Juan José Quesada [SEP] military rank
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Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada


Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo Arrocha (1738–1798) was a military officer who served as Governor and intendant of Honduras between 1783 and 1789, and Governor of East Florida from July 1790 to March 1796. De Quesada was born in 1738 at Jaén, Spain. He joined the Spanish Royal Army in his youth, attaining the ranks of Brigadier of the Infantry of the Royal Armies and Commander General of the "presidio" of St. Augustine. De Quesada was appointed Governor and intendant of Honduras in 1783, and remained in this
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada


Quesada was chosen by De Lugo to command an expedition without any military experience to explore into the interior of New Granada, hoping to discover the dreamed El Dorado. A land party under De Quesada, with Hernán Pérez de Quesada (his brother), Juan San Martín, Juan del Junco (as second in command) Lázaro Fonte and Sergio Bustillo, struck south from Santa Marta, crossed the Cesar River, and arrived at Tamalameque on the Magdalena River. A support fleet of 6 (or 5) ships had also sailed
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Juan José Medina Lamela


Juan José Medina Lamela is the 19th Puerto Rico Adjutant General, and the commanding officer of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Medina was born in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, was a Boy Scout of the troop 92 of Quebradillas and currently held the rank of brigadier general. His military education includes the Academy of military sciences at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee; the squadron officers school at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama; the air command and State College, correspondence; and the Inter-American Defense College in Fort
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José Gabriel García


José Gabriel García was also cousin of , co-founder of La Trinitaria along with Juan Pablo Duarte as well as cousin, twice removed, of Dr. Juan Vicente Moscoso. In 1848, at only 14 yrs old, José Gabriel García joined the army and was assigned artillery brigade of the Plaza of Santo Domingo, commanded by Colonel . In 1849, he took part of the maritime expedition of Jean-Charles Fagalde during the War of Independence. As a military, he came to perform various administrative functions and reached the rank
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Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada


to serve in the military with Maj. Gen. Juan Felipe. He has served as president of the Barranca del Cupatitzio National Park Trust (1997–98), as a Delegate of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection in Michoacán (2001–03), as Director-General of the Primary Sector and Renewable Natural Resources (2003–04), as Undersecretary for Environmental Promotion and Regulations (2004–05) and as Assistant Attorney for Industrial Inspection at the Office of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (2005–06). In November 2011 Elvira Quesada was awarded with
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Guillermo Portabales


Guillermo Portabales (born "José Guillermo Quesada Castillo", Rodas, Cuba, 6 April 1911 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, 25 October 1970) was a Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist who popularized the "guajira" style of Cuban music from the 1930s through the 1960s. His languid, melancholy, intensely lyrical "guajiras" and his elegant, stylish singing made him popular throughout Latin America, where he is still revered. His father was Josè Quesada y Perez from Casteiro Oreste Spain and his mother was Marcela Estefania
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Juan José de Estrada


Juan José de Estrada was a military leader who served as the Governor of East Florida from 1811-1812 and again from 1815-1816. Both of his terms were overwhelmed with tension from the Patriot War between the United States and Spain. In 1816 de Estrada was promoted and left Florida for Havana, Cuba. Juan José de Estrada's father, Pedro de Estrada, was one of the senior military leaders defending Havana from British attack and occupation in 1762. Juan José and his brother Ignacio both joined the military like his
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José María Sánchez-Verdú


51-52. -Fernández García, Rosa: “La ópera El viaje a Simorgh de José María Sánchez-Verdú”, "Revista de Musicología", 31/1 (2008), p. 199-237. -Gan Quesada, Germán: “De altitudine temporis”, "Sibila", 18 (2005), p. 51. -Gan Quesada, Germán: José M. Sánchez-Verdú. Músicas del límite, "Festival de Música de Canarias", 2006. -Gan Quesada, Germán: “Sánchez-Verdú, José María
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Juan Castro Blanco National Park


Juan Castro Blanco National Park is a National Park, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica about 100 km north of San José, to the east of Ciudad Quesada in Alajuela Province. It contains the active Platanar Volcano, the dormant Porvenir Volcano, and the inactive El Viejo Volcano. It was created in 1992 and covers an area of both rain and cloud forest. There is an extensive trail system that winds through the park and offers visitors the chance to see an array of
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José Antonio Vizcarra


José Antonio Vizcarra (or Viscarra) was a Mexican soldier who served as Governor of New Mexico from 1822 to 1823. While conducting an expedition against the Navajos in 1823, he was to first to record the ruins of Chaco Canyon. José Antonio Vizcarra was the son of Don Juan José Viscarra and Doña Gertrudis Alvarado, and was born in Cuencamé, Durango. Entering the army, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and was appointed military chief of New Mexico in October 1822. Vizcarra was governor of New Mexico
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Lorenzo Domínguez


actress and theater director Galina Tolmacheva and the actress Niní Gambier; the folklorist and narrator Juan Draghi Lucero; the journalist Miguel Gómez Echea; the editor Gildo D'Accurzio; the photographer Antonio D'Elia; the lawyer Juan Carlos Silva; and the architects Daniel Ramos Correas, Samuel Sánchez de Bustamante, and Arturo and Manolo Civit. Among his students, four young artists worked with him for an extended period: Beatriz Capra, Mariano Pagés, José Carrieri and . Other students included: Luis Quesada, , Orlando Pardo, Leonor Rigau, Miguel
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José Selva Mergelina


in their rural Xàtiva estate. Villores' younger brother, Juan Selva Mergelina, who was also a Carlist activist, served in the Spanish army; he commenced military service as of infantry in Mallorca in 1910, to be soon promoted to and to pass to reserva territorial de Canarias. He resumed military service in Spanish Morocco during a rather calm period of the Rif War, assigned to the Tetuán regiment. In 1914, following meritorious service, Juan Selva was nominated infantry captain. His final rank was this of a Commandant.
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José María Quesada


