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First Battle Of Torreón
The First Battle of Torreon, also known as the Capture of Torreon, which lasted from September 27 to October 1, 1913, was one of the battles of the Mexican Revolution, where revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa occupied a city protected by Huertist federal forces. The victory in his first large battle of the Mexican Revolution brought Villa not only a huge increase in prestige, but also considerable spoils of war in the form of urgently needed military equipment of all kinds. Background The first phase of the revolution, which began in 1910, ended with the victory of the revolutionaries: President Porfirio Díaz, who resigned in 1911, was later replaced by the revolutionary Francisco Ignacio Madero. However, in early 1913, with the help of the betrayal of Victoriano Huerta, the followers of the old system murdered Madero, and Huerta became the new president. Against him, a nationwide coalition developed among former revolutionaries, the main commander of the antihuertist movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction of the Federal Army and its replacement by a revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican culture and Federal government of Mexico, government. The northern Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution, Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940. The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles. The United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution, United States played an especially significant role. Although the decades-long r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazas River
The Nazas River is a river located in northern Mexico, in the states of Coahuila and Durango. It is part of the endorheic Bolsón de Mapimí. It is only long, but irrigates an area of in the middle of the desert. The Nazas is also nurtured by the San Juan, Ramos, Potreritos, del Oro, Nazas, Santiago, Tepehuanes and Peñón Blanco rivers. The river starts at the Sierra Madre Occidental. The aboriginal title for this stream is ''Tlahualilo'', coming from the Nahuatl words ''tlalli'' meaning "fertile land" and ''ahualila'', meaning "water for irrigation". Etymology The Nazas took its name when the Spaniards, during the conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s, saw the original inhabitants on the shore of the river fishing with some artifacts similar to baskets, whose Spanish name is 'nasa', for that reason it became known as the 'river of nazas'. Ecology The Nazas watershed contains considerable desertic habitat, outside of the immediate riparian zone. A large variety of flora and fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Aguirre Benavidest
Eugenio is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name deriving from the Greek ' Eugene'. The name is Eugénio in Portuguese and Eugênio in Brazilian Portuguese. The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar derivative names such as Gino come from Eugenio, or Eugene. Similar names include Eugenios, Efigenio, Eugine and Eugenius. People Aristocracy * Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe, Prince of Savoy-Genoa * Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux, Italian nobleman * Eugenio Consolini, Italian aristocrat * Eugenio da Palermo, admiral of the Kingdom of Sicily * Eugenio Daza, Filipino ''principale'', educator and military leader * Eugenio Lascorz, pretender to a royal house of Byzantium Business * Eugenios Eugenidis, Greek shipping magnate, benