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The besiegers were plagued by sorties from the city, and Col. Juan Aguayo used the cover of a storm to slip his Alvarado garrison into Veracruz. [ 1 ] : 247 Commodore Matthew C. Perry , Conner's successor, returned from Norfolk, Virginia after making repairs to USS Mississippi , on 20 March.
The Battle of Veracruz, also known as the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, was a naval engagement that pitted a French frigate squadron under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin against the Mexican citadel of San Juan de Ulúa, which defended the city of Veracruz, from 27 November to 5 December 1838.
The Battle of Tampico, also referred to as the Barradas Expedition, was a series of military engagements between the First Mexican Republic and Spain. Fought from July to September 1829 and culminating on 11 September, [1] the battle was part of several Spanish attempts to re-establish control over Mexico.
Votive painting dedicated to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos 1911 painting; the man survived an attack by a bull.. Votive paintings in Mexico go by several names in Spanish such as “ex voto,” “retablo” or “lámina,” which refer to their purpose, place often found, or material from which they are traditionally made respectively.
Fernando Amorsolo was born on May 30, 1892, in Metro Manila. [5] [6] His parents were Pedro Amorsolo and Bonifacia Cueto. [7]His father quickly found work in Daet, Camarines Norte months after Fernando's birth, and the family lived there until his father died when Amorsolo was 11.
Juan de Arellano; Juan Ramírez de Arellano; Antonio de Arfian; Kiko Argüello; Antonio Fernández Arias; Eduardo Arranz-Bravo; Josep Arrau i Barba; Isidoro Arredondo; Eugenio de Arriba; Diego de Arroyo; Eduardo Arroyo; José Arrue; Ramiro Arrue; Jorge Artajo; Matias de Arteaga; Aurelio Arteta; Francisco de Artiga; Diego de Astor; Jerónima de ...
Ruth López's brother Juan López, 39, was shot to death last month as he painted over gang graffiti on the wall of a business. Ruth is sitting on his bed in her living room near a small memorial ...
The Battle of Veracruz (April 21 to November 23, 1914) [12] began with the occupation of the port city of Veracruz by the United States and lasted for seven months. The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico, and was related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.