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Frédéric Dard ( Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard; 29 June 1921, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère, France – 6 June 2000, in Bonnefontaine, Fribourg, Switzerland) [ 1] was a French crime writer. He wrote more than three hundred novels, plays and screenplays, under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms, including the San-Antonio book series.
29 captured and imprisoned. The Council House Fight, often referred to as the Council House Massacre, [ 1] was a fight between soldiers and officials of the Republic of Texas and a delegation of Comanche chiefs during a peace conference in San Antonio on March 19, 1840. About 35 Comanche men and women under chief, Mukwooru (aka Muguara ...
Samuel Maverick. Samuel Augustus Maverick (July 23, 1803 – September 2, 1870) was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term "maverick", first attested in 1867. [1] He was the grandfather of Texas politician Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook (1944).
Fiesta San Antonio (or simply Fiesta) is an annual festival held in April in San Antonio, Texas, and is the city's signature event (along with some events held in the following surrounding cities: Boerne, Schertz, Windcrest, Balcones Heights, and Alamo Heights) since 1891. The festival, also known as the Battle of Flowers, commemorates of the ...
1813 – August: Battle of Medina occurs near town. 1821 – San Antonio becomes part of the Mexican Empire. [ 3] 1835 - Oct 12 - Dec 11: Siege of Béxar. 1836 – February 23 – March 6: Battle of the Alamo. [ 3][ 2] 1837 – John William Smith becomes mayor. [ 4] 1840 – March 19: Council House Fight.
October 1, 1975. Designated RTHL. 1991. The Majestic Theatre is San Antonio 's oldest and largest atmospheric theatre. The theatre seats 2,264 people and was designed by architect John Eberson, for Karl Hoblitzelle 's Interstate Theatres in 1929.
The City of San Antonio is one of the oldest Spanish settlements in Texas and was, for decades, its largest city. Before Spanish colonization, the site was occupied for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Payaya Indians were likely those who encountered the first Europeans.
San Antonio, Texas, U.S. La Antorcha de la Amistad (Spanish for "The Torch of Friendship") is a monumental abstract sculpture by Mexican sculptor Sebastián, installed in Downtown San Antonio, in the U.S. state of Texas. The work was commissioned by a group of Mexican businessmen living in the United States and friends of Mexico, and presented ...