The Second Republic

La Segunda República

14 April 1931–17 July 1936. Proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after republican candidates won the big cities in municipal elections, the Second Republic gave Spain a democratic constitution in…

What happened

Proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after republican candidates won the big cities in municipal elections, the Second Republic gave Spain a democratic constitution in December 1931 with no official religion, votes for women and the possibility of regional self-government. It opened thousands of schools and tried to reform the land and the army, but it was hit by the world depression, strikes, a failed rising in Asturias in 1934 and growing violence between left and right. The military coup of 18 July 1936 ended it, though a Republican government fought on until 1939 and later lived on in exile.

Its events

1. 14 April 1931: The Second Republic

Sources

1. Biografía de Alfonso XIII — Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
2. Constitución de 1931 — Congreso de los Diputados
3. Ley 20/2022, de 19 de octubre, de Memoria Democrática (preámbulo) — Boletín Oficial del Estado