1808: The Executions of the Third of May
May 3rd, 2008 Headsman
Two centuries ago today, Napoleon’s troops executed hundreds of prisoners taken during a quashed uprising against them in Madrid.
The carnage gives posterity an 1814 Goya masterpiece. (And this blog’s frontispiece.)
Entry Filed under: 19th Century, Arts and Literature, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Execution, France, History, Innocent Bystanders, Known But To God, Martyrs, Mass Executions, No Formal Charge, Occupation and Colonialism, Popular Culture, Power, Public Executions, Revolutionaries, Shot, Soldiers, Spain, Summary Executions, Wartime Executions
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