In 1898, Greece was literally boiling. The war with Turkey had ended, a few months before, with a humiliating defeat. At the same time, Greece had to pay huge war reparations, even though it had already been bankrupt since 1893. Thus, an International Financial Control was imposed on the country.
Entry taken from the book From Covadonga to Tamarón . On December 20, 910, one of the most important kings of the medieval peninsular kingdoms died:Alfonso III the Great. His rise to the throne was not easy. When the King of Asturias Ordoño I died, his eldest son, Alfonso, was eighteen years old a
December 15, 1937 is considered the day when the term Greek became a political category and led to mass arrests of members of the Greek minority in the Soviet Union. The persecutions included all male Greeks regardless of their political or social status. The entire Greek leadership group consisting
The coup détat of July 18 failed to succeed in the province of Jaén due to the strength of the labor movement, the scarcity of military personnel and the fact that the Republican militias managed to arm themselves by assaulting the Civil Guard barracks. The main confrontation took place in the Sanct