Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Resolución en consulta sobre la irregularidad de las terminaciones "exiet" y "transiet" del capítulo 6 de Judith y 51 de Isaías, que según reglas de la latinidad pedían ser Exibit y Transibit (Resolution in consultation on the irregularity of the endings "exiet" and "transiet" in Chapter 6 of Judith and 51 of Isaiah, which, according to the Latin rules are to be "Exibit" and "Transibit ...
José de Antequera y Castro (1690–1731), a judge for the Real Audiencia of Charcas, was sent to Asunción in 1721 to examine charges of misconduct against pro-Jesuit Governor Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda. Antequera concluded the charges were valid, forced Reyes into exile and later imprisoned him, and declared himself governor by the power of ...
José Risueño (also written as Josef and Giuseffo) (1665–1721) was a Spanish painter and sculptor of the Baroque period. In addition his being considered part of the Baroque period, Risueño is part of the Granadan school of sculpture. He was mainly active in his native city of Granada.
1721 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1721st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 721st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1721, the ...
Many causes contributed to the revolt of 1781. Some were long-standing, related to the viceroyalty in New Granada in 1717. There is a debate among historians over what the main factor was, but what is clear is that the need for economic and political reform and the idea of self-government were contributors.
The sieges of Ceuta, also known as the thirty-year siege, [1] were a series of blockades by Moroccan forces of the Spanish-held city of Ceuta on the North African coast. The first siege began on 23 October 1694 and finished in 1720 when reinforcements arrived. [2]
April 18 - Captain Thomas Anstis with 70 men and a brigantine deserts Bartholomew Roberts to start his own piratical career. June 13 - George Lowther leads a mutiny aboard the Gambia Castle, renames her the Happy Delivery, and draws up articles of piracy for his crew.
The history of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, traces its origins back over 500 years, when a fishing village developed by Maputo Bay on the site where the modern city of Maputo now stands. The first Europeans to discover the bay were Portuguese navigators led by António de Campo in 1502.