Diego De Torres Vargas

	Diego De Torres Vargas Diego de Torres Vargas (1615–1670) was a Puerto Rican Catholic Church, Catholic priest, and the first person to write a book about the history of Puerto Rico. Early years Torres Vargas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a prosperous family. His father, Garcia de la Torre, was a Sergeant Mayor in the Spanish Army who died while fighting alongside Captain Juan de Amézqueta against Captain Balduino Enrico (Boudewijn Hendricksz), leader of the Netherlands, Dutch armada, who attempted to invade the island, in the Battle of San Juan (1625), Battle of San Juan of 1625.Puertorriqueños Ilustres Academic education Torres Vargas studied and graduated from the University of Salamanca in Spain where he earned his degree in Theology and Canon law. He returned to Puerto Rico wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for ''rich port city''). Puerto Rico's capital is the third oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and Panama City, in Panama, founded in 1521, and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. Today, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vecino 'Vecino' means either "neighbour" or resident in modern Spanish. Historically in the Spanish Empire it referred instead to a householder of considerable social position in a town or a city, and was similar to "freeman" or "freeholder." Historical use In the Spanish Empire, a ''vecino'' was a person who had a house and home in a town or city and contributed to its expenses, not necessarily living nearby; or a local figure of some worth but not an aristocrat, often the ''encomendero'' holding land in the surrounding countryside with a house within a nearby city. A person with a house in a place that he contributes to can be a ''vecino'' without living there. "n Americavecindad became a social construction ... that granted rights. The gap between Spanish vecinos and ... outsiders widened." In the Empire the term implied a certain social status, with a meaning similar to "freeman" or "freeholder". In 17th century Seville, a ''vecino'' was a person who had received citizenship (''nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Puerto Rican Writers Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines Puerto Colombia, Colombia Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Puerto Píritu, Venezuela Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Others * ''Puerto Rico'' (board game) Operación Puerto doping case See also * Puerta (other) Puerta refers to the old original gates of the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila. Puerta may also refer to: People Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer Alonso José Puerta, Spanish politician Lina Puerta, American artist Mariano Puerta, Argent ... {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Puerto Rican People Of Spanish Descent Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines Puerto Colombia, Colombia Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Puerto Píritu, Venezuela Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Others * ''Puerto Rico'' (board game) Operación Puerto doping case See also * Puerta (other) Puerta refers to the old original gates of the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila. Puerta may also refer to: People Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer Alonso José Puerta, Spanish politician Lina Puerta, American artist Mariano Puerta, Argent ... {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Puerto Rican Roman Catholic Priests Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines Puerto Colombia, Colombia Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela Puerto Píritu, Venezuela Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Others * ''Puerto Rico'' (board game) Operación Puerto doping case Operación Puerto (''Operation Mountain Pass'') is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved se ... See also * Puerta (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	People From San Juan, Puerto Rico A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1670 Deaths Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 167 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus become Roman Consuls. * The Marcomanni tribe wages war against the Romans at Aquileia. They destroy aqueducts and irrigation conduits. Marcus Aurelius repels the invaders, ending the Pax Romana (Roman Peace) that has kept the Roman Empire free of conflict since the days of Emperor Augustus. * The Vandals (Astingi and Lacringi) and the Sarmatian Iazyges invade Dacia. To counter them, Legio V ''Macedonica'', returning from the Parthian War, moves it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1615 Births Events January–June * January 1 – The New Netherland Company is granted a three-year monopoly in North American trade, between the 40th and 45th parallels. * February – Sir Thomas Roe sets out to become the first ambassador from the court of the King of England to the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, sailing in the ''Lyon'' under the command of captain Christopher Newport. * March 10 – John Ogilvie, a Jesuit priest, is hanged and drawn at Glasgow Cross in Scotland for refusing to pledge allegiance to King James VI of Scotland; he will be canonised in 1976, becoming the only post-Reformation Scottish saint. * April 21 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta. * May 6 – The Peace of Tyrnau is signed between Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Gábor Bethlen. * June 2 – The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. * June 3 – The Eastern Army of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Osaka Army of Toyotomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coat Of Arms Of Puerto Rico The coat of arms of Puerto Rico was first granted by the Spanish Crown on November 8, 1511, making it the oldest heraldic achievement still currently in use in the Americas. The territory was ceded by Spain to the United States in accordance to the peace treaty that ended the Spanish–American War in 1899, after which two interim arms were adopted briefly. A law was passed in 1905 that reestablished the historical armorial bearings as the arms of the territory. Then in 1976, after numerous investigations and amendments, the current version was adopted. History The main element of the coat of arms of Puerto Rico is the Lamb of God. Despite Puerto Rico being a US territory, the shield continues to have elements reminiscent of Spain's presence in the New World. There have been different variations of the coat of arms throughout Puerto Rico's history. The current version was officially readopted by the government of Puerto Rico on 3 June 1976. On the shield: * The green background r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Puerto Rican Literature Puerto Rican literature is the body of literature produced by writers of Puerto Rican descent. It evolved from the art of Oral literature, oral storytelling. Written works by the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico were originally prohibited and repressed by the Spanish colonial government. It was not until the late 19th century, with the arrival of the first printing press and the founding of the Royal Academy of Belles Letters, that Puerto Rican literature began to flourish. The first writers to express their political views in regard to Spanish colonial rule of the island were journalists. After the United States invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War and the island was ceded to the United States as a condition of the Treaty of Paris of 1898, writers and poets began to express their opposition of the new colonial rule by writing about patriotic themes. With the Puerto Rican diaspora of the early and mid-20th century, and the subsequent rise of the Nuyorican Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Puerto Rican Writers This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, short story authors, and playwrights. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and long-term residents or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their literary work. A * Manuel Abreu Adorno (1955–1984), novelist * Rafael Acevedo (born 1960), poet, playwright, fiction writer * Moisés Agosto Rosario (born 1965), poet and author * Alfredo M. Aguayo, educator and writer (1866–1948). Established the first laboratory of child psychology at the University of Havana. * Jack Agüeros (1934–2014), author, playwright, poet and translator * Miguel Algarín (1941–2020), poet, writer. Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. * Manuel A. Alonso (1822–1889), poet and author. Considered by many to be the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance. * Aldo Alvarez, short-story writer * Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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