Barcelona
City
City in Catalonia, Spain.
Held by
- since 1789 Spain
- May 2, 1808 – January 25, 1812 France Military occupation
- January 26, 1812 – April 12, 1814 France
- January 26, 1939 – March 31, 1939 Nationalist Spain Military occupation
Capital of
- October 31, 1937 – January 26, 1939 Second Spanish Republic
Events here 14
- September 2 – December 17, 1808 Blockade of Barcelona
- 1855 1855 Catalan general strike
- 1870 1870 Barcelona yellow fever epidemic
- April 8 – December 9, 1888 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition
- November 7, 1893 Liceu bombing
- June 7, 1896 1896 Barcelona Corpus Christi procession bombing
- July 26 – August 2, 1909 Tragic Week (Spain)
- May 20, 1929 – January 15, 1930 1929 Barcelona International Exposition
- May 3–8, 1937 May Days
- March 16–18, 1938 Bombing of Barcelona
- December 23, 1938 – February 10, 1939 Catalonia Offensive
- February 16, 1976 Barcelona Convention
- August 17, 2017 2017 Barcelona attacks
- October 1, 2017 2017 Catalan independence referendum