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Fernando Montes de Oca was born between 1828 and 1832 in Azcapotzalco, then a town just to the north of Mexico City and now one of its boroughs. His parents were José María Montes de Oca and Josefa Rodríguez. He had applied to the Academy on 24 January 1847, and was one of the cadets who remained in the castle.
A Hebrew name is a name of Hebrew origin. In a more narrow meaning, it is a name used by Jews only in a religious context and different from an individual's secular name for everyday use.
Holy Infant of Atocha, Santo Niño de Atocha, Holy Child of Atocha, Saint Child of Atocha, or Wise Child of Atocha is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America and the southwestern United States. It is distinctly characterized by a basket of bread he carries, along with a staff, and a ...
Niño (Spanish for boy) is a given name, nickname and surname of Spanish origin. The appearance of the surname dates back to medieval Spain, where several prestigious families had the surname, such as the Niño de Guevara family of Bishops from Andalusia, and the Niño brothers, who were involved in the Discovery of the Americas.
Nino Cottone, nickname of Antonio Cottone (1904/1905 – 1956), Sicilian Mafioso; Nino Culotta, pen name of John O'Grady, (1907 – 1981), Australian writer; Nino D'Angelo, nickname of Gaetano D'Angelo (born 1957), Italian singer; Nino de Angelo, stagename of Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione (born 1963), German singer
Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) [1] was known in his time as Peralonso Niño, he was a Spanish navigator and discoverer. [2] He piloted the Santa María during Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, [ 1 ] and accompanied him on his second voyage in 1493.
A photograph of the original image of Santo Niño de Cebu from 1903. The image originally had a very dark complexion pre-World War II, which has been removed to reveal a much fairer skin tone. A photograph of the original image of Santo Niño de Cebu post-World War II, with its lighter skin tone after the dark paint was peeled off.
Andrés Niño, son of Juan Niño, [citation needed] was named Royal Pilot of the Southern Sea (Piloto Real de la Mar del Sur; [citation needed] the Mar del Sur was the Pacific Ocean, as first encountered by the Spanish in Central America [14]) 12 July 1514 and set sail in 1519 to explore the Pacific coast of Central America before dying in 1525 ...