Assassination

assassination of Cánovas del Castillo

8 Aug 1897 · 43.06° N, 2.53° W

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When
8 Aug 1897
Kind
Assassination
Deaths
1
Coordinates
43.06° N, 2.53° W
Description
1897 murder of the Spanish Primer Minister

Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

1897 murder of the Spanish Prime Minister

Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo on 8 August 1897, in Gipuzkoa. The head of government had been vacationing in the Santa Águeda spa. The assassin was immediately arrested, tried, and executed. He justified the murder as revenge for torture during the Montjuïc trial.

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