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Since that date, the business has been known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland and as Primark elsewhere. [4] [14] In 2005, Primark bought UK retailer Littlewoods's retail stores for £409 million, retaining 40 of the 119 shops and selling the rest. [15] In May 2006, the first Primark shop in mainland Europe opened in Madrid, Spain. In ...
Founder & Chairman of Primark Arthur St. John Ryan (18 July 1935 [ 1 ] – 8 July 2019) was an Irish businessman who was the founder, chairman, and chief executive of Primark . The business was founded as Penneys and continues to trade under that name in the Republic of Ireland .
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
The Republic of Texas is admitted to the Union as the State of Texas (the 28th state) on December 29, 1845; Mexican–American War, April 23, 1846 – February 2, 1848 The United States declares war on Mexico, May 11, 1846; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed on February 2, 1848; Biddle Expedition arrives at Uraga Harbor in Japan, July 20, 1846
The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text.
The convention was the first in a series of unsuccessful attempts at political negotiation that eventually led to the Texas Revolution. Under the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, Texas was denied independent statehood and merged into the new state Coahuila y Tejas.
Benjamin Rush Milam (October 20, 1788 – December 7, 1835) was an American colonist of Mexican Texas and a military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution.A native of what is now Kentucky, Milam fought beside American interests during the Mexican War of Independence and later joined the Texians in their own fight for independence, for which he assumed a leadership role.