Spanish Civil War: Chronology
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Chronology of the Spanish Civil War | Date |
| The Spanish dictator, Miguel Primo de Rivera is forced to resign. | 28th January, 1930 |
| Second Spanish Republic proclaimed and Alfonso XIII goes into exile. | 14th April, 1931 |
| New government announces the end to compulsory education in schools. | 6th May, 1931 |
| Electoral law is revised to permit women to vote. | 8th May, 1931 |
| Manuel Azaña, Minister of War, announces massive cuts in the size of the Spanish Army. | 25th May, 1931 |
| Cortes approves the legalization of divorce. | 17th October, 1931 |
| Niceto Zamora resigned as prime minister and is replaced by Manuel Azaña. | 16th October, 1931 |
| Niceto Zamora elected president of the Second Spanish Republic. | 11th December, 1931 |
| General Jose Sanjurjo leads a military uprising against the government. | 10th August, 1932 |
| Anarchist uprisings in Saragossa, Seville, Bilbao and Madrid. | 8th January, 1933 |
| Gil Robles forms the Catholic Party (CEDA). | 28th February, 1933 |
| José Antonio Primo de Rivera establishes the Falange Española. | 29th October, 1933 |
| Spanish right-wing parties win general election over a divided left. | 19th November, 1933 |
| Anarchist uprisings in Catalonia and Aragon. | 2nd December, 1933 |
| General Jose Sanjurjo granted amnesty. | 20th April, 1934 |
| Manuel Azaña is arrested and interned in Barcelona. | 7th October, 1934 |
| Tribunal of Constitutional Guarantees acquit Manuel Azaña. | 6th April, 1935 |
| Andres Nin and Joaquin Maurin creates the Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). | September, 1935 |
| Francisco Largo Caballero is replaced by Indalecio Prieto as head of the Socialist Party. | 20th December, 1935 |
| An electoral pact is signed by the Socialist Party and Communist Party. | 11th January 1936 |
| Manuel Azaña organizes the formation of the Popular Front. | 15th January 1936 |
| Popular Front win general election in Spain. | 16th February, 1936 |
| President Niceto Alcalá Zamora appoints Manuel Azaña as prime minister. | 19th February, 1936 |
| The Cortes grants an amnesty to all those in Spain charged with insurrection. | 21st February, 1936 |
| General Francisco Franco is relieved of his command and sent to the Canary Islands. | 22nd February, 1936 |
| Falange Espanola offices in Madrid are closed down. | 27th February, 1936 |
| Francisco Franco, Emilio Mola, Juan Yague and José Sanjurjo meet to discuss tactics. | 28th February, 1936 |
| General Emilio Mola is relieved of his command and sent to Pamplona. | 28th February, 1936 |
| Falange Espanola is banned by Popular Front government. | 14th March, 1936 |
| José Antonio Primo de Rivera is arrested and charged with trafficking illegal arms. | 14th March, 1936 |
| Manuel Azaña presents details of his reform legislation. | 4th April, 1936 |
| Niceto Alcalá Zamora is deposed as president of the Spanish Republic. | 7th April, 1936 |
| Emilio Mola meets Gonzalo Queipo de Llano to discuss the possibility of a military uprising. | 13th April, 1936 |
| The Cortes makes it illegal for military officers to attend secret political meetings. | 18th April, 1936 |
| Manuel Azaña elected as president of the Spanish Republic. | 8th May, 1936 |
| Indalecio Prieto refuses the post of prime minister. | 8th May, 1936 |
| To protect them from arsonist attacks the government orders the closing of Catholic schools. | 20th May, 1936 |
| José Antonio Primo de Rivera is sentenced to five months in prison with trafficking arms. | 28th May, 1936 |
| Civil Guard suppresses a left-wing rally at Yeste and kills nineteen people in the process. | 28th May, 1936 |
| Indalecio Prieto is shot during a socialist rally at Ecija. | 31st May, 1936 |
| The Cortes passes legislation that protects agricultural tenants from eviction. | 2nd June, 1936 |
| Over a million workers are on strike in Spain. | 9th June, 1936 |
| Luis Bolin arranges for Francisco Franco to be flown to Morocco. | 6th July, 1936 |
| José Castillo, an officer in Republican Assault Guards, is asssassinated by Falangists. | 12th July, 1936 |
| Monarchist leader, José Calvo Sotelo is murdered in revenge for Castillo's death. | 13th July, 1936 |
| Successful military uprising in Morocco and Seville. | 18th July, 1936 |
General Francisco Franco issues manifesto that seeks to justify rebellion. | 18th July, 1936 |
| Dolores Ibarruri makes her "No Pasaran" radio speech. | 18th July, 1936 |
| General Jose Sanjurjo killed in air crash. | 20th July, 1936 |
| British Labour Party expresses its support for Popular Front government. | 20th July, 1936 |
| José Giral, the Spanish prime minister, appeals to the French government for arms. | 20th July, 1936 |
