However, UK Home Secretary Jack Straw took the responsibility to release him on medical grounds, and refused to extradite him to Spain.

The scheme was not a success, however, as the Cubans either succumbed to diseases brought from Spain such as measles and smallpox, or simply refused to work, preferring to slip away into the mountains.

On his return to Spain on April 16, 1814, he refused to swear by the constitution himself, and he continued to rule in the authoritarian fashion of his forebears.

Adams so ably justified Jackson's conduct that he silenced protests from either Spain or Britain ; Congress refused to punish Jackson.

Although he was initially successful in starving out Britain, Portugal refused to capitulate, leading to the Peninsular War throughout Spain.

Paulinus refused to remain in Barcelona, and in late spring of 395 he and his wife moved from Spain to Nola in Campagna, where he remained until his death.

The Peace of Augsburg began to unravel, as some converted bishops refused to give up their bishoprics, and as certain Habsburg and other Catholic rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain sought to restore the power of Catholicism in the region.

At this point divisions between the allies became clear, as Spain laid claim to Mantua, and also refused to guarantee Milan to Charles Emmanuel.

Bute and Newcastle refused to support such a move, as did the entire cabinet except Temple, believing it would make Britain look the aggressor against Spain potentially provoking other neutral nations to declare war on Britain.

King Ferdinand VII, who assumed the throne after Napoleon was driven out of Spain, refused to agree to the liberal Spanish Constitution of 1812 on his accession to the throne in 1814.

Mussolini refused to heed warnings from his minister of exchange and currency, Felice Guarneri, who said that Italy's actions in Ethiopia and Spain meant the nation was on the verge of bankruptcy.

When James II fled at the Glorious Revolution, William refused to accept the title of king consort ( which Philip II of Spain had been granted under Queen Mary I in the 1550s ) and insisted on being named King in his own right.

At one point in 1712 Philip was offered the choice of renouncing the throne of Spain so that he could be made heir of France, but he refused.

When, in 1630, French ambassadors in Regensburg agreed to make peace with Spain, Richelieu refused to uphold them.

Although courts have refused to adjudicate the cases on the grounds of sovereign immunity in many instances, separate courts in Spain and Argentina indicted Jiang and other officials on the charge of torture and genocide in late 2009, asked for their arrest.

The Itza King, however, refused to convert to Christianity or pledge loyalty to Spain ; he said a time would come when this would be the proper thing to do but that time had not arrived.

After Mexico won its independence from Spain however, the Mexican authorities refused to recognize his claim that the land belonged to him.

When the Spanish media asked King Juan Carlos if he would endorse the bill legalizing gay marriages, he answered " Soy el Rey de España y no el de Bélgica " (" I am the King of Spain, not of Belgium ")– a reference to King Baudouin I of Belgium, who had refused to sign the Belgian law legalising abortion.

If the King of Spain ever refused in conscience to grant Royal Assent to a Bill a procedure similar to the one that was used in Belgium to handle King Baudouin's objection would not be possible under the current Constitution: in Spain, if the King were ever declared incapable of discharging the royal authority, his powers would not be transferred to the Cabinet pending the parliamentary appointment of a Regency.

When the media asked King Juan Carlos if he would endorse the 2005 bill legalizing gay marriages ( the implication implied that he may not endorse the bill ), he answered " Soy el Rey de España y no el de Bélgica " (" I am the King of Spain, not of Belgium ")– a reference to King Baudouin I of Belgium who had refused to sign the Belgian law legalising abortion in Belgium.

After Spain, the 2nd place winner of 1979, and reportedly the UK, refused to host, the Netherlands finally agreed to host the show in a small-scale production.

On first instance, Spain refused to accept the Cuban national debt of four hundred million dollars, but ultimately it had no choice.

When the media asked King Juan Carlos if he would endorse the bill legalizing gay marriages, he answered " Soy el Rey de España y no el de Bélgica " (" I am the King of Spain, not of Belgium ") a reference to King Baudouin I of Belgium who had refused to sign the Belgian law legalising abortion.

* 1609 – Eighty Years ' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.

* 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

With the abolishment of slavery altogether in their colonies, the British forced Spain to sign another treaty in 1835.

* 1492 31 March – After conquering Granada, the Catholic Monarchs sign the Alhambra decree ordering the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, to be take effect from 31 July 1492.

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* 1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.

* 1729 – Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.

* 1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U. S.

* 1494: Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas and agree to divide the World outside of Europe between themselves.

* March 31 – Ferdinand and Isabella sign the Alhambra decree, expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.

* June 7 – Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of Badajoz ; Portugal loses the city of Olivenza.

** Spain and Romania sign in Paris an agreement establishing full consular and commercial relations ( not diplomatic ones ).

* May 30 – Spain and the Netherlands sign a temporary cease fire in the war.

* October 27 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U. S.

* November 9 – Spain, France and England sign the Treaty of Seville.

* April 30 – Emperor Charles VI of Austria and King Philip V of Spain sign the Treaty of Vienna.

* 1267 – King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfonso X of Castile sign a treaty determining the southern border between Portugal and Spain as the Guadiana River, a border that remains to this day.

* January 12 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ( and Charles I of Spain ) and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Toledo, agreeing to make no further alliances with England.

Stein and Toklas had plans to visit England to sign a contract for the publication of Three Lives, to spend a few weeks there, and then journey to Spain.

* Sack of Antwerp, one of the many mutinies in the Spanish Army of Flanders during the Eighty Years ' War ; this mutiny caused the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands to temporarily unite in rebellion against Philip II of Spain and sign the Pacification of Ghent.

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Non-government sanctioned re-introduction of Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber ) in Spain around 2003 has resulted in tell-tale beaver sign documented on a 60 km stretch on the lower course of the Aragon River and the area adjoining the Ebro River in Aragon, Spain.

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