José María Quesada (ca. 1778 – ca. 1858) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 October 1848 to 31 December 1848. Quesada was a Spaniard who migrated to Puerto Rico from Venezuela in 1819, establishing himself in Ponce. His wife was Maria del Rosario Perez, and they had three children, Jose Maria (Jr.), Eustaquio and Eustaquia. In 1826, Quesada and his two male children formed a business corporation in Ponce and established it as a financial services company focused on money lending.
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David Masnata y de Quesada


David Masnata y de Quesada, Marquis of Santa Ana y Santa María, was a Cuban lawyer, professor, historian, and founder of the Instituto Cubano de Genealogía y Heráldica. Masnata was born on September 11, 1926. He was the first child of Emilio Masnata y Azcue and Aurora de Quesada y Miranda, grandson of Gonzalo de Quesada, an associate of Cuban revolutionary hero José Martí, and great-grandson of Dr. Ramón L. Miranda, the family physician of José Martí. Masnata’s interest in genealogy and history developed
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Juan José Torres


Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. He was popularly known as "J.J." (Jota-Jota). Juan José Torres was murdered in 1976 in Buenos Aires, in the frame of Operation Condor. Torres was born in Cochabamba to a poor family of Mestizo heritage with mainly Aymara ancestry and joined the army in 1941. He served as military attache to
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José Castro


Ramona" (1884). She began writing her famous novel about Spanish California while living in San Juan Bautista in the early 1880s. The Breen family owned the house until 1935, when the State of California bought the property and it became part of the San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District. Castro never surrendered his Mexican citizenship nor military rank. In February 1860, Castro was assassinated by the bandit Marguez. The Jose Castro House in San Juan Bautista is now a National Historic Landmark. Castro Street and the Castro District in
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Dieter Lehnhoff


Tokyo, and New York City. His Piano Concerto No. 1 (2005), dedicated to the Russian pianist and teacher, Alexandr Sklioutovski, was premiered in June, 2006 at the National Theatre in Guatemala City by José Pablo Quesada as soloist and the Millennium Orchestra, the composer conducting. In 2007, it was performed to critical acclaim and great enthusiasm at the National Theatre in San José, Costa Rica, again with pianist Quesada and the composer conducting the National University Symphony Orchestra. Quesada also performed it at the 15th
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Juan José Flores


Juan José Flores y Aramburu (July 19, 1800 – October 1, 1864) was a Venezuelan military general who became Supreme Chief, and later the first President of the new Republic of Ecuador. He later served two more terms from 1839 to 1843 and from 1843 to 1845, and is often referred to as "The Founder of the Republic". Juan José Flores' contemporaries described his physical appearance as proud man in military uniform, slender and short but well proportioned, with a handsome countenance that radiates quick intelligence and
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Juan José Flores


military school and hospital. Since the poor yet sagacious Juan José Flores did not know what to do with his life at age 15 he enlisted as a private in the Spanish Royalist army of Spanish General Pablo Morillo, whose job it was to fight and destroy the patriot armies that were fighting for Spanish American independence in South America. During a short period of time Juan José Flores distinguished himself in Spain's Military for his loyalty, discipline, courage, heroism, and sagacity. However, as a sergeant, he was taken
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada (erected 25 July 1995) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica, located in the city of Ciudad Quesada (or, more simply, Quesada; alternatively known as San Carlos). Ciudad Quesada is the capital of the District of Ciudad Quesada, and of the larger Canton of San Carlos, which is in turn part of Alajuela Province. On New Year's Eve, Monday, 31 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Oswaldo
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Juan de Céspedes Ruiz


Cundiboyacense. The encomiendas of Ubaque and Quetame were passed on to his son Lope de Céspedes. In 1539, the brother of the founder of Bogotá, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Hernán Pérez de Quesada had taken the governance of the New Kingdom of Granada. In this year, the conquistadors, among which De Céspedes, asked the King of Spain to construct a hospital in Bogotá. Under the command of Pérez de Quesada, De Céspedes and Juan de Sanct Martín tortured the last "zipa" of the Muisca, Sagipa,
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Juan José Navarro, 1st Marquess of Victoria


under the Marquis of Lede, and took part in their conquest as part of the Spanish Navy Marines. Navarro was also an important author of several books on military theory. Under protection of José Patiño, he rose through the ranks. In 1732, he participated in the conquest of Oran under the Duke of Montemar and played an important role in covering the landing troops by the use of his naval guns. In the War of Austrian Succession he won his greatest victory in beating a British fleet in the Battle of Toulon (
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José Joaquín Calvo


José Joaquin del Calvo Lopez (January 16, 1798 in Cuba – February 28, 1838 in Chihuahua, Mexico) was a Mexican soldier. He was born in Havana, Cuba, on January 16, 1798 being his parents Thomas and Clara López Calvo. He joined the Spanish military in 1812 and when the Independence of Mexico, arrived in 1818 on the orders of the Viceroy Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, with the rank of second lieutenant. He fought insurgents in Veracruz and Michoacan, until in 1821 decides to join the independence
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Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada


Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada (born 11 April 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party who served as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón. He is also a former Municipal President of Uruapan, Michoacán. Elvira Quesada graduated with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Cranfield Institute of Technology (nowadays Cranfield University) in Bedfordshire, England. He used
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Battle of Tocarema


he left the reign of the New Kingdom of Granada in the hands of his brother. Hernán Pérez de Quesada threatened Sagipa to give up his valuables to the Spanish invaders and when the "zipa" did not comply in the eyes of the Europeans, De Quesada ordered Juan de Céspedes and Juan de Sanct Martín to torture the Muisca leader by cutting and burning the soles of his feet. The Panche continued to pose resistance to the Spanish Crown and new conquest expeditions into their territories were organised by Pérez de Quesada. He sent
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2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads


