On March 27 , 1977 , two Boeing 747 passenger jets , operating Being_in_operation KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 , collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport ( now Tenerife North Airport ) on the Spanish island of Tenerife .

The subsequent investigation Criminal_investigation by Spanish authorities concluded Coming_to_believe that the primary cause Causation of the accident was the KLM captain 's decision to take off Departing in the mistaken belief that a takeoff Self_motion clearance from air traffic control Control ( ATC ) had been issued Creating .

The siege was fought Hostile_encounter between 1 October and 19 November 1594 and was conducted Action by English and French troops against a Spanish fort constructed Building on the Crozon Peninsula near Brest .

After a number of assaults were repelled Defending , a Spanish relief force under Juan del Águila attempted to relieve Cure the garrison , but it was delayed Change_event_time by French cavalry and could not reach Arriving the garrison in time .

The victory proved decisive in two ways ; first it denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Spanish an important large independent base and port from which to operate Being_in_operation in Brittany against the English and Dutch .

Second the Spanish had lost Earnings_and_losses most of their support from the French Catholic League and as a result enabled Preventing_or_letting the French king Henry IV to declare Expressing_publicly war on Spain .

The official investigation Criminal_investigation by the Spanish judiciary found Know that the attacks Terrorism were directed Action by an al-Qaeda terrorist cell , although no direct al-Qaeda participation has been established .

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout Scrutiny the strength of the defences of Manila , capital of the Spanish Philippines , capture Conquering a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port .

Thus the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat Warning to the China Fleet , an annual convoy of East Indiaman merchant ships from Macau in Qing Dynasty China to Britain , which was of vital economic importance to Britain .

After completing Process_end his mission Cooke decided Deciding to investigate Research the state of readiness of Spanish forces in Manila himself .

Sailing Self_motion in `` Sybille '' and accompanied by Captain Pulteney Malcolm in `` Fox '' , Cooke reached Arriving the Spanish capital on 13 January 1798 .

Anchored Connect in Manila Bay , Cooke pretended that his ships were French vessels and successfully lured Convincing successive boatloads of Spanish officials aboard , taking Conquering them prisoner in turn .

Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

The Action of 19 February 1801 was a minor naval battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter off Ceuta in Spanish North Africa in February 1801 between frigates of the French and Royal Navies during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Spanish officers fought Defending as long as they could , but as `` Cerberus '' s broadsides took effect Change the Spanish sailors refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fight Defending .

The Spanish officers fought Defending as long as they could , but as `` Cerberus '' s broadsides took effect Change the Spanish sailors refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fight Defending .

When this fleet failed to put Motion to sea , the Rochefort squadron , under Contre-Admiral Zacharie Allemand , went on an extended Expansion raiding cruise Attack across the Atlantic , both to intercept Attack British trade left Departing lightly defended Defending by the concentration of British forces Causation in European waters and with the intention of eventually combining Creating with the French Mediterranean Fleet then blockaded Besieging in Spanish harbours .

The Macau Incident was an inconclusive encounter Hostile_encounter between a powerful squadron of French and Spanish warships and a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago ( or Ladrones Archipelago ) off Macau on 27 January 1799 .

By early 1799 the French squadron had dispersed Dispersal , with two remaining Presence ships deployed Arranging to the Spanish Philippines .

There the frigates had united Cause_to_amalgamate with the Spanish Manila squadron and sailed Self_motion to attack the British China convoy Patrolling gathering at Macau .

Hargood sailed Self_motion to meet the French and Spanish ships , and a chase ensued Self_motion through the Wanshan Archipelago before contact Connect was lost Earnings_and_losses .

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 .

On 4 July it was engaged Participation by the Spanish galleys , of which some managed Control to enter the port of the town during a fierce action .

In the end , a large number of Spanish galleys were abandoned GiveUp when their crews panicked and fled Escaping to the beaches .

On the night of 6 July Abraham Duquesne escorted Patrolling 5 fireships to the mole of the harbor , where the Spanish galleys were abandoned GiveUp , and set fire Damaging to them .

