In a April 11but from 1899, Spain gives him Puerto Rico to USA. 1713.- Signature of the first of the Peace Treaties of Utrecht: the union between Spain and France is eliminated, and England begins its colonial empire. 1814.- Napoleon abdicates in Fontainebleau in favor of his three-year-old son andContinue Reading
On April 5but in 1879, the Pacific war between Chile, Peru and Bolivia. 1722.- The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at a small island in the Pacific Ocean, which was named Easter Island. 1851.- Inauguration of the railway that linked the port of El Callao with Lima, the first toContinue Reading
In a April 4but in 1968, he was murdered Martin Luther Kingpacifist leader of the American black movement and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964, in Memphis (USA). 1609.- King Philip III signs the decree of expulsion of the Moors. 1791.- French Revolution. The church of Saint Genevieve in ParisContinue Reading
In a March 29but from 2006, the Islamist organization Hamas wins the Palestinian parliamentary elections and Ismail Haniyeh he is elected new prime minister. On the same day in 1973, the last American troops They leave Vietnam after ten years of war. 1461.- Edward of York’s troops defeat Queen Margaret’sContinue Reading
In a March 28but from 1933, the German Parliament conferred dictatorial powers to Adolf Hitlera process known as Gleichschaltung (coordination), where the powers of the State and society were assumed by the Nazi Party and its related organizations. 1844.- Royal Decree of Isabel II creating the Civil Guard, with FranciscoContinue Reading
A March 14, 1892 The first issue of the newspaper ‘Patria’, founded and directed by the Cuban José Martí to collaborate in the fight for the independence of his country, was published in New York, and in 1972 the movie ‘The Godfather’. 1937.- Pope Pius XI speaks out against NazismContinue Reading
A March 8, 1857thousands of textile workers take to the streets of New York with the slogan ‘Bread and Roses’ to protest the miserable working conditions and demand a reduction in hours and the end of child labor, which was one of the roots of the UN declaration in 1975Continue Reading
In a February 27but in 1951, 75 years ago, the United States ratified the XXII amendment of the Constitutionwhich prohibits a president from remaining in office for more than two consecutive terms. 1844.- The Dominican Republic achieves definitive independence, after 22 years of Haitian domination. 1900.- The British Labor PartyContinue Reading
In a February 21but from 1934, the leader of the resistance against the American army in Nicaragua, Augusto Cesar Sandinois murdered by order of the head of the National Guard, Anastasio Somoza. 1848.- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto, a political and economic document of great influenceContinue Reading
In a February 17but in 1979, Chinese troops invade the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, backed by the Soviet Uniona conflict that lasted 27 days. 1810.- A Decree of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte declares Rome the second capital of the Empire, the Italian city where he will be crowned forContinue Reading
