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Primo de Rivera, Miguel
(Encyclopedia) Primo de Rivera, Miguel, 1870–1930, Spanish general and dictator. After a rapid and brilliant military career in Cuba, the Philippines, and Morocco, he became governor of Cádiz (1915…Brewer's: Vincent de la Rosa
The son of a poor labourer who had served as a soldier. According to his own account, “he had slain more Moors than ever Tunis or Morocco produced; and as for duels, he had fought a…Montalvo, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Montalvo, JuanMontalvo, Juanhwän môntälˈvō [key], 1832–89, Ecuadorean essayist and political writer. A champion of liberalism and a master of political invective, he showered fiery…Maria II
(Encyclopedia) Maria II (Maria da Glória), 1819–53, queen of Portugal (1834–53), daughter of Peter IV (Pedro I of Brazil). Pedro, having succeeded to the Portuguese throne on the death (1826) of his…Presidents of Mexico since the Constitution of 1917 (table)
(Encyclopedia) Presidents of Mexico since the Constitution of 1917 President Dates in Office Venustiano Carranza 1917–20 Adolfo de la Huerta 1920 Álvaro Obregón 1920–24 Plutarco Elías Calles…Corte Real, Gaspar
(Encyclopedia) Corte Real or Corte-Real, GasparCorte Real or Corte-Real, Gaspargəshpärˈ kôrˈtə rĕälˈ [key], c.1450–1501?, Portuguese explorer. Sent by King Manuel I to search for the Northwest…Cabrillo, Juan Rodríguez
(Encyclopedia) Cabrillo, Juan RodríguezCabrillo, Juan Rodríguezhwän rôᵺrēˈgāth käbrēˈlyō [key], Port. João Rodrigues Cabrilho, d. 1543, Spanish conquistador and discoverer of California, b. Portugal…Valladolid
(Encyclopedia) ValladolidValladolidvälyäᵺōlēᵺˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 333,680), capital of Valladolid prov. and the administrative center of Castile and León, N central Spain, at the confluence of…Matamoros, Mariano
(Encyclopedia) Matamoros, MarianoMatamoros, Marianomäryäˈnō mätämōˈrōs [key], d. 1814, Mexican revolutionist in the war against Spain. He was, like Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and José María Morelos y…Legaspi
(Encyclopedia) Legaspi or LegazpiLegazpiləgăˈspē, lāgäˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 121,116), capital of Albay prov., SE Luzon, the Philippines, on Albay Gulf. It is a large seaport and the southern…Trending
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