| 1926 |
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Antonio Salazar leads military coup in Portugal |
| 1926 |
|
Death of Antoni Gaudí (Catalan architect) |
| 1931 |
|
Spain proclaimed a republic |
| 1936 |
|
Spanish Civil War starts |
| 1936 |
|
Assassination of Federico García Lorca (Spanish poet) |
| 1937 |
|
German bombing of Guernica, Northern Spain |
| 1939 |
|
Fascists under Francisco Franco triumph in Spanish Civil War |
| 1959 |
|
Terrorist organization ETA founded to fight for Basque independence |
| 1973 |
|
Death of Pablo Picasso (Spanish artist) |
| 1974 |
|
Portugal overthrows dictatorship - António de Spinola President |
| 1975 |
|
Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain after Franco's death |
| 1976 |
|
Free elections re-established in Spain |
| 1978 |
|
ETA (Basque seperatist group) active in Spain |
| 1983 |
|
Socialist government headed by Mário Soares in Portugal |
| 1989 |
|
Death of Salvador Dalí (Spanish artist) |
