Age of Revolutions · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Dos de Mayo Uprising (1808)
On the Age of Revolutions map as “The Dos de Mayo”
2–3 May 1808 — Madrid rises against French occupation; hundreds are executed in reprisal. Goya painted the firing squads — war stripped of all glory. Remember.
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- Peninsular War (chapter 7 of Age of Revolutions)
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- The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
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