Massacre of friars in Madrid in 1834

Quand

17 juil. 1834

Type

Rébellion

Morts

73

Coordonnées

40.42° N, 3.70° W

Description

anti-clerical riot in Spain in the 19th century

Anti-clerical riot in Spain in the 19th century

The massacre of friars in Madrid in 1834 was an anti-clerical riot that took place on July 17, 1834, in the capital of Spain during the regency of Maria Cristina and the first Carlist war (1833-1840) in which several convents in the center of Madrid were assaulted and 73 friars were killed and 11 were wounded, because of the rumor that spread through the city that the cholera epidemic that had been ravaging the city…

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