Head coach: John Obuh Head coach: Marco Pezzaiuoli Head coach: Emilio Umanzor Head coach: José Luís Brown Head coach: Lucho Head coach: Yutaka Ikeuchi Head coach: José Luis González China Head coach: Dany Ryser Head coach: Ali Doustimehr Head coach: Tariq Saigy Head coach: Ramiro Viafara Head coach: Albert Stuivenberg Head coach: Abdullah Ercan Head coach: Rainer Willfeld Head coach: Juan Diego Quesada Head coach: Stephen Cain Head coach: Ali Ebrahim Head coach: John Kaputa Head coach: Ginés Meléndez Head coach
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Military career of José de San Martín in Spain


, he participated in the Spanish American wars of independence. José de San Martín was born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, son of Juan de San Martín and Gregoria Matorras del Ser. The exact year of Martín's birth is unknown, and historians are divided between 1777 and 1778. An officer in the military, Juan de San Martín requested a new deployment, and in 1781, he moved his family from Yapeyu to Buenos Aires. In 1783, the family moved to Madrid, where Juan made several requests for military promotion.
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Alfredo De Quesada


Alfredo De Quesada is a Puerto Rican film, television and theatre actor. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Cuban immigrants who resettled in Puerto Rico, De Quesada was raised in San Juan where he attended Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola and went on to graduate with double major in General Management and Theatre Arts from the Carroll School of Management of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA). During college he was part of the oldest college improv comedy troupe My Mother's Fleabag, and, upon graduation, moved to New
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WindSled


) scientific base at NEGIS, the Dark Snow Project and other relevant scientific institutions. In parallel to these external improvements, the interest of polar scientists has increased. Among the most relevant, the American glaciologist Jason Box, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), and the Spaniards, Antonio Quesada, Autonomous University of Madrid and Spanish Polar Program manager, Ignacio López Moreno, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) and Juan José Blanco, University of Alcalá. With this vehicle drilling has been carried out in the interior
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Costumbrismo


was a politically passionate Romantic writer whose work has strong "costumbrista" aspects; his "El Matadero" ("The Slaughterhouse") is still widely read. Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810–84) and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888) both wrote at times in the genre, as did José Antonio Wilde (1813–83), in "Buenos Aires desde setenta años atrás" ("Buenos Aires from seventy years ago"); Vicente G. Quesada (1830–1913), in "Recuerdos de un viejo" ("Memories of an
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José Riquelme y López Bago


José Riquelme y López-Bago (Tarragona, August 31, 1880 - Paris, 28 January 1972) was a Spanish soldier noted for his involvement in the Second Moroccan War and the Spanish Civil War. He opposed the dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera. In 1987 he was honoured posthumously by King Juan Carlos who restored to him the rank of Lieutenant general. Riquelme spent most of his military career in Africa, during the Rif War. In 1921 he was Colonel and Chief of the Indigenous Police. After the Battle of
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Luis de Quintanar


José Luis de Quintanar Soto y Ruiz (born December 22, 1772, San Juan del Río, Querétaro - November 16, 1837, Mexico City) was a Royalist military officer in colonial New Spain, and a politician after the 1821 independence of Mexico. Quintanar began his military career in 1801 as a lieutenant the Provincial Regiment of Dragoons of Querétaro. His entire royalist military career was with this unit, where he reached the rank of brigadier. He fought the insurgents until 1821, when he joined the Plan of Iguala.
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Battle of Tocarema


His brother Hernán Pérez de Quesada and other Spanish soldiers, Juan de Céspedes, Juan de Sanct Martín, Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela, Lázaro Fonte, Antonio de Lebrija, Juan de(l) Junco, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón, Gonzalo Macías, Martín Galeano, Hernán Venegas Carrillo, Juan Tafur, Ortún Velázquez de Velasco, Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano and around 700 others, left the relative safety of the coast for what would become the hardest expedition of the main conquests of the Americas. Jiménez de Quesada organised two groups; one ascending the Magdalena
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Juan José Estrada


Juan José Estrada Morales (1 January 1872 in Managua – 11 July 1967 in Managua) was the President of Nicaragua from 29 August 1910 to 9 May 1911. Juan José Estrada Morales was a Nicaraguan military and political who acted as President of Nicaragua from August 29, 1910 to May 9, 1911. Estrada was a member of the Liberal Party of Nicaragua. In 1909 he began a rebellion against the liberal government of José Santos Zelaya, who soon resigned, and in August 1910 the unstable liberal government that succeeded him fell
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Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada


Quesada and his troops marched over land on the bank of the river. Names of the captains in the army of De Quesada are given as "San Martín" (Juan de Sanct Martín), "Céspedes" (Juan de Céspedes), "Valençuela" (Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela), Lázaro Fonte, "Librixa" (Antonio de Lebrija), Juan de(l) Junco and "Suarex" (Gonzalo Suárez Rendón). The captains heading the brigs are named as "Corral" (Francisco Gómez del Corral)
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Eduardo Vañó Pastor


of serialized novels for the Valenciana Editorial and also in the KKO magazine. After the war, together with the owner of the company, Juan Bautista Port, he created the series "Roberto Alcazar y Pedrín", who became one of the most successful comic book titles of postwar Spanish. Vañó collaborated with many writers: in addition to Puerto, he drew scripts for José Jordán Jover, Federico Amoros, Vicente Tortajada and Pedro Quesada, and even some of his own making. Vañó drew all the 1219 numbers that make up
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José Mancisidor


