El tres de mayo 1808, 1814, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

El tres de mayo, by Francisco Goya, depicts the executions of Spanish citizens after fighting in the Puerto del Sol area of Madrid had quelled. These events were history changing, inasmuch as a national uprising in Spain followed and numerous warrior heroes such as Juan Martín Díaz (“El Empecinado”) and Augustina de Aragón emerged.

El tres de mayo 1808