José Palet de Rubí
(José Palet Riba; Rubí, 1845- id., 1908) Spanish republican guerrilla.He took part in the Baldrich uprising of 1867 and, two years later, in the revolt against the fifths.After the revolution of 1868, he was a provincial deputy and mayor of Rubí (1869-1873).After the uprising of General Pavía, he participated in the republican uprising against Martínez Campos, until, defeated in Sarriá, he retired from politics.On April 19, 1907, he defended A.Lerroux with arms when his house was harassed by supporters of Solidaritat Catalana.
Son of a liberal mayor and linked to the progressive movement since 1866, in August of 1867 took part in the pronouncement, led by the military and politician Gabriel Baldrich y Palau, of the progressives and democrats of Catalonia and Aragon against Isabel II in Tarragona, which failed due to lack of resources and support.
In 1869, he participated in the uprising against the fifths, managing to raise about 1,500 combatants who soon joined the Xic de les Barraquetes.A sympathizer of federal republicanism, he was elected provincial deputy and mayor of Rubí (Barcelona).When the First Republic was proclaimed (1873-1874), he was elected commander of the Free Corps battalion and lieutenant of the Xic de les Barraquetes, a position with which he led the Los Leones battalion against the Carlists, whom he defeated in Berga, Igualada and El Bruc (Barcelona).
Later, after intervening in the resistance of Sarrià against the coup of General Pavía (1874) and participating in the republican uprising against Martínez Campos, José Palet Riba accepted the pardon that followed the restoration of the monarchy, so he retired from politics.
In the 1890s, confined in his hometown and without prominent interventions in the republican movement, he could not avoid a reputation as anticlerical and freethinker, and even an accusation that implicated him in the death of a priest.He also stood out for the refuge he offered Alejandro Lerroux (1907) in his house, who was harassed by supporters of Solidaritat Catalana.
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