Clavijero" School, and later went to learn a trade at the vocational school of the Secretariat of the Navy, located at the San Juan de Ulúa Fortress, until his third year reaching the rank of sergeant. In April 1914 he got engaged in the defense of the port of Veracruz against the occupation by United States Marine Corps. He escaped to join the Constitutionalist Army of General Cándido Aguilar who incorporated him to the First Regiment of Artillery of the First Eastern Division with the rank of lieutenant. His military career continued till
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Historiography of Juan Manuel de Rosas


divergent ones. Quesada did not thought Rosas to be a skilled politician, while Irazusta did think so. Neither Saldías nor Quesada considered the battle of Caseros a turning point in the history of Argentina, while Irazusta considered it a lost chance to become a global power. There were many works about Rosas written at the end of the 1930 decade and beginning of the 1940s: "Vida de Juan Manuel de Rosas" () by Manuel Gálvez in 1940, the first volume of "Vida política de Juan Manuel de Rosas a
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Hernán Pérez de Quesada


of Hernán Pérez de Quesada has been provided by his brother Gonzalo and scholars Pedro de Aguado, Juan Freyle, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Joaquín Acosta and Liborio Zerda. Hernán Pérez de Quesada was born around the year 1500 in the Andalusian city of Granada as second son of Luís Jiménez de Quesada and Isabel de Rivera Quesada. His family was catholic, but descended from marranos (Sephardi Jews). His elder brother was conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez and he had four other siblings; brother Melchor, Francisco, who also was conquistador in
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Quesada Cigars


them to prospective customers. This lead Manolo to become interested in the art of tobacco blending and the idea of becoming a manufacturer of cigars himself. Manolo Quesada became close to a small scale customer of his family's, Juan Sosa, who worked as a cigar manufacturer in Miami, producing a brand called Antillian Cigars. Due to an aging population of experienced cigar-rollers ("torcedores") and an increasingly unfavorable employment tax situation, the Sosa operation was joined with Quesada's brokerage, with Quesada handling manufacturing in the
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Juan José de Sámano y Uribarri


Juan José Francisco de Sámano y Uribarri de Rebollar y Mazorra (1753 in Selaya, Cantabria – July 1821 in Panama), was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Granada from 1818 to 1819, during the war of independence. Sámano was a member of a distinguished family with a long tradition in the militia. In 1771 he entered the military as a cadet, and by 1779 he was a lieutenant. He was also professor of mathematics at the Military Academy of Barcelona, where he remained five years. In 1780
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Juan José Castelli


Juan José Castelli (July 19, 1764 – October 12, 1812) was an Argentine lawyer. He was one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which started the Argentine War of Independence. He led an ill-fated military campaign in Upper Peru. Juan José Castelli was born in Buenos Aires, and went to school at the Real Colegio de San Carlos in Buenos Aires and Monserrat College in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. He graduated as a lawyer from the University of Charcas, in Upper Peru. His
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One Rank, One Pension


and 85 Indian Military Academy; and officers from the 14 Army Education Course; and twenty five officers and their families came from Jaipur. The movement continues to gain momentum, and perceptible increase in support and participation by former high-ranking officers of the armed forces, from Lt generals, Admirals, air marshals, Group Captains, and Colonels. Old veterans included Sep Ram Kishan, 93 years, Armoured Corp veteran of World War II; Sep Ram Bharose Yadav, 85 years, a blind veteran of 72 Medium Artillery;
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Honduras


U.S. officials through the region. The most renowned Honduran painter is . Other important painters include Carlos Garay, and Roque Zelaya. Some of Honduras' most notable writers are Lucila Gamero de Medina, Froylán Turcios, Ramón Amaya Amador and Juan Pablo Suazo Euceda, Marco Antonio Rosa, Roberto Sosa, Eduardo Bähr, Amanda Castro, Javier Abril Espinoza, Teófilo Trejo, and Roberto Quesada. The José Francisco Saybe theater in San Pedro Sula is home to the Círculo Teatral Sampedrano (Theatrical Circle of San Pedro Sula) Honduran cuisine is
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Juan Almonte


Mexican Legation Extraordinary in 1831. His new job was to represent Mexico in the Republics of South America and the Empire of Brazil. Almonte married María Dolores Quesada on March 1, 1840 in Mexico City and they had a daughter named María de Guadalupe Anastacia Aleja Brígida Saturnina. In 1834 Vice President Valentín Gómez Farías appointed Almonte and Col. José María Díaz Noriega to make an inspection tour of Texas and write a status report on what they witnessed. In late January 1836 Almonte was appointed aide-de-camp to Antonio López
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Gaspar de Quesada


explanations have been offered for why the "San Antonio" fell into Magellan's lap, including: Following the Easter mutiny, Magellan held a court martial, sentencing Quesada to death (the other surviving Spanish captain, Juan de Cartagena, was sentenced to be marooned). Unable to find a volunteer executioner, Magellan offered to commute the sentence of Quesada's squire, Luis Molino, if he would perform the duty. Molino agreed, and on April 7 1520, Quesada was beheaded. His and Mendoza's bodies were quartered
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Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad


by Mexico, and carries out actions directed towards conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Mexico. The President of the commission is the head of the Federal Executive, C. Enrique Peña Nieto. The Technical Secretary is the head of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), C. Juan José Guerra Abud and the heads of the following secretariats also participate: Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), Social Development (SEDESOL), Economy (SE), Public Education (SEP),
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2010 Tour of Qatar


a final sprint to the line with Heinrich Haussler coming in second, and Juan José Haedo arriving third. Like the previous stages, breakaways occurred and most were quickly reeled in. Sep Vanmarcke from made a break from the peloton and was away for much of the stage. At the to go mark, the gap was just below two minutes as was contributing the majority of the pace setting preserving the leader’s golden jersey for Wouter Mol. For the next , the gap hovered around the 1 minute and 45 second mark with
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Julián Castro (Venezuelan politician)


