Timeline Monday 26 July 1909

Events on Monday 26 July 1909 1

• 1909 Tragic Week riots in Barcelona Anti-conscription unrest turns into anticlerical violence From 26 July to 2 August 1909, workers in Barcelona rioted against the mobilisation of reservists for Spain's war in Morocco, burning churches and convents across the city. Spanish authorities declared martial law and suppressed the uprising by force, killing well over a hundred people. The unrest led to the controversial execution of educator Francisco Ferrer that October.