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Eusebio Leal Spengler (11 September 1942 – 31 July 2020) was a Cuban historian. He served as the municipal historian of Havana, as well as the director of the restoration project of Old Havana. Under his oversight, the historic centre of the capital city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1]
The Office of the Historian is an office of the United States Department of State within the Foreign Service Institute.It is legally responsible for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series, which can be accessed at its website. [1]
On February 14, 1719, the governor of Texas, José de Azlor, made a proposal to King Philip V of Spain that 400 families be transported from the Canary Islands, Galicia, and Havana to populate the province of Texas. His plan was approved, and notice was given to the Canary Islanders (Isleños) to provide 200 families for the venture; the ...
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Plaza Vieja Prado and San Lázaro, Havana, postcard of 1915 Colonial era houses in Old Havana. Havana was founded by the Spanish November 16, 1519 in the natural harbor of the Bay of Havana. [citation needed] It became a stopping point for the treasure laden Spanish galleons on the crossing between the New World and the Old World. In the 17th ...
Philippa Judith Amanda Levine, FRAI, FRHistS, is a historian of the British Empire, gender, race, science and technology.She has spent most of her career in the United States and has been Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities (2010–17) and Walter Prescott Webb Professor in History and Ideas (since 2017) at the University of Texas at Austin.
Joe Bertram Frantz was born on January 16, 1917, in Dallas.He was an adopted son of Ezra A. Frantz and the Mary (Buckley) Frantz who reared him in Weatherford, Texas.In 1934, he graduated from Weatherford High School.
The new county historian outlines the research materials available at the Historian's Office. Steuben County history, genealogy info more accessible in 2024. Meet the new historian