Julián Castro Contreras (c. 1810 – 12 June 1875) was a Venezuelan military officer and President of Venezuela between 1858 and 1859. He was presumably born in Petare "circa" 1810, although this date is not certain. His parents were Juan Manuel Castro and Margarita Contreras. He had a brother, Castro. He joined the Army and in 1830 held the rank of Alférez (Second Lieutenant in modern military hierarchy). In 1835, as Captain, he took part in the Revolution of Reforms which withdrew President José María
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Historiography of Juan Manuel de Rosas


that explained history through social, mental, cultural or economic factors. José María Ramos Mejía tried to explain key biographies, specially Rosas', through a phrenologist analysis. Vicente Fidel López and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento praised his original approach, but López pointed out the lack of clinical records from the period being studied, and Sarmiento that Mejía trusted too much on libelles from that time (even by Sarmiento himself) which were more concerned with the political conflicts than with historical accuracy. Another author from this period was Ernesto Quesada, who
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Juan Álvarez


over debts with a Spanish official. At the outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810, troops of insurgent priest José María Morelos came through Juan's remote village of Atoyac. Juan joined the insurgency. In November 1810, at the a. ge of 20, Alvarez joined the fight for Mexican independence as a private under the command of José María Morelos y Pavón. He fought in the battles of Aguacatillo, , Arroyo del Moledor, Tonaltepec and La Sabana, soon rising to the rank of captain. Before the year
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José Comas Quesada


rainy days, etc. Seascapes where the form becomes evanescent, treatments of blue, white and golden exquisites which remind of one of the great masters of watercolour of all times, of Turner. He joined to the tenets of the so-called "experimental watercolour", name that opened two exhibitions in 1966 and 1971 respectively in La Laguna (Tenerife). This trend advocated for experimentation, surpassing the traditional molds that dominated the genre and offering a renewed vision in keeping with the style of the moment. José Comas Quesada
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Gaspar de Quesada


as "a servant of the Archbishop [of Seville]". Charles I of Spain wrote that he had been "informed about his reputation and abilities". Quesada was appointed as captain by the archbishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (leader of the "Casa de Contratación"), along with the expedition's other two Spanish captains, Juan de Cartagena and Luis Mendoza. These three captains despised Magellan, the expedition's Portuguese captain-general, and would go on to be the architects of the Easter mutiny. The expedition
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Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada


office until 1789, when he was replaced in the Honduran government by Alejo García Conde. In 1790 De Quesada was appointed Governor of East Florida by Charles IV of Spain. to replace Vicente Manuel de Céspedes He assumed the governorship in July 1790, during the Nootka Sound Crisis. Upon his appointment, de Quesada wrote to George Washington informing the president of his new position in Florida and offering his diplomatic friendship to the United States. After his arrival at Saint Augustine, as a consequence of the Nootka Crisis, De Quesada revamped
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Gonzalo Quesada


Gonzalo Quesada (born 2 May 1974) is a retired Argentine rugby player who presently works as a coach. Quesada was born May 2, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He played for amateur club Hindú alongside the Fernández Miranda brothers Nicolas and Juan. Quesada won 39 caps playing at fly-half for the Argentine rugby union side between 1996 and 2003. He made his test debut at the age of 22 against the United States on the 14th of September 1996, winning 29:26. He won his final cap on the
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José Comas Quesada


José Comas Quesada (3 February 1928 – 14 January 1993) was a Canarian painter born in the Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He is considered one of the greatest exponents of watercolour painting, both in the Canaries and Spain, of the last quarter of the 20th century. Comas started in the art of painting at the early age of 15. His interest in it already exceled in the subject of drawing of the old high school, spending many hours to practice with pencil and charcoal. In
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Cordelia Urueta


her to Alma Reed, owner of Delfic Studios art gallery and noted promoter of Mexican art. Reed invited Urueta to participate in a collective exhibition along with José Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo, but after this her health forced her to temporarily retire from painting. However, Orozco commented favorably on her work. In 1932 she returned to the fine arts as an art teacher with the Secretaría de Educación Pública . Through the SEP, she began to meet a number of prominent Mexican artists including Leopoldo Méndez, Juan Soriano, Carlos Mérida
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José del Carmen Quesada del Río


José del Carmen Quesada del Río (1833-1885) was a Chilean lawyer and magistrate. He was born in Concepción, Chile in 1833. He studied humanities at the Instituto Nacional and studied law at the University. He qualified as a lawyer on January 14, 1858. A lover of classical literature and the physical sciences and mathematics, he studied Greek and Latin under the direction of the orientalist Vendel Heyl. Established in his hometown, was appointed interim judge in April 1862. Later he settled in the city of Los
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Gaspar de Quesada


They seized control of the "San Antonio", with Quesada stabbing and mortally wounding Juan de Elorriaga, the ship's boatswain, who resisted the mutineers. Quesada declared himself captain of the "San Antonio", with Cartagena returning to command the "Concepción". With the "Victoria" commanded by Mendoza, the mutineers controlled three of the fleet's five ships. Magellan successfully fought back against the mutineers, first by having Mendoza killed and taking control of the "Victoria", then blocking the harbor to prevent the
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Juan del Junco


1538 by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada; and Tunja on August6, 1539 by Gonzalo Suárez Rendón. Juan del Junco is noted as one of the captains of the newly founded New Kingdom of Granada to hand back the weapons of the earlier dismissed Lázaro Fonte, lover of Zoratama. His companions in this task were Gonzalo Suárez Rendón, Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela and Diego Paredes. Fonte was imprisoned but released when he informed De Quesada of the arrival of two other conquest expeditions on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, by Nikolaus Federmann from the east and
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Antonio de Lebrija (conquistador)


years of experience in Tierra Firme, de Lebrija joined the expedition in search of "El Dorado", which was led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and left Santa Marta in April 1536. In 1538, on the Bogotá savanna, De Quesada sent De Lebrija, along with Juan de Céspedes, Juan de San Martín, and Gómez del Corral ahead to locate the most favourable site to found the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada. They selected a location in Teusaquillo, where Santa Fe de Bogotá was founded on August6,
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada


