Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising
Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising is held on May 2. Community of Madrid, Spain. This event in the first decade of the month May is annual. 
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On the 2 and 3 May 1808 the Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising of 1808 took place in Madrid, Spain. It was a rebellion by civilians alongside some military against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a heavy-hand repression by the French Imperial forces.
The Second of May is now a public holiday in the Community of Madrid. The place where the artillery barracks of Monteleón was located is now a square called the Plaza del Dos de Mayo, and the district surrounding the square is known as Malasaña in memory of one of the heroines of the revolt, the teenager Manuela Malasaña, who was executed by French troops in the aftermath of the revolt.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
May Crownings or the Virgin Mary Month on May 1 (Catholic Church tradition);
Madrid Day in Spain on May 2 (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid or Día de la Comunidad de Madrid);
World Day of Bullying Prevention on May 2
Festival of the wine horses in Caravaca de la Cruz on May 2
Fiesta de las Cruces in Spain and Hispanic America on May 3 (Cruz de Mayo);
Santa Cruz de la Palma and Holy Cross Day in Spain on May 3
Mother's Day in Hong Kong on May 5 (also Hungary, Lithuania, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, Romania; celebrated on the first Sunday in May);
Day of Homage to the Spanish deported and deceased in Mauthausen and other camps and to all victims of Nazism in Spain on May 5
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