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    Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. The rebellion...
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    Third of May 1808 and is set in the Calle de Alcalá near Puerta del Sol, Madrid, during the Dos de Mayo Uprising. It depicts one of the many people's rebellions...
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    administrative neighborhood of Universidad. Its name remembers the Dos de Mayo Uprising in 1808 that marked the beginning of the Spanish War of Independence...
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    Mancha. Valdepeñas is on the main road from Madrid to Andalusia. The Dos de Mayo Uprising had put Iberia in revolt against French rule. Word spread quickly...
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    an homage to the role of the Madrilenian people during the 1808 Dos de mayo uprising. Originally sculpted in Rome by Aniceto Marinas in 1891, the sculptural...
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    1808) was a Spanish artillery officer and one of the leaders of the Dos de Mayo Uprising that signalled the start of the Spanish War of Independence. Daoíz's...
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  • Dos de mayo, la libertad de una nación or 2 de mayo, la libertad de una nación (lit. '2 May, the freedom of a nation') is a Spanish period drama television...
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    that arrived in early 1808. The situation changed after the Spanish Dos de Mayo Uprising. Junot soon found that all communications with Paris were cut off...
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    anniversary of the Dos de Mayo uprising. Móstoles is the home of the Community of Madrid's modern art gallery, the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M). It was...
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    fought in the Peninsular War, helping to subdue Madrid during the Dos de Mayo Uprising. In the middle of January 1810 the 3rd Battalion was posted to Spain...
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    historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, the subsequent cruel war that ended in Spanish victory in the Peninsular...
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    painting, The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, depicts the summary execution of Spaniards by French forces after the Dos de Mayo Uprising in Madrid....
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    the French were able to maintain themselves. However, the Spanish Dos de Mayo Uprising against the French in May 1808 was quickly followed by a Portuguese...
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    of the Spanish royal family, the people of Madrid rebelled in the Dos de Mayo Uprising. A proclamation issued that day to his troops by Marshal Murat read:...
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    Westminster Abbey, while in France La tombe du soldat inconnu was placed in the Arc de Triomphe. The idea of a symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier then spread to...
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    Isabel, took place on 14 June 1808, in Cádiz, Spain, following the Dos de Mayo Uprising against French troops in Madrid. Five ships of the line and a frigate...
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    she worked again for Garci in Sangre de mayo. This film celebrated the bicentenary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising. It received seven Premios Goya nominations...
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    early May for the 100th anniversary of the Dos de Mayo uprising. Following the chronicle by Carlos Luis de Cuenca, the monument can be described as follows:...
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    a Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death in the Dos de Mayo uprisings against the French occupation of Madrid. He became a popular hero...
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  • Gerard. 1927 Spain The second of May El dos de mayo José Buchs Fernando Roldán Drama, History. Dos de Mayo Uprising, Peninsular War, Francisco Goya 1927-8...
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    The Tumult of Aranjuez (Spanish: Motín de Aranjuez), also known as the Mutiny of Aranjuez, was an uprising led against King Charles IV that took place...
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  • up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising May 3: Napoleon's soldiers retaliate for uprising by brutally executing Spanish citizens (famously...
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    States) May Day (International observance) May 2 Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain) Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo...
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    historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, the subsequent Peninsular War and the move against liberalism in...
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    Spaniards after the Dos de Mayo Uprising of 1808. After various attempts to create a memorial as an homage to the participants of the uprising, the inauguration...
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  • would be invaded by French troops later that same afternoon. The Dos de Mayo Uprising had put Iberia in revolt against French rule. It is significant in...
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    artillery officer Luis Daoiz de Torres, who would later lead the Spanish forces against French troops in the Dos de Mayo Uprising, served aboard the ship due...
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    Spain, whereafter he occupied the area around Madrid. After the Dos de Mayo Uprising and the beginning of the Peninsular War he advanced on Valencia to...
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  • columns sent to assist Junot. Although, on receiving news of the Dos de Mayo Uprising in Madrid (1808), he had already emitted a declaration against the...
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  • Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós (19th century) Un día de cólera by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Dos de Mayo Uprising) El húsar by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Napoleonic age)...
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