Llanos, where a course was set for east-southeast (by the guide Pedro Soleto), and maintained for the following two years. After a year or so some men returned with Juan Maldonado, reaching San Juan after six months with few survivors. De Quesada eventually reached (San Fernando de) Atabapo at the confluence of the Guaviare and the Orinoco (in December 1571), any further movement requiring the construction of ships. He therefore dejectedly returned to Bogotá, arriving in December 1572 with only 25 Spaniards, 4
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José de Iturrigaray


enrichment. In accordance with custom, the unanticipated vacancy in the office of viceroy was filled with the oldest and highest-ranking military officer in the colony, Marshall Pedro de Garibay, an octogenarian controlled by the Audiencia. Primo Verdad y Ramos and Melchor de Talamantes were imprisoned, and died in jail. Also imprisoned were Lic. Cristo, Juan Francisco Azcárate and French general Octaviano d'Alvímar. On September 21, 1808, Iturrigaray was sent as a prisoner to Spain. He was brought to trial in Cádiz for disloyalty. The
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Nicolás del Campo


Economic Society of Friends of the Country, and later joined the Spanish Army. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General and participated in the Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) and the Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779). The Marquis of Loreto was appointed Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, and served from March 7, 1784, to December 4, 1789; he succeeded Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo after the latter's resignation. As with other viceroys, he was a professional military officer but did not
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José María Sánchez-Verdú


Madrid, Madrid, 2006, p. 117-120. -Gan Quesada, Germán: “Música, lugar de encuentros”, en CD “Libro del destierro”, "harmonia mundi" [HMI 987068]. -Gan Quesada, Germán: “Propuestas sonoras para el nuevo milenio”, en CD “Alqibla”, "Documentos Sonoros del Patrimonio Musical de Andalucía", Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía, 2007. -Gan Quesada, Germán: “Sánchez-Verdú, al aire de su vuelo”, "Sibila"
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Quesada, San Carlos


areas produces 65% of all the milk that the nation of Costa Rica utilizes. Ciudad Quesada lies at an elevation of 656 meters above sea level at the foot of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range) on the southern edge of the San Carlos Plain, an expansive lowland that forms a major part of the Caribbean slope in northern Costa Rica. It is 79 km. north-west of the provincial capital city of Alajuela and 90.9 km. from the national capital city of San José. The district of Quesada has
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José Castro


José Antonio Castro (1808 – February 1860) was a Californio politician, statesman, and military leader who served as acting governor of Alta California in 1835, and military commander under governor Juan Bautista Alvarado after November, 1836. He was also Commandante General in northern California during the Bear Flag Revolt. José Castro was a "Californio", born in Monterey, California when it was under Spanish colonial rule. His father José Tiburcio Castro was a soldier, member of the "Diputación" (territorial legislature), mayordomo (
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Juan de Albarracín


World, arriving in January 1536 in Santa Marta. De Albarracín taught the men under his command to fish for pearls, near Cabo de la Vela in northernmost present-day Colombia. De Albarracín joined the expedition in search of "El Dorado", the journey led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada which left Santa Marta in April 1536. Juan de Albarracín was one of the three captains of the brigs that De Quesada sent up the Magdalena River; the other two were Gómez del Corral and Antonio Díaz de Cardoso. During the
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Gaspar de Quesada


31 at a natural harbor they called Saint Julian, located in modern-day Argentina. There they planned to wait out the winter before resuming their search for a strait. Along with Juan de Cartagena and Luis Mendoza, Quesada was one of the principle architects of the Easter mutiny at St. Julian which took place from April 1 to 2. The mutiny began around midnight of April 1, when Quesada and Cartagena covertly led thirty armed men aboard the "San Antonio", moving from the "Concepción" in a skiff.
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada


him. In 1569, at the age of 63, De Quesada received a commission to conquer the Llanos to the east of the Colombian cordillera. From Bogotá in April 1569 with 500 mounted soldiers, 1500 natives, 1100 horses and pack animals, 600 head of cattle, 800 pigs, a large number of negro slaves and 8 priests, he first descended to Mesetas on the upper Guejar River. There most of the livestock was destroyed by a grass fire. De Quesada's expedition then moved to nearby San Juan de los
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Military history of Ecuador


as was the country's first president, Juan José Flores. The army of 2,000 men consisted of three infantry battalions and one cavalry regiment. Even as late as 1845, when Juan José Flores was forced from his second term of office, only four of fifteen general officers were Ecuadorian. Non-Ecuadorians comprised most of the officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the elite cavalry units as well. Upon taking office as president in 1851, General José María Urbina freed the black slaves and recruited many of them
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José Mota (comedian)


José Sánchez Mota (born June 30, 1965), better known as José Mota, is a Spanish comedian and actor. He was member, with Juan Antonio Muñoz, of the comedy duo Cruz y Raya between 1989 and 2007 and later he made a solo career as a comedian. In 1985, while he was serving in the military, Mota met Juan Antonio Muñoz, whom he began his career as a comedian. The two started performing shows at small theaters in Madrid, such as "Cien personajes en busca de
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José Castro House


Historic District. José Antonio's father José Tiburcio Castro was a soldier, member of the "diputacion" (Alta California legislature), administrator of Mission San Juan Bautista after it was secularized, and grantee of Rancho Sausal. The elder Castro used his position to obtain land grants for relatives and friends. His son was granted land on the San Juan Bautista plaza, where he built an adobe house in 1841. Jose Antonio Castro used the house as an administrative base for his military operations (soldiers' barracks were next door
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Early life of José de San Martín


I apologize if this categoric statement may contradict in something the biography of San Martín, but things are like this, and we must stick to the factual things"". Besides, the San Martín family stayed in Madrid for a single year, between 1784 and 1785, while Juan expected an answer to his request of retirement or a new military destiny. José María Garante Córdoba considers it unlikely that Juan would send his children to school under such circumstances, and even Juan himself regrets in one of those requests that he could
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Third Carlist War


, however, which launched another offensive in the summer of 1875. This time, the central government's force, advancing into Navarre under General Jenaro de Quesada's orders, encountered a Carlist army led by General José Pérula at Treviño on July 7. General Tello, Quesada's subordinate, won a decisive victory over the Carlist army, forcing it to retreat in disarray. Soon afterwards, Quesada entered Vitoria unopposed and triumphant. Government forces continued their offensive during summer and fall, with two armies encroaching on Carlist territory, one
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José María Morales


