Mayor of Mostoles declares the Homeland in danger

History of Spain. The Mayor of Mostoles declares the Homeland in danger. On the afternoon of 2 May 1808, the mayors of Mostoles, Andres de Torrejon (1736-1812) and Simon Hernandez (1743-1818), signed a declaration promoting the uprising against the French. Edict of the Mayors of Mostoles. Proclamation against the Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, which was followed by an insurrection, thus beginning the Spanish War of Independence. Engraving by Capuz after a painting by Antonio Perez Rubio. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

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