On this day Joan Gamper (Barça's founder) commited suicide after being pursued and harrassed by Spain

On this day in 1930 Hans-Max Gamper commited suicide. In fact he was pursued by the Kingdom of Spain until he dead. Joan Gamper founded the Barcelona Football Club in 1899.

In 1899, he went to Barcelona to visit his uncle, Emili Gaissert, who was living there. He was on his way to Africa to help set up some sugar trading companies but fell in love with the Catalan city and decided to stay put. He would later become a fluent Catalan speaker and adopt the Catalan version of his name, Joan Gamper. As an accountant, he found work with Crédit Lyonnais, the Sarrià Railway Company and as a sports columnist, he worked for two Swiss newspapers. He joined the local Swiss Evangelical Church and began playing football within the local Christian Protestant community in Barcelona. He also attended the Gimnasio Solé and helped publish a magazine, Los Deportes.

On 22 October 1899 Gamper placed an advert in Los Deportes declaring his wish to form a football club. A positive response resulted in a meeting at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November and Football Club Barcelona was born. Some years later the Club was the stronger in Spain as well as a symbol for Catalan nation.

His final presidency ended in controversial circumstances and personal tragedy. On 24 June 1925, FC Barcelona Catala fans jeered the Spanish national anthem and then applauded the British God Save the Queen performed by a visiting British Royal Marine band. The dictatorship of Rivera accused Gamper of promoting Catalan nationalism. Les Corts Stadium was closed for six months. Gamper was pursued everywhere losing everything he had. He also was exiled and finally committed suicide after a period of depression brought on by personal and money problems and was laid to rest on the Cemetery of Montjuïc in Barcelona.