In 1629, a fight between soldiers from the Spanish galleys and sailors on the Barcelona dock triggered a popular riot. Quarrels between locals and soldiers were not uncommon in Catalonia at the time. Since the reign of Philip II, Barcelona had become the port of departure for the "Spanish Road", a route that guaranteed the arrival of troops and supplies from the Iberian Peninsula to the war in Flanders. The itinerary connected Barcelona with Milan by ship and, crossing the Alps, reached Brussels. Catalonia, and Barcelona in particular, was, therefore, a place of passage for the armies of the monarchy, something that, on occasions, gave rise to fights and confrontations with the locals. On October 19, 1629, a group of soldiers swindled some strangers. From that scuffle a larger confrontation broke out between the soldiers of the galley and the sailors on the dock, resulting in the death of a sailor. The violence escalated and, moments later, the bells of the city began to ring to mobilize the population, who went out armed to the dock and took the bastions of the sea wall. Royal ministers and local authorities tried unsuccessfully to contain the mutineers, who fired artillery pieces against the galleys. The next day, when the situation calmed down, the galley docked, and 14 dead soldiers were landed. The subsequent judicial investigation ended with two sentenced to the galleys.