José María Morales (August 14, 1818 – October 23, 1894) was a military officer and Afro-Argentine legislator who fought in the Argentine civil war and the Paraguayan War. José María Morales was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of a military patriot who fought in the British invasions. He also followed a military career and was part of the troops of Manuel Oribe until aged 20 he emigrated to Montevideo. On 2 July 1839 he joined the Freedom Legion that, under the orders of Juan Lavalle,
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Juan Perón


Staff Headquarters. Perón married his first wife, Aurelia Tizón ("Potota", as Perón fondly called her), on 5 January 1929. Perón was recruited by supporters of the director of the War Academy, General José Félix Uriburu, to collaborate in the latter's plans for a military coup against President Hipólito Yrigoyen. Perón, who instead supported General Agustín Justo, was banished to a remote post in northwestern Argentina after Uriburu's successful coup in September 1930. He was promoted to the rank of Major the following year
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Federico Ochando


change of José Rizal's guard. On 16 May 1893, Ricardo Carnicero was replaced by Juan Sitges as district governor. There were rumors that Ochando gave orders to Sitges for tightening Rizal's security and to shoot the prisoner if he escaped. Soon enough, Ramón Blanco, 1st Marquis of Peña Plata assumed office as the new Governor-General of the Philippines in the same year. After his return to Spain due to illness, he was appointed military governor of Madrid in 1894 and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in
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Fructuoso Rivera


army of José Gervasio Artigas in 1810. Eventually he rose to the rank of general. When Banda Oriental was occupied by Portuguese and the defeated Artigas forced into exile in 1820, Rivera stayed in the newly created Cisplatina province. When in 1825 the Thirty-Three Orientals led by Juan Lavalleja and their Argentine supporters, began their fight against the Empire of Brazil, Rivera joined the Argentinians. It's not clear if he joined voluntarily or was forced to join. He soon became important military commander during the Cisplatine War and participated
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Juan Modesto


fall of Catalonia to the rebel army, Negrín named Modesto general and head of the Central Army on March 2, 1939. After Casado's coup's, on 6 March Modesto left Spain in an airplane. Then he went to the Soviet Union, whose government recognized his military rank. During World War II, he served with the Red Army and the Bulgarian Communist forces. Defeated in the struggle with José Díaz for control of the PCE, he went to Prague. Modesto wrote a book about his experience during the war
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Don (honorific)


called Don Luís Muñoz Marin instead of "Governor" Muñoz Marin. In the same manner, "Don" Miguel Ángel Ruiz is an M.D. Same happens in other Latin American countries. For example, despite having a doctoral degree in Theology, the Paraguayan regent José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia was usually styled as "Don". Likewise, despite being a respected military commander with the rank of Brigade General, Argentine Ruler Juan Manuel de Rosas was formally and informally styled "Don" as a more important title. Prior to the
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Estela Quesada


June 1924 in Alajuela, Costa Rica to Augusto Quesada Cabezas and Eneida Hernández Sanabria She attended schools first at Escuela Bernardo Soto and then the Instituto de Alajuela, before attaining her teaching license from Escuela Normal de Heredia. She was one of the first two teachers who taught at the Escuela Juan Chavez Rojas in the rural areas of what is now Ciudad Quesada which was in such a remote part of San Carlos at the time that she had to travel via river and horseback. There was no secondary education opportunity in the area,
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Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada


Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (July 23, 1827 - July 13, 1911) was a Costa Rican politician and soldier. He was born on 23 July 1827 in Alajuela, Costa Rica, to Bernardo Soto Herrera and Josefa Quesada González. He married Joaquina Alfaro Muñoz on 23 April 1849 in Alajuela, with whom he had two children: Bernardo Soto Alfaro, President of the Republic from 1885 to 1890, and José María Soto Alfaro, presidential candidate in 1919. He followed a career in the army and rose to the
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Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra


Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra (1884–1981) also known as Racso, was a prominent Peruvian scientific journalist. He was born in Lima on July 30, 1884 and died in 1981. He was the son of José Antonio Miró Quesada and Matilde de la Guerra Gorostidi. He completed his studies at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, which were oriented towards the humanities and social disciplines. He was a member of several academies in Peru. From the age of fifteen he began to write popular science articles in the "
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Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada


he left his post. De Quesada banned the recognition of runaway slaves who had fled from the British colonies to Florida seeking freedom. He had corresponded with Thomas Jefferson in 1791 on the matter of fugitive slaves coming from the southern United States. Through commissioner James Seagrove of Georgia, De Quesada wrote a letter initiating the agreement that stated any American slaveowner immigrating to Florida simply had to swear that they were the legitimate owners of the enslaved person for their ownership to be recognized. He became ill in February 1796, and continued to
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Juan José Viamonte


Juan José Viamonte González (February 9, 1774 – March 31, 1843) was an Argentine general in the early 19th century. Viamonte was born in Buenos Aires and entered the army in his youth following in his father's footsteps. He fought in the First British Invasion with the rank of lieutenant, and after his participation in the Second Invasion, having distinguished himself in the defense of the Colegio de San Carlos, was promoted to captain. He took part on the Buenos Aires Cabildo of May 22, 1810 and after
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Juan José Omella


Juan José Omella y Omella (; born 21 April 1946) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Barcelona since the end of 2015. On 28 June 2017, Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal in 2017. Omella was born in the village of Cretas in the province of Teruel, Aragon, where both Castillian and Catalan are spoken. One of his sisters still lives there, while the other died at a young age. The village priest prepared him to enter the seminary
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Juan María Atutxa


establishing the possibility of a future use of electronic voting and leaving the actual date of implementation to the Parliament. Furthermore, the Department of Interior introduced many technological advances during his tenure, greatly increasing the pace of the scrutiny and offering election night-data over the Internet, a first in Spain. In the 1998 election the Basque Nationalist Party renewed its ranks, dropping incumbent Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza in favour of the younger, more nationalist-oriented Juan José Ibarretxe. The Presidency of the Parliament was also affected by this renovation
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José Figueroa Agosto


