List of massacres in Spain

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Spain (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes
Day of the Ditch 807 Toledo 700 Emirate of Córdoba 700 city notables massacred in a special ditch by Muslim army under Amrus ibn Yusuf
Martyrs of Córdoba 851 Cordoba 48 Emirate of Córdoba Forty-eight Christians executed by Muslims
Cordoba massacre 1013 Cordoba 2,000 Berbers Invading soldiers under Sulayman ibn al-Hakam sacked and pillaged the city resulting in the deaths of many people in Cordoba, including Jews.[1]
1066 Granada massacre 30 December 1066 Granada 4,000[2] Muslim mob Muslim mobs massacred Jews
Toledo massacre 7 May 1355 Toledo 1,200 Henry of Trastámara Henry of Trastámara leads forces that kill 1,200 Jews in Toledo
Seville massacre 6 June 1391 Seville 4,000 Christian mob Mob in Seville kills 4,000 Jews.
Córdoba massacre June 1391 Cordoba 2,000 Christian mob Mob in Córdoba kills 2,000 Jews.
Galera massacre 10 February 1570 Galera 2,500 Spanish Army Spanish Army under John of Austria massacres 2,500 Moriscos.
Dos de Mayo Uprising 3 May 1808 Madrid 113 Grande Armée French Army under Joachim Murat executed 113 Spanish rebels
Siege of Badajoz (1812) 6 April 1812 Badajoz 4,000 British Army Anglo-Portuguese Army under the Earl of Wellington massacres 4,000 Spanish civilians
Battle of Andoain 14 September 1837 Andoain 60 Carlists Carlists execute 60 British Auxiliary Legion prisoners of war
Casas Viejas incident 11 January 1933 Benalup-Casas Viejas 24 Guardia de Asalto Spanish police burn and shoot 24 anarchists
Red Terror (Spain) 1936–1939 across Spain 38,000–172,344[3][4] Republicans
White Terror (Spain) 1936-1945 across Spain 58,000–400,000 Nationalists
1936 Massacre of Badajoz 15 August 1936 Badajoz Between 1,341[5] and 4,000[6] Nationalists
Málaga-Almería road massacre 8 February 1937 Málaga-Almería road ~5,000[7] Nationalists
Paracuellos massacre November–December 1936 Paracuellos del Jarama, Torrejón de Ardoz 1,000-4,000[8][9][10] Republicans
Vitoria massacre 3 March 1976 Vitoria-Gasteiz 5[11][12][13] National Police Corps More than 150 injured[11][12][13]
1977 Massacre of Atocha 24 January 1977 Madrid 5[14] Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista 4 injured[14]
2004 Madrid train bombings 11 March 2004 Madrid 193 Al-Qaeda 2,050 injured
2017 Barcelona attacks 17 August 2017 Barcelona 16 Jihadists 16 victims and 8 terrorists dead. 152 injured

References

  1. ↑ The New Cambridge medieval history. McKitterick, Rosamond. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. 1995–2005. ISBN 9780521414104. OCLC 29184676.
  2. ↑ Granada by Richard Gottheil, Meyer Kayserling, Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906 ed.
  3. ↑ Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain; The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Penguin Books. 2006. London. p. 87
  4. ↑ Zychowicz, Piotr (2015-03-20). "Francisco Franco - jedyny przywódca, który pokonał Stalina". Wp.Opinie/ Historia do Rzeczy. Komuniści i ich lewaccy sojusznicy wymordowali 72 344 ludzi i zagłodzili ponad 100 tys.
  5. ↑ Espinosa, Francisco. La columna de la muerte. El avance del ejército franquista de Sevilla a Badajoz. Editorial Crítica. 2002. Barcelona. p. 432
  6. ↑ Preston, Paul. The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolutions & revenge. Harper Perennial. 2006. London. p.121 and p.270
  7. ↑ Muerte en la carretera de la costa (in Spanish) (Archived 22 October 2011 at WebCite)
  8. ↑ Jackson, Gabriel.(1967). The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1936-1939. Princeton University Press. Princeton. p.326
  9. ↑ Preston, Paul. (2006). The Spanish Civil War. Reaction, revolution&revenge. Harper Perennial. London. p.186
  10. ↑ Julía, Santos; Casanova, Julían; Solé i Sabaté, Josep Maria; Villarroya, Joan; and Moreno, Francisco. (2006). Víctimas de la guerra civil. Ediciones Temas de Hoy. Madrid.p.134
  11. 1 2 (in Spanish) «Masacre del 3 de marzo en Vitoria-Gasteiz (1976)», Library and Documentation Center of the Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz.
  12. 1 2 (in Catalan) Lluís DANÈS: Llach, la revolta permanent, Mediapro / Bainet Zinema, 2006.
  13. 1 2 (in Spanish) «Lakua homenajea a los trabajadores tiroteados por la Policía Armada en 1976», El Mundo, 3 March 2012.
  14. 1 2 "Memoria viva de las víctimas de la matanza de Atocha" (in Spanish). El País.

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