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  1. Kingdom of Gwent. Gwent ( Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.

  2. Capital punishment in Francoist Spain was restored fully on decree in 1938. From 1940 to 1975, 165 judicial executions are reported to have been carried out, although precise numbers from the years following the Spanish Civil War are vague. By one estimate, at least 1 706 executions by firing squad were reported only in Barcelona until 1952. [4]

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  4. May 23, 2018 · Gwent Former county in se Wales. It was formed in 1974 from most of Monmouthshire, part of Breconshire, and Newport. In 1996 Gwent was abolished and Monmouthshire was reconstituted with new boundaries and four new county boroughs, including Blaenau Gwent.

  5. May 25, 2021 · The first Penal Code in the history of Spain, the liberal code promulgated in 1822, favoured the penalty of imprisonment, recognizing that it entailed material hardship insofar as it was included in the catalogue of corporal punishments, and prescribed garrotting against a board (“without torture or any modification”) as the method to be ...

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  6. Mar 8, 2024 · Over a century before the revolutionary socialist politics of Spain during the 1930s, the Spanish people were already in the vanguard of European radicalism. In 1808, long after Napoleon had overthrown the French Revolution, the French Empire invaded Spain. It was a big mistake. The French invasion provoked a popular rebellion in Spain.

  7. May 24, 2018 · The historian suggests she may have been in the process of being sold, as child-bearing women were highly valued in the slave trade. But Joaquín G. Romeu points out that slavery on mainland Spain had been abolished in 1837, after which it was only tolerated in Spanish colonies such as Cuba and Puerto Rico as well as in Portuguese colonies ...

  8. Gwent (county) Gwent is one of the eight preserved counties of Wales . It was created on 1 April 1974. It was named after the Kingdom of Gwent, an ancient kingdom. In 1996, it was abolished and became five seperate counties and boroughs. These are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, City of Newport and Torfaen .

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