| 29 January |
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President Adolfo Suarez resigned. On the same day ETA-m kidnapped Jose Mª Ryan, head engineer of the Power Station of Lemoniz (Bizkaia). The term given for their demands to be met expired on the 6th of February.
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| 3 February |
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The King and Queen of Spain came to the Basque Country for the first time in a official visit.
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| 4 February |
The Royal couple visited the Assembly Hall in Gernika and were berated by Herri Batasuna parliamentary group.
On the same day, Joxe Arregi, a member of the Madrid Commando of ETA m, was arrested in Madrid and the questioning started at the police station lockup.
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| 5 February |
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Large demonstrations in the Basque Country demanding Jose Mª Ryan to be released.
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| 6 February |
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Eight days after the kidnapping, the body of Jose Mª Ryan was found in Zaratamo (Bizkaia).
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| 7 February |
Condolence and condemnation expressions after Ryan's death. The newspaper DEIA used the word "murder" for the first time to refer to an action by ETA.
The funeral after Jose Mª Ryan's death took place at San Vicente Church in Abando.
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| 9 February |
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General mass demonstration in Bilbao as a tribute to Jose Mª Ryan.
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| 10 February |
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Iberduero temporarily stopped the works at the Nuclear Power Station of Lemoniz (Bizkaia).
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| 12 February |
The Basque Parliament requested Iberduero to resume the works.
Joxe Arregi was transferred to Carabanchel Prison Hospital.
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| 13 February |
Joxe Arregi died as a consequence of the torture he had been subject to.
Three political prisoners in Carabanchel wrote a letter reporting the torture Joxe Arregi had undergone and the last moments of his life.
The Basque Parliament suspended its activity as a consequence of Arregi's death.
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| 14 February |
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Trade unions and political parties called a general strike and a demonstration condemning Joxe Arregi's death.
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| 15 February |
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The newspaper EGIN published the letter written by the political prisoners in Carabanchel on its front page.
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| 16 February |
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Joxe Arregi's funeral.
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| 20 February |
Madrid. Calvo Sotelo did not obtain the absolute majority in the first round to be confirmed as President of the Spanish government.
ETA-pm kidnapped the honorary consuls of Austria, Uruguay and Salvador.
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| 22 February |
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Euskadiko Ezkerra, a party supporting ETA-pm, requested a cease-fire from the two factions of ETA, military and political-military, in their congress held in Leioa (Bizkaia).
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| 23 February |
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Madrid. The election to confirm the candidate Calvo Sotelo as President was repeated. Attempted coup d'etat. Lieutenant-colonel Antonio Tejero broke into the Congress of Deputies.
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| 24 February |
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Madrid. Message by the King condemning the coup d'etat.
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| 25 February |
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Madrid. Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo was confirmed as the new President.
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| 27 February |
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Large demonstrations in favour of democracy.
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| 28 February |
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A truce was declared by ETA-pm and the kidnapped consuls were released.
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