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Luzón is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Guadalajara, autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. According to the 2012 census of the INE , the municipality has a population of only 79 inhabitants, having undergone a severe population decline since the last half of the twentieth century.
The Greek geographer Strabo [7] located the Lusones near the Tajo headwaters, whereas the historian Appian [8] places them along the Ebro.In fact, their lands were located in the Aragonese region along the middle Ebro, on the Moncayo range (Latin: Mons Chaunus) between the Queiles and Huecha rivers, occupying the western Zaragoza and most of Soria, stretching to the northeastern fringe of ...
Luzon (/ l uː ˈ z ɒ n / loo-ZON, Tagalog:) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city.
Upon completion, Isla de Luzón joined the Metropolitan Fleet in Spain. She participated in the Rif War of 1893–1894, bombarding the reef between Melilla and Chafarinas . When the Philippine Revolution of 1896–1898 broke out in the Philippines , Isla de Luzón was sent there to join the squadron of Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo de Pasaron.
He was in Cebu when he first heard about a well-supplied, fortified settlement to the north, and sent messages of friendship to its ruler, Rajah Matanda, whom he addressed as "King of Luzon." [ 1 ] In 1570, Legazpi put Martin de Goiti in command of an expedition north to Manila and tasked him with negotiating the establishment of a Spanish fort ...
The history of Luzon covers events that happened in the largest island of the Philippine Archipelago, Luzon. Luzon wrested the record of having the oldest man ever discovered in the Philippines with discovery of the Callao Man in 2007, which predated the Tabon Man by around 20,000 years. [ 1 ]
Qing dynasty painting. The depiction includes Luzones delegates the late 1750s, visiting the Qianlong Emperor in the Forbidden city in Beijing. [1]Luzones (Portuguese: Luções, pronounced; also Luzones in Spanish) was a demonym [2] used by Portuguese sailors in Malaysia [3] during the early 1500s, referring to the Kapampangan and Tagalog people who lived in Manila Bay, which was then called ...
Baler is located on the eastern coast of Luzon, about 225 kilometres (140 mi) from Manila.The Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule started in 1896. In September 1897, the Spanish garrisoned Baler with 50 Civil Guard soldiers under Lieutenant José Mota, to prevent Emilio Aguinaldo from receiving smuggled arms. [3]