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Spain in 1940

Historical records for Spain in 1940, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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4Events
2Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

August

20 August 1940Assassination of Leon TrotskyJaime Ramon Mercader del Rio Hernandez

Mexico City · Government / Communist Party Government

Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick

20 August 1940Death of Jaime Ramon Mercader del Rio HernandezJaime Ramon Mercader del Rio Hernandez

Mexico City · Government / Communist Party Government

Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick

October

23 October 1940Meeting with Hitler at HendayeFrancisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-Bahamonde

Hendaye · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Franco meets Hitler at Hendaye but declines to enter the war

December

30 December 1940MobilizationFrancisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-Bahamonde

Canary Islands · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Signs a decree providing for the fortification of the Canary Islands

Names involved

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-BahamondeJaime Ramon Mercader del Rio Hernandez

Places involved

Canary IslandsHendayeMexico City

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.