The 2010 Catalan autonomy protest was a demonstration Social_event in central Barcelona on 10 July 2010 against limitations Limiting of the autonomy Change_of_leadership of Catalonia , and particularly against a recent decision Deciding of the Spanish Constitutional Court to annul Destroying or reinterpret several articles of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia .

It is thought that the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration Social_event involved Participation more people , but this protest brought Causation the dispute Quarreling to light in the world .

The demonstration Social_event was led by a banner with the slogan in Catalan `` Som una nació .

The Naval Battle Hostile_encounter of Tarragona fought Hostile_encounter between 4 and 6 July 1641 , was a naval engagement Participation of the Reapers ' War in which a Spanish galley fleet led Getting by the Duke of Fernandina attempted to break Destroying the French naval blockade over Tarragona , at that time besieged Besieging by land by the French and Catalan armies under the French Viceroy of Catalonia .

The battle Hostile_encounter was not conclusive , but paved the way to the Catalan conquest of the Arborean Judicate , which fell the following year .

The naval Battle Hostile_encounter of Les Formigues ( Catalan ) took place Process_start probably in the early morning of 4 September 1285 near Les Formigues Islands , Catalonia , about 85 km northeast of Barcelona , when a Catalan-Sicilian galley fleet commanded Control by Roger of Lauria defeated Conquering a French and Genoese galley fleet commanded Control by Guilhem de Lodeva , Henry di Mari , and John de Orrea .

In Catalonia the revolt was led by Government of Catalonia who proclaimed the Catalan State .

The Siege of Roses or Siege of Rosas from 7 November to 5 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr invest a Catalan and Spanish garrison commanded Control by Peter O'Daly .

The 3,500 Catalan and Spanish defenders of Roses were mostly local miquelets ( militia ) stiffened Hindering by a small unit of regulars from the Fija de Roses garrison .

The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration Participation was a protest march Self_motion which occurred Coming_to_be in central Barcelona in Catalonia , Spain , on 11 September 2012 during the National Day of Catalonia .

The estimated Scrutiny number of participants Participation ranges Cause_to_be_included widely , from 600,000 people quoted Statement by some media , statisticians such as Llorenç Badiella from the Autonomous University of Barcelona or the delegation of the Spanish government in Catalonia to 1.5 million according to Catalan public sources such as Barcelona 's Municipal Police or Catalonia 's Department of the Interior , with a maximum estimate of about 2 million according to the organizers .

Many newspapers and other news agencies described Statement it as a `` historic '' demonstration Participation and considered Influence it to be the biggest protest march Self_motion ever held Defending in Catalonia since the restoration of democracy in Spain , surpassing Achieve other major demonstrations , including the 2010 Catalan autonomy protest .

The Spanish force included Cause_to_be_included 2,000 regulars , 2,300 local miquelets ( Catalan Militia ) , and Francesc Rovira i Sala 's band of 3,000 miquelets .

The Catalan Way ( ) , also known as the Catalan Way towards Independence ( ) , was a human chain in support Supporting of Catalan independence from Spain .

The Catalan Way ( ) , also known as the Catalan Way towards Independence ( ) , was a human chain in support Supporting of Catalan independence from Spain .

The Catalan Way ( ) , also known as the Catalan Way towards Independence ( ) , was a human chain in support Supporting of Catalan independence from Spain .

According to Carme Forcadell , president of the ANC at that time , it was `` a symbol of the unity of Catalan people to achieve Achieve national sovereignty '' .

Plans for the Catalan Way were presented Presence for the first time on 19 June 2013 , at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya ; the inspiration for these was the 1989 Baltic Way .

Catalan Way 2014 took place Process_start the next year .