Antimachus of Colophon, or of Claros, was a Greek poet and grammarian, who flourished about 400 BC.
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. The London Observer critics ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. During his lifetime, the spelling was "Eça de Queiroz" and this is the form that appears on many editions of his works; the modern standard Portuguese spelling is "Eça de Queirós".
Elín Ortiz was a Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer. He died on June 12, 2016, primarily due to Alzheimer's Disease.
Odemira is a town and a municipality in Beja District in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. The population in 2011 was 26,066, in an area of 1720.60 km², making it the largest municipality of Portugal by area.
Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa, GCIH was a Portuguese Politician.
Pierini is a tribe of butterflies within the family Pieridae.
Relic Hunter is a Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt.
A facón is a fighting and utility knife widely used in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay as the principal tool and weapon of the gaucho of the South American pampas. Often fitted with an elaborately decorated metal hilt and sheath, the facón has a large, heavy blade measuring from 25 cm to 51 cm in length.
Relíquias is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Odemira. The population in 2011 was 931, in an area of 120.08 km².
Ernst Karl Friedrich Wunderlich was a German classical philologist born in Westerengel, a village near Trebra. He was the father of legal scholar Agathon Wunderlich (1810-1878).
Giões is a freguesia (parish) in the municipality of Alcoutim. The population in 2011 was 256, in an area of 71.80 km².
Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and the Brazilian national football team. He was the first goalkeeper for the Brazilian squad and played a key role in Brazil's first cup, the 1919 South American Championship.
The Arca Santa is an oak reliquary covered with silver-gilt decorated in the Romanesque style. It is kept in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo. In 1934 the Cámara Santa suffered an explosion that severely damaged the Arca, which was carefully restored by Manuel Gómez-Moreno.
Mauricio Rosencof is an Uruguayan playwright, poet and journalist from Florida, Uruguay. Since 2005 he has been Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo.
Iglesia de San Pedro is the Spanish name for Saint Peter Church located in Lima, Peru. The church was completed in 1638.
Zulubuprestis is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The sole species is Zulubuprestis reliquia. It is known only from South Africa.
Fanny Schiller Hernández (1901–1971) was an award-winning Mexican character actress, television star and also acted in operettas and musicals in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She won two Ariel Awards for best supporting actress and was nominated for two additional films. She was a social activist, creating the Actor's Union and inspiring the creation of “Rosa Mexicano”. She was accomplished at dubbing and was the voice of many animated characters as well as the official voice of several other notable Mexican actresses.
José García Calderón (1888-1916) was a Peruvian artist and writer who died in the Battle of Verdun in the First World War. He was the son of Francisco Garcia Calderon, provisional president of Peru, and the brother of noted intellectuals Francisco, Juan, and Ventura Garcia Calderon. His works were published by his brothers after his death.
