History
Spain On This Day - May 2
By m.p.
May 2, 2008 - 6:41 AM

Dia de la Comunidad – Fiesta in Madrid

1598: King of Spain, Felipe II and King of France, Henry IV signed the Vervins Peace accord to end the Wars of Religion in France.

1808: In Madrid the ‘levantamiento of May 2’ against the French army of Napoleón Bonaparte, saw the start of the war of independence.

1866: Last day of action for the Spanish navy in the Pacific at Callao with a battle against the forces of Peru and Chile in the Spanish-South American War.

1879: PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers party was founded.

1958: 18 arrested in Sevilla after the discovery of horsemeat in six illegal abattoirs.

1989: Spain ratified the EU convention on the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.

1997: The scientific team at the Atapuerca dig win the Prince of Asturias Prize for research.

1998: COPE radio presenter, Antonio Herrero Lima, dies at age 43 when diving in Marbella.

2006: The Andalucian parliament approves the new statute for the region.

Spanish composer Vicente Martin Soler was born today 1754.
Ivan de la Peña – footballer – born 1976.