Historical place archive

Asturias in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Asturias in Spain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

14 records4 event labels12 people718โ€“1935

Historical events in Asturias

718

718
Succession
Pelayo ยท House of Asturias

Succeeds as King of Asturias

739

739
Succession
Alfonso I ยท House of Leon & Castille

Succeeds as King of Asturias

791

791
Succession
Alfonso II the Chaste ยท House of Leon & Castille

Succeeds as King of Asturias

850

850
Succession
Ordono I ยท House of Asturias

Succeeds as King of Asturias

866

866
Succession
Alfonso III the Great ยท House of Leon & Castille

Succeeds as King of Asturias

914

914
Succession
Ordono II ยท House of Asturias

Succeeds as King of Asturias

951

951
Succession
Ordono III ยท House of Asturias

Succeeds as King of Asturias

958

958
Succession
Ordono IV ยท House of Asturias

Succeeds as King of Asturias

1065

December 1065
Inheritance in Asturias
Alfonso VI ยท House of Leon & Castille

Alfonso receives territory in Asturias with the Leonese share of Ferdinand's inheritance.

1934

October 1934
Reballion of Rebels in Asturias
Alejandro Lerroux ยท Government of Spain

A rebelllion breaks out of 50,000 workers, mainly miners, becomes a regional civil war

October 1934
Reballion of Rebels in Asturias
Alejandro Lerroux ยท Military

A rebelllion breaks out of 50,000 workers, mainly miners, becomes a regional civil war

October 1934
Reballion of Rebels in Asturias
Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-Bahamonde ยท Military

Orders units of the Spanish Foreign Legion & Moorish regulars to Asturias

October 1934
Reballion of Rebels in Asturias
Juan Yague ยท Military

Shoots political prisoners

1935

1935
Reballion of Anarcho-Syndicalist
Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-Bahamonde ยท Military

Plays a major role in suppresing the Anarcho-Syndicalist revolt in Asturias

Provenance

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