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Shooting at the Cortes
- When
- 28-30 December 1870
- Where
- Cortes
Juan Prim was shot by unknown assassins on leaving the chamber of the Cortes in Madrid on 28 December 1870.
On 28 December 1870, as he left the chamber of the Cortes, Juan Prim was shot by unknown assassins. He died two days later on 30 December. The Cortes took his children as wards of the country, and King Amadeo I swore to observe the constitution in the presence of the corpse.
Sources
- Juan Prim Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-23
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