| General Emilio Mola establishes a Committee of National Defence. | 24th July, 1936 |
| Antifascist Miltias Committee establish the Anarchist Brigade. | 24th July, 1936 |
| Rebel forces capture Granada. | 24th July, 1936 |
| Adolf Hitler agrees to give military aid to General Francisco Franco. | 26th July, 1936 |
| Comintern agrees to establish International Brigades. | 26th July, 1936 |
| German aircraft arrive in Morocco and begins transporting Nationalist troops to Spain. | 28th July, 1936 |
| Nine Italian bombers arrive in Morocco. | 30th July, 1936 |
| Leon Blum announces France's policy of non-intervention in Spanish Civil War. | 2nd August, 1936 |
| General Francisco Franco and the Nationalist Army captures Badajoz. | 4th August, 1936 |
| General Francisco Franco establishes his headquarters in Seville. | 6th August, 1936 |
| France closes its border and stops volunteers crossing into Spain. | 8th August, 1936 |
| Indalecio Prieto appeals on radio for an end to the Red Terror. | 10th August, 1936 |
| The first International Brigades volunteers reach Spain. | 12th August, 1936 |
| Nationalists massacre Republicans in Badajoz. | 14th August, 1936 |
| Stanley Baldwin announces ban on the export of arms to Spain. | 15th August, 1936 |
| Federico Garcia Lorca is murdered by Falangist in Viznar. | 19th August, 1936 |
| Nationalist authorities introduce conscription. | 26th August, 1936 |
| Nationalist forces bomb Madrid for the first time. | 28th August, 1936 |
| Francisco Largo Caballero forms new Republican government. | 4th September, 1936 |
| Nationalist Army take Irun and close the border with France. | 5th September, 1936 |
| José Aguirre forms an autonomous Basque government. | 7th September, 1936 |
| Representatives of 27 countries form Non-Intervention Committee in London. | 9th September, 1936 |
| Alexander Orlov of the NKVD arrives in Spain. | 9th September, 1936 |
| Nationalist generals select Francisco Franco to become chief of state. | 21st September, 1936 |
| Alvarez del Vayo pleads the Republic's case at the League of Nations. | 25th September, 1936 |
| Republican goventment approves Basque autonomy. | 1st October, 1936 |
| Francisco Franco first cabinet includes his brother, three generals and a diplomat. | 3rd October, 1936 |
| 650 members of the International Brigades arrive at Alicante. | 9th October, 1936 |
| The first aid from the Soviet Union arrives in Spain. | 12th October, 1936 |
| General José Miaja placed in charge of the defence of Madrid. | 22nd October, 1936 |
| 510 tons of gold from the Bank of Spain is sent to the Soviet Union. | 25th October, 1936 |
| Nationalist troops reach the western and southern suburbs of Madrid. | 1st November 1936 |
| Brunete captured by the Nationalist Army. | 2nd November 1936 |
| Nationalist forces begin siege of Madrid. | 6th November, 1936 |
| Republican government moves from Madrid to Valencia. | 6th November, 1936 |
| International Brigades and peoples' militias repulse Nationalist assault on Madrid. | 8th November, 1936 |
| Non-Intervention Committee concludes that there is no evidence of foreign intervention in Spain. | 10th November, 1936 |
| Buenaventura Durruti arrives in Madrid with his Anarchist Brigade. | 14th November, 1936 |
| Condor Legion, a squadron of the Luftwaffe, in action for the first time. | 15th November, 1936 |
| Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini recognise Franco's regime. | 18th November, 1936 |
| Buenaventura Durruti killed while defending Madrid. | 19th November, 1936 |
| Miguel Primo de Rivera, leader of the Falange Española, executed in Alicante. | 20th November, 1936 |
| Nationalists attempted to cut the Madrid-La Coruna road to the north-east of Madrid. | 13th December 1936 |
| Andres Nin is ousted from the government. | 16th December, 1936 |
| Communists insist on the removal of the POUM from the Catalan government. | 17th December, 1936 |
| Volunteers from Italy arrive in Spain to fight for the Nationalists. | 22nd December, 1936 |
| President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans the export of arms to Spain. | 6th January, 1937 |
| An anarchist rising in Bilbao is repressed. | 12th January, 1937 |
| The FAL and POUM demonstrate in Barcelona in favour of social revolution. | 14th January, 1937 |
| General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano and Nationalist Army take Malaga. | 8th February, 1937 |
| The International Brigades halt the Nationalist advance at Jarama. | 12th February, 1937 |
| The Communist Party Congress demands that the POUM be elimated. | 5th March, 1937 |
| Italian Corps take Guadalajara. | 8th March, 1937 |
