Travel Reference
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Sac i Sort (Bag and Luck) is introduced whereby the names of six candidates to be named jur-
ats(magistrates) for the following 12 months were pulled out of four bags.
1391
Hundreds of Jews die in a pogrom as farmers and labourers sack the Jewish quarter of Palma.
Months later, those involved are released without sentence for fear of causing greater unrest.
1488
The Inquisition, which had operated from the mainland, is formally established in Mallorca. In
the following decades hundreds would die, burned at the stake as heretics.
1521
Armed workers and farm labourers rise up in the beginning of the Germania revolt against the
nobles. In October 1522, Carlos V sends troops to Alcúdia to quell the revolt.
1706
The Austrian pretender to the Spanish throne in the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-15)
takes control of Mallorca. Nine years later, Mallorca is defeated by Felipe V.
1773
King Carlos III orders that the Jews of Palma be allowed to live wherever they wish and that all
forms of discrimination and mistreatment of the Jewish population be punished.
1809
Thousands of French troops captured in battle in mainland Spain are sent to Illa de Cabrera,
where they live in appalling conditions. The survivors would not be released until 1814.
1837
A passenger steamer between Barcelona and Palma begins service, creating a regular link to
the mainland. Among its first passengers were George Sand and Frédéric Chopin, in 1838.
April 1912
The train line linking Palma with Sóller opens; until then, poor mountain roads had made it easi-
er for the people of Sóller to travel north by sea to France than south by land to Palma.
June 1922
The first postal service flight takes place between Barcelona and Palma. The service would use
flying boats parked in hangars at Es Jonquet in Palma.
