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| 1934, Jan. 14 |
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| Catalan elections, resulting in a victory for the moderate Left groups; a protest against the swing to conservatism in Spain generally. Luis Companys president of Catalonia. | 1 |
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| April |
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| A great strike in Barcelona, led by Socialists, created further tension with Madrid and was suppressed only with difficulty. | 2 |
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| Oct. 4 |
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| Cabinet of Alejandro Lerroux, in which the Catholic Popular Action Party of Gil Robles was represented. This party, allied with the monarchists, was outspokenly clerical. | 3 |
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| Oct. 5 |
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| The Left parties called a general strike in protest against the rising opposition to the democratic, social republic. | 4 |
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| Oct. 6 |
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| President Luis Companys of Catalonia proclaimed the independence of Catalonia. This separatist uprising was suppressed by government troops, as was also an insurrection of the miners in the Asturias, where a Communist regime had been proclaimed. As a result of the rising in Catalonia, the Catalan statute was suspended preparatory to revision (Dec. 15). | 5 |
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