellion and justifies it with his manifesto.

Franco, chief of state

Sep 21, 1936

Franco is selected by the Nationalist generals to become the chief of state.

Arrival of International Brigades

Oct 14, 1936

Execution of Primo de Rivera

Nov 20, 1936

End of the war

Apr 1, 1939

Franco declares the end of the war

End of Franco's regime

1973

Franco dies of old age.

Exhumation of Franco

Oct 24, 2019

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