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Francesc Macià

Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (died 1933)

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Born
September 21, 1859
Died
December 25, 1933
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1859

About Francesc Macià

Francesc Macià i Llussà was a Catalan politician who served as the 122nd president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and formerly an officer in the Spanish Army. In 1922, Macià founded the independentist party Estat Català. In 1919 he founded the Nationalist Democratic Federation (Federació Democràtica Nacionalista), which proposed a federal or confederal solution for Spain, in which Catalonia would enjoy a high degree of self-government. He founded there, with other exiles, the Casal Català de Brussel·les. Francesc Macià became the leader figure of the new party.

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Francesc Macià timeline

  1. In 1919 he founded the Nationalist Democratic Federation (Federació Democràtica Nacionalista), which proposed a federal or confederal solution for Spain, in which Catalonia would enjoy a high degree of self-government.
  2. In 1922, Macià founded the independentist party Estat Català.

The world when Francesc Macià was born

Francesc Macià was born in 1859. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1859

  • Best-selling bookOn the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
  • Technology milestoneEdwin Drake drills first successful oil well (Pennsylvania)
  • World population~1.39B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
  • U.S. population29.2M

1859 versus 2026

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Measure18592026
Population29.2M341 million

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