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Joaquín Bastús (1799–1873) was a Spanish writer and pedagogue. He wrote the Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico. [1]
Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter.
The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General. There were 66 such governors or captains during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism. Since the first Spanish–Mapuche parliaments in the 17th century it became an almost mandatory tradition for each governor to arrange a parliament with the Mapuches.
A poor box, alms box, offertory box, or mite box is a box that is used to collect coins for charitable purposes. They can be found in most churches built before the 19th century and were the main source of funds for poor relief before societies decided to organize the process and make the public authorities responsible for this.
Ignacio Jose Urrutia was a Cuban historian. He was born in 1730, died 1795. His most famous work, Teatro historico, juridico y politico-militar de la isla Fernandina de Cuba, was published in 1789.
Jorge Urrutia Blondel, was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic poems, and works for piano and for voice. He is regarded as a Chilean nationalist in his music, but nevertheless the influence of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel can be detected in his orchestration and harmony. He co-authored, with S. Claro, Historia de la musica en Chile, published in 1971.
Puntillita was a Cuban popular singer. Puntillita was active in the 1940s and 1950s, and later gained notice when he joined other elderly Cuban musicians to form the Afro-Cuban All Stars and the associated group of singers who recorded the Buena Vista Social Club with American guitarist Ry Cooder.
Arnold Pencliffe Watson Hutton was an Argentine football striker that played for Alumni and Belgrano A.C.. As international, he played for the Argentina national team.
Alfredo Boloña Jiménez was a Cuban guitarist who played a role in the early development of the son as director of the Sexteto Boloña.
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 12 January 1915. Carlos Meléndez Ramirez was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed.
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between January 12 and 14 1919. The result was a victory for Jorge Meléndez, who was the only candidate.
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 14 January 1923. The result was a victory for Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, who was the only candidate.
Joaquín María Bover de Roselló was a Spanish writer and editor who wrote primarily in Spanish but also some poems in Catalan. Bover grew up on Majorca, with occasional stays in Madrid. He was an avid student of the Balearic Islands, writing several books about its geographical and historical aspects, as well as several studies on its writers and literature, such as his dictionary on Balearic writers. He also wrote inspirational poems and poems about local circumstance, as well as compiling a Mallorcan Catalan-Spanish dictionary.
Tarahuasi is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Limatambo District.
The Palacio del Duque de Arión now disappeared, was in the number 7 of the Paseo de la Castellana, in Madrid (Spain). Was also known as the Palacio de José Campo and Palace of the Marquesses of la Puente and Sotomayor, by Joaquín Fernández de Córdoba, who held both titles, he was also who made the plans. Now in its place is the local building of the Spanish Credit Bank (Banesto).
Puntas are a traditional dish of Mexican cuisine. It consists of small cuts of meat cooked in various Mexican sauces, either of dried chili or fresh chilis sauces. Initially, the tips were made with strips of leftover beef cut, known as puntas de filete. Then, different types of meat have been used.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.
The Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (1887–99) was a Spanish language general encyclopedia produced by Montaner y Simón in Barcelona, Spain.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guantánamo, Cuba.
The Acueducto de Ponce, formally Acueducto Alfonso XII, is the name of a historic gravity-based water supply system in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was designed in 1875 by Timoteo Luberza and built the following years. This aqueduct was the first modern water distribution system built in Puerto Rico.
The telera is a white bread made from wheat flour, yeast, water and salt, used in various Mexican sandwiches. It is about sixteen centimeters long, flattened and oval shaped with two longitudinal cuts at the top from side to side. In its outer layer, it is golden and commonly soft, and in its inner part, it is white and dense crumb. Mexican tortas are prepared with this bread.
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