On this day in 1923 Spanish Dictator Rivera banned the Catalan Language

On September 13^th 1923, the Spanish army, led by the putschist Primo Rivera took over the power. The King Alfonso XIII sided with the army and gave the coup credibility by naming de Rivera Prime Minister. Alfonso XIII was the great grandfather of the present day "king" imposed by another Dictator, Franco. De Rivera dissolved the Spanish Parliament – the Cortes – and he placed the country under martial law. Newspapers were strictly censored and those that were allowed to print asked for the country to rally around de Rivera with the call for “Country, Religion, Monarchy”. De Rivera played the Spanis imperialist card with some success portraying politicians as weak and unpatriotic while the army represented all that Spainshould have been proud of. He created a Directory that consisted of eight senior military commanders with himself as President.

One of the aims of Rivera was to end with the Catalan people resistance. Among other repressive laws in October 27th 1923 he imposed  the banning of the Catalan language at all levels.