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Tag: Catalan independence

“If not, not” — 299 years
Posted on September 11, 2013

“If not, not” — 299 years

The date was September 11. The year was 1714. The city of Barcelona was the last redoubt in the War of Spanish Succession. The armies of the Bourbon dynasty were inside the city. On that day, Catalunya would fall to the Bourbon armies. Felipe V (Philip V, of the House of Bourbon) would become the … Continue reading “If not, not” — 299 years

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