* 1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.

* 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

As Part Two begins, it is assumed that the literate classes of Spain have all read the first part of the history of Don Quixote and his squire.

* 1519: Hernán Cortés begins conquest of Mexico for Spain.

* 1532: Francisco Pizarro begins conquest of Peru for Spain.

* 1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.

* 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.

* 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

* 1798 – The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.

* August 10 – A general strike begins in Spain ; it is smashed after 3 days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2, 000 arrests.

* The Mondragón Cooperative Corporation begins in Basque Country in Spain.

* Construction begins on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain in 1075.

* May 13 – Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.

* September 27 – Richard Nixon begins a tour of Europe, visiting Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

* December 3 – Burgos Trial: In Burgos, Spain, the trial of 16 Basque terrorism suspects begins.

** The 1982 FIFA World Cup begins in Spain.

* April 14 – The Third Carlist War begins in northern Spain.

Hasdrubal, the second son of Hamilcar Barca, is left in command of Spain when his brother Hannibal begins his campaign.

* September – The Second Carlist War, or the War of the Matiners or Madrugadores begins in Spain.

* March 31 – King Philip IV of Spain begins his 44-year rule.

* October – Spain begins construction on the masonry fort that will become Castillo de San Marcos, to protect St. Augustine, Florida.

* November 25 – The siege of Granada, last stronghold of the Moors in Spain, begins.

* May – El Cid completes his conquest of Valencia, Spain, and begins his rule of Valencia.

* 1936 – Texaco begins supplying the Nationalist rebels in Spain with oil, and continues to do so for the duration of the war, delivering some.

In 1541 Spain authorized the construction of Santo Domingo's fortified wall, and in 1560 decided to restrict sea travel to enormous, well-armed convoys.

In December 2003, Morocco and Spain agreed to explore the construction of an undersea rail tunnel across the Strait of Gibraltar, to connect their rail systems.

In December 2003, Spain and Morocco agreed to explore the construction of an undersea rail tunnel to connect their rail systems across the Strait.

* Spain completes the construction of Fort Matanzas in the Matanzas Inlet, approximately south of St. Augustine, Florida.

* After 23 years of construction, Spain completes Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine, Florida from foreign threats.

* 785 – 786 – The construction of the Prayer hall, Great Mosque of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, is started.

After the “ Placencia de Armas Co. Ltd ”; company, which swindled the Spanish Government selling useless and rather useless utility arms for Spain during the 1898 war ( also, this company, provided to Maxim outstanding and " sensitive " information that passed to his government during the conflict ), the Constructora Naval came and few years later, the Sociedad Española de Construcciones Navales, branch of Vickers in Spain were awarded, by the Spanish Government, the monopoly of the naval construction for the Spanish Navy.

There are also 4 gas exportation pipelines, two existing ones to Spain ( Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline ) and Italy ( Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline ) and 2 under construction, Medgaz between Oran and Almería, Spain and GALSI between Annaba and Sardinia, Italy.

The date of its construction, which could be carried out at the end of the 1st century or early 2nd century, and it is the roman civil engineering work most important in Spain.

The 1960s and 1970s saw a second population boom, caused by immigration from poorer regions of Spain: however this was not matched by construction of the necessary amenities and it was only in the 1990s that public investment resulted in additional schools, leisure facilities and housing.

Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona – Mataró section ( 1969 ), which was the first autopista ( highway ) ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section ( 1995 ).

In 1573, King Phillip II of Spain compiled the Laws of the Indies to guide the construction and administration of colonial communities.

All the tourist accommodations and construction throughout coastal Spain has driven high demand and brought huge modernisation.

Archduke Albert of Austria ( appointed by the King of Spain as the governor of the Low Countries ), and his wife, the Archduchess Isabella ( daughter of King Philip II of Spain ) donated funds for the construction of a stone chapel in Scherpenheuvel and made a pilgrimage themselves.

* Rande Bridge in Spain near Vigo is the highway cable-stayed bridge with the longest and slenderest span in the world at the time of construction ( 1973 – 1977 ).

Another dome with the same parallel arch construction but more refined technique has been identified in the tepidarium at a Roman era bathing complex in Cabrera del Mar, Spain, and dated to the middle of the second century BC.

As a result, a collaboration began between Torres and the French company Astra, which managed to buy the patent with a cession of rights extended to all countries except Spain, in order to make possible the construction of the dirigible in its country.

One of the reasons for increased mega catamaran construction was " The Race ", a circumnavigation challenge which departed from Barcelona, Spain, on New Year's Eve, 2000.

Choral groups, steelband and traditional western orchestras, smaller ensembles, music schools and programmes, and others stage shows at venues around the country, particularly at the Queen's Hall in Port of Spain ; the University of the West Indies ( St. Augustine Campus ); Central Bank Auditorium renovation as of August 2011 ; Simon Bolivar auditorium ; churches and cathedrals ; and at the new National Academy for the Performing Arts ( NAPA ), which completed construction in late 2009.

* Church San Nicolás de Tolentino del Laborío, Philip III of Spain ordered its construction in 1618.