| The Republican Army defeats the Italian Corps outside Madrid. | 18th March, 1937 |
| General Emilio Mola opens the Nationalist offensive in the Basque region. | 30th March, 1937 |
| Francisco Franco unites the Falange Espanola with the Carlists to form a single party. | 19th April, 1937 |
| The Condor Legion bombs Guernica, the Basque capital in Northern Spain. | 26th April, 1937 |
| Anarchists and Syndicalists revolt in Barcelona against the authoritarian rule of government. | 3rd May, 1937 |
| Francisco Largo Caballero dispatches Assault Guard to Barcelona. | 5th May, 1937 |
| Uprising in Barcelona suppressed by the Republican Army. | 10th May, 1937 |
| Francisco Largo Caballero is replaced by Juan Negrin as head of the Republican government. | 17th May, 1937 |
| General Emilio Mola killed in air crash. | 3rd June, 1937 |
| Juan Negrin outlaws POUM. | 16th June, 1937 |
| Andres Nin is arrested and charged with conspiring with General Francisco Franco. | 16th June, 1937 |
| Nationalist Army captures Bilbao. | 19th June, 1937 |
| Andres Nin, leader of POUM, is murdered by agents from the Soviet Union. | 20th June, 1937 |
| Paul Robeson makes important speech on the war at the Albert Hall in London. | 24th June, 1937 |
| Nationalist forces take Santander. | 26th June, 1937 |
| General Vicente Rojo launches attack at Brunete. | 6th July, 1937 |
| The anarchist-dominayed Council of Aragón is dissolved by Juan Negrin. | 10th August, 1937 |
| Nationalist Army captures the north-coast port of Santander. | 25th August, 1937 |
| Nationalists bomb Madrid for the first time. | 28th August, 1937 |
| The Vatican recognise Franco's regime. | 28th August, 1937 |
| Republican forces capture Belchite. | 1st October, 1937 |
| Francisco Largo Caballero announces his opposition to Juan Negrin. | 17th October, 1937 |
| Republican government moves from Valencia to Barcelona. | 28th October, 1937 |
| The CNT withdraws from the Popular Front government. | 12th November, 1937 |
| Nationalist aircraft bombs Barcelona. | 8th December, 1937 |
| Republican Army launch an offensive at Aragon. | 14th December, 1937 |
| Republican Army capture the city of Teruel from the Nationalists. | 9th January, 1938 |
| General Francisco Franco includes first civilians in his government. | 30th January, 1938 |
| Nationalist Army recaptures Teruel. | 22nd February, 1938 |
| Italian airforce starts bombing Barcelona. | 16th March, 1938 |
| Leon Blum, back in power again in France, reopens the border with Spain. | 17th March, 1938 |
| Indalecio Prieto calls for the start of peace negotiations. | 28th March, 1938 |
| Juan Negrin sacks Indalecio Prieto as war minister. | 5th April, 1938 |
| Nationalist Army captures the Republican town of Vinaroz. | 15th April, 1938 |
| Juan Negrin proposes a thirteen-point peace terms. | 1st May, 1938 |
| Leon Blum resigns and France's border with Spain is closed again. | 21st June, 1938 |
| 80,000 Republican troops begin crossing the River Ebro. | 25th July, 1938 |
| Nationalist Army break through Republican lines at Gandesa. | 3rd September, 1938 |
| Juan Negrin announces the proposed withdrawal of the International Brigades from Spain. | 21st September, 1938 |
| All foreign troops fighting for the Republican Army leave the frontline. | 4th October, 1938 |
| Trial of POUM leaders starts in Barcelona. | 28th October, 1938 |
| International Brigades parade through the streets of Barcelona. | 15th November, 1938 |
| Nationalist Army win victory at River Ebro. | 16th November, 1938 |
| Francisco Franco grants mining concessions to Germany in return for military aid. | 19th November, 1938 |
| Juan Negrin moves his government from Barcelona to Figueras. | 25th January, 1939 |
| Barcelona captured by the Nationalists. | 26th January, 1939 |
| President Manuel Azaña crosses the border into exile. | 4th February, 1939 |
| Neville Chamberlain recognizes General Franco's government. | 27th February, 1939 |
| Juan Negrin attempts to form a communist government on the territory he controls. | 4th March, 1939 |
| Segismundo Casado and Julián Besteiro establish anti-Negrin National Defence Junta. | 4th March, 1939 |
| José Miaja, Republican commander in Madrid joins anti-Negrin National Defence Junta. | 6th March, 1939 |
| Luis Barceló, Republican commander of the First Corps, attempts to retake Madrid. | 7th March, 1939 |
| Communist forces defeated in Madrid. | 8th March, 1939 |
| Juan Negrin and his Soviet advisers fly out of Spain. | 12th March, 1939 |
| Nationalist Army enters Madrid after a siege of nearly three years. | 27th March, 1939 |
| Nationalist Army captures Valencia. | 30th March, 1939 |
| Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War. | 1st April, 1939 |