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Juan Escutia Olivares (15 December 1895 – 5 October 1933) was a Mexican sprinter. [2] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics . [ 3 ] He was killed after being hit by a train in 1933.
Juan Escutia was born between 1828 and 1832 in Tepic, now the capital of the state of Nayarit. Records show he was admitted to the academy as a cadet on 8 September 1847—five days before the fateful battle—but his other papers were lost during the assault.
On September 8, 1847, Scott ordered William Worth to use his force of 3,250 men against the Molino del Rey building, approximately 1,000 yards from the castle itself. [2] This was known as the costly Battle of Molino del Rey , where U.S. forces had managed to drive the Mexicans from their positions near the base of Chapultepec Castle guarding ...
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José Luis Sánchez del Río (March 28, 1913 – February 10, 1928) was a Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the ...
Del Junco's father-in-law, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, is known as the first founder of a European settlement on the American east coast. Map by Diego Ribero, 1539. The conquest expeditions of Juan del Junco commenced in 1526, when he embarked on a ship leaving Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Juan García del Río. Juan García del Río (Cartagena de Indias, 1794 – Mexico City, 1856) was a Colombian diplomat, writer and politician. [1] He was Minister of Finance of Ecuador from 1832 to 1834. [2] He was Minister of Finance of Peru in 1836, 1836-1837, and 1837-1838, [3] also serving as its first ambassador to the United Kingdom in ...
Rojo del Río was born in Tula, Mexico on September 24, 1708. On 1758, he was consecrated archbishop of the Archdiocese of Manila. [2] On May 31, 1759, the death of Governor-General Pedro Manuél de Arandía left the position vacant. Bishop Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta of the Archdiocese of Cebu succeeded him as well as becoming acting Archbishop of ...