Even if the siege and the 2nd Battle were two clear setbacks for the French , some Spanish authors also claim Statement that Fernandina won the first battle .

The fact was that Geertruidenberg was in Spanish hands .

The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken Action by the Spanish `` conquistadores '' against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the modern Mexican state of Chiapas .

Before the Spanish conquest , Chiapas was inhabited Placing by a variety of indigenous peoples , including the Zoques , various Maya peoples , such as the Lakandon Chʼol and the Tzotzil , and an unidentified group referred Name_conferral to as the Chiapanecas .

News of strangers first arrived in Arriving the region as the Spanish penetrated and overthrew Change_of_leadership the Aztec Empire .

In the early 1520s , several Spanish expeditions crossed Motion_directional Chiapas by land , and Spanish ships scouted Scrutiny the Pacific coast .

In the early 1520s , several Spanish expeditions crossed Motion_directional Chiapas by land , and Spanish ships scouted Scrutiny the Pacific coast .

Within a year , Spanish dominion extended Expansion over the upper drainage basin of the Grijalva River , Comitán , and the Ocosingo valley .

Excessive Spanish demands for tribute and labour caused Causation a rebellion by the indigenous inhabitants , who attempted to starve out the Spanish .

Excessive Spanish demands for tribute and labour caused Causation a rebellion by the indigenous inhabitants , who attempted to starve out the Spanish .

Internal divisions among the Spanish led to Causation a general instability in the province ; eventually the Mazariegos faction gained Getting concessions from the Spanish Crown that allowed Preventing_or_letting for the elevation of Villa Real to the status of city , as Ciudad Real , and the establishment of new laws that promoted Cause_to_make_progress stability in the newly conquered region .

Internal divisions among the Spanish led to Causation a general instability in the province ; eventually the Mazariegos faction gained Getting concessions from the Spanish Crown that allowed Preventing_or_letting for the elevation of Villa Real to the status of city , as Ciudad Real , and the establishment of new laws that promoted Cause_to_make_progress stability in the newly conquered region .

The Chaco War ( 1932–1935 ; , ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Bolivia and Paraguay over control Control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region ( known Know in Spanish as `` Chaco Boreal '' ) of South America , which was thought Know to be rich in oil .

It is also referred Adducing to as `` La Guerra de la Sed '' ( Spanish for `` The War of Thirst '' ) in literary circles , for being fought Hostile_encounter in the semi-arid Chaco .

The war can be thought Coming_to_believe of as an extension of the Eighty Years ' War being fought Hostile_encounter in Europe at the time between Spain and the Netherlands , as Portugal was in a dynastic union with the Spanish Crown after the War of the Portuguese Succession , for most of the conflict .

During the festival Social_event , many artists of the Spanish indie music and thousands of their followers meet Come_together .

The festival Social_event is mainly organized Arranging for Spanish indie groups , but there has also been some foreign groups at the festival , even so , the Spanish ones are the predominant ones .

The festival Social_event is mainly organized Arranging for Spanish indie groups , but there has also been some foreign groups at the festival , even so , the Spanish ones are the predominant ones .

The 15 October 2011 global protests Response were part of a series of protests inspired Influence by the Arab Spring , the Icelandic protests , the Portuguese `` Geração à Rasca '' , the Spanish `` Indignants '' , the Greek protests , and the Occupy movement .

The protest was first called Name_conferral for by the Spanish `` Plataforma ¡Democracia Real YA ! ''

The Philippine Revolution began Process_start in August 1896 , when the Spanish authorities discovered the Katipunan , an anti-colonial secret organization .

That year , the revolutionaries and the Spanish signed Writing the Pact of Biak-na-Bato , which temporarily reduced hostilities .

On April 21 , 1898 , after the sinking of in Havana Harbor and prior to its declaration of war on April 25 , the United States launched Process_start a naval blockade of the Spanish colony island of Cuba , off its southern coast of the peninsula of Florida .