People react as they celebrate the unilateral declaration of independence of Catalonia outside the Catalan Parliament, in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Catalonias' regional Parliament passed a motion on Oct. 27 to establish an independent Catalan Republic. (AP Photo/ Emilio Morenatti)
Catalonia has its own language, its own parliament, and a notoriously rocky relationship with its home country: Spain.
The parliament of the autonomous region declared independence on Oct. 27, and Spain responded by approving direct rule over the region and dismissing Catalonia's government.
This timeline shows a history of the Catalan independence movement in the 20th century and recent events leading up to the declaration.JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTI3aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZjZG4ua25pZ2h0bGFiLmNvbSUyRmxpYnMlMkZ0aW1lbGluZTMlMkZsYXRlc3QlMkZlbWJlZCUyRmluZGV4Lmh0bWwlM0Zzb3VyY2UlM0QxeTlMd2hWbUNya29DYnhQeG1CTzBJQWRaVXNrNVdSQzRTdWU3eEdRTS1RcyUyNmZvbnQlM0REZWZhdWx0JTI2bGFuZyUzRGVuJTI2aW5pdGlhbF96b29tJTNEMiUyNmhlaWdodCUzRDY1MCUyNyUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTI3MTAwJTI1JTI3JTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTI3NjUwJTI3JTIwd2Via2l0YWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwbW96YWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjcwJTI3JTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF