Execution of Madrid Rebels

Date: May 3, 1808 • Location: Madrid, Spain

Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.

The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. It overlapped with the War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) and the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812–1814).