THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 3

May 3 in history

1808 — 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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