Madrid
City
Capital of Spain since 1561; besieged by Nationalist forces through most of the Civil War.
Held by
- since 1789 Spain
Capital of
- since 1715 Spain
- until November 6, 1936 Second Spanish Republic
Events here 21
- October 27, 1795 Pinckney's Treaty
- 1801 Treaty of Madrid (1801)
- May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814 Peninsular War
- May 2, 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising
- July 1–7, 1822 July 1822 Spanish coup attempt
- April 10, 1865 Saint Daniel's Night
- January 3, 1874 Coup d'état of Pavía
- March 7, 1885 Madrid Protocol of 1885
- 1891 Madrid Protocol
- February 12, 1899 German–Spanish Treaty (1899)
- July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War
- November 8, 1936 – March 28, 1939 Siege of Madrid
- March 26–31, 1939 Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War
- December 20, 1973 Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco
- November 14, 1975 Madrid Accords
- January 24, 1977 1977 Atocha massacre
- November 11, 1978 Operation Galaxia
- February 23–24, 1981 1981 Spanish coup attempt
- June 12, 1985 Treaty of Accession 1985
- October 4, 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
- March 11, 2004 2004 Madrid train bombings