Fermín Galán
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Fermín Galán Rodríguez was a Spanish soldier known for leading the failed Jaca uprising a few months before the foundation of the Second Spanish Republic. He was of peasant origins, although his fathe
Miguel Primo de Rivera. Galán wanted to overthrow his dictatorship.
Montjuïc Castle, Barcelona. Galán was imprisoned here for 31⁄2 years.
Santiago Casares Quiroga did not tell Galán in time of the delay in the coup date.
1926 Spanish coup attempt
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In 1926 there was an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, who had been installed in Spain by another coup d'état in September 1923. The coup attempt, also known as th
Melquíades Álvarez, author of the Manifesto of the coup.
King Alfonso XIII and the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera.