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Dos de Mayo Uprising (1808)

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2–3 May 1808 — Madrid rose against the French occupation. The reprisals were severe: hundreds were executed. Goya later painted the firing squads, showing war stripped of its glory.

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Site of memory
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Peninsular War (chapter 7 of Age of Revolutions)
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The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
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