2009 one of his many apartments was raided, and police found $4 million in cash and $1 million in watches. A car chase followed, but he managed to elude the police by fleeing his vehicle and hiding in a sewer. Eventually, he managed to return to Puerto Rico, allegedly by paying 1 million dollars to unnamed high-ranking military personnel. He was able to hide in San Juan, Puerto Rico for 10 months, until July 2010, when DEA, FBI, US Marshals and Puerto Rican police
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Juan Bautista Quirós Segura


granddaughter of then head of state Manuel Aguilar Chacón, and on November 4, 1900 he married Clementina Quirós Fonseca (1880–1953), daughter of José Quirós Montero and Florinda Fonseca Guzmán. He pursued a military career and achieved the rank of General in the Costa Rican army. He was also a farmer and entrepreneur, and eventually earned a large capital. During Rafael Yglesias Castro's second administration he was designated second in line to the presidency and secretary of commerce, war, and navy as well as treasurer. He later served
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Antonio Díaz de Cardoso


parents were Diego Díaz and Marquesa Cardoso. Díaz de Cardoso joined the expedition in search of "El Dorado", the journey led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada which left Santa Marta in April 1536. Antonio Díaz de Cardoso was one of the captains of the three brigs that De Quesada sent up the Magdalena River; the other two were Gómez del Corral and Juan de Albarracín. From La Tora, present Barrancabermeja, De Quesada sent troops ahead to investigate routes towards the then unknown Andes. Díaz de Cardoso and De Albarracín found
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Juan Antonio Sotillo


cavalry squadron, under the orders of general José Tadeo Monagas. On 27 September 1816, he participated, still under general Monagas' orders, in the battle of El Juncal, against the Spanish royalist general Francisco Tomás Morales. In 1824, Sotillo reached the rank of general, after fighting in several important campaigns during Venezuela's emancipation war. Later, after the withdrawal of Spanish royalists from Venezuelan territory, he became an important military leader in the recently created Republic of Colombia. After the failure of Gran Colombia, Venezuela became
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José Domingo Molina Gómez


. In his early career, José Domingo married Delina del Carmen Botana in Choya, Santiago del Estero. He was appointed as Director General of the National Gendarmerie Argentina from 1945 to 1947. He was then appointed as the Commander and Chief of the Argentine Army. The Revolución Libertadora began on September 16, 1955. On September 19, 1955 President Juan Perón wrote what appeared to be a resignation letter. A military junta composed of general José Domingo Molina and other military officers, was created with Molina at "the reins of
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José Vasconcelos


for my race), an influence of Rodó's "arielismo". An eagle and a condor with a background of the volcanic mountains in central Mexico. Vasconcelos is said to have declared "I have not come to govern the University but to ask the University to work for the people." When Álvaro Obregón became president in 1920, he created the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) in 1921 and named Vasconcelos as its head. Under Obregón, the national budget had two key expenditures; not surprisingly the military was
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Episcopal Conference of Spain


Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Cardinal Archbishop of Valencia. Secretary General: Fr. José María Gil Tamayo. Members: Carlos Osoro Sierra, Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid, Juan del Rio Martin, Archbishop Military, Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina, Archbishop of Sevilla, Julián Barrio Barrio, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. The Episcopal Commissions are bodies established by the Conference, the service of the Plenary Assembly for the study and treatment of some problems in a particular field of common pastoral activity of the Church in Spain, in accordance with the general
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May Revolution


composed of Juan José Castelli and Martín Rodríguez to request that Cisneros convene an open cabildo to decide the future of the Viceroyalty. During the night of May 19 there were further discussions at Rodríguez Peña's house. Saavedra, called by Viamonte, joined the meeting, which involved military and civilian leaders. They arranged that Belgrano and Saavedra would meet with Juan José de Lezica, the senior alcalde (municipal magistrate), while Castelli would meet with the procurator Julián de Leiva, to ask for their support. They asked the Viceroy
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Juan José Flores


prisoner on October 31, 1817, and at this point he was convinced that freeing his homeland from Spain's domination was a just cause and joined the patriot army of Simón Bolívar. In the Patriot army he became loyal and acquainted with Simon Bolivar, who at an early stage recognized Juan José Flores' outstanding heroism and military talents especially at the victory at the Battle of Carabobo (1821), that at age 23 he was promoted to Colonel and then to Commandant General of the recently freed anti-patriotic royalist city of
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José Canaveris


Juan José Canaveris (1780–1837) was an Argentine jurist and politician, who served as military man, lawyer, notary, prosecutor and accountant of Buenos Aires. In 1809 he was honored by the , for his heroic participation in the defense of Buenos Aires, during the English invasions in the Río de la Plata. He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Juan Canaveris and Catalina Bernarda de Esparza, belonging to a distinguished family. He completed his primary and secondary studies in Buenos Aires, and possibly obtained his law
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Juan José Estrada


, and on Aug. 29 Estrada became president after his brother José Dolores Estrada Morales transferred the command to him, with his new Conservative government supported by the United States. During the conservative regime that followed his presidency for over 15 years, US Marines had a presence in Nicaragua. Estrada was born and died in Managua. He came from a humble family of handcrafters of liberal ideology that produced four military men, a colonel and three generals, who became outstanding in Nicaraguan military history. These were José Dolores Estrada Morales, Aurelio
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Flight officer


. Flight officer was a United States Army Air Forces rank used during World War II, from 1942 to 1945; the rank being created on Sep 10, 1942 On 5 November 1942 military glider pilots were commissioned flight officers after the completion of their training. The new rank insignia was nicknamed "the blue pickle". The rank is equivalent to Warrant Officer Junior Grade (WOJG) which is today's Warrant Officer (NATO grade: W-1). Enlisted and aviation cadet trainees who successfully passed air qualification training were appointed as
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