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Primo de Rivera, José Antonio

(Encyclopedia) Primo de Rivera, José AntonioPrimo de Rivera, José Antonioprēˈmō ᵺā rēvāˈrä [key], 1903–36, Spanish political leader, son of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Founder (1933) of the Falange, the…

Ayllón, Lucas Vásquez de

(Encyclopedia) Ayllón, Lucas Vásquez deAyllón, Lucas Vásquez del&oomacr;ˈkäs väsˈkāth dā īlyōnˈ [key], c.1475–1526, Spanish explorer. He emigrated in 1502 to Santo Domingo, where he became a…

Famous Firsts by Hispanic Americans

The first Hispanic-American politicians, baseball players, and more Government Member of U.S. Congress: Joseph Marion Hernández, 1822, delegate from the Florida territory. Sonia Sotomayor…

Francisco Afan DELGADO, Congress, PI (1886-1964)

DELGADO, Francisco Afan, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Bulacan Province, Philippine Islands, January 25, 1886; studied at San Juan de Letran, Ateneo de Manila,…

Quivira

(Encyclopedia) QuiviraQuivirakēvēˈrä [key], land sought and reached by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541 and explored by later Spanish expeditions (1593 and 1601). The records do not make it…

Kino, Eusebio Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Kino, Eusebio FranciscoKino, Eusebio Franciscoā&oomacr;sāˈbyō fränsēsˈkō kēˈnō [key], c.1644–1711, missionary explorer in the American Southwest, b. Segno, in the Tyrol. He was in…

Serrano y Domínguez, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Serrano y Domínguez, FranciscoSerrano y Domínguez, Franciscofränthēsˈkō sāräˈnō ē dōmēngˈgāth [key], 1810–85, Spanish general and statesman. In 1834–39 he distinguished himself in the…

San Francisco Symphony

(Encyclopedia) San Francisco Symphony, orchestra founded 1911. It has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall since 1980. Henry Hadley, the original music director, was followed by Alfred…

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de

(Encyclopedia) Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José deGoya y Lucientes, Francisco José defränthēsˈkō hōsāˈ ᵺā gōˈyä ē l&oomacr;thēānˈtās [key], 1746–1828, Spanish painter and graphic artist. Goya is…

Largo Caballero, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Largo Caballero, FranciscoLargo Caballero, Franciscofränthēsˈkō lärˈgō käbälyāˈrō [key], 1869–1946, Spanish Socialist leader and politician. A trade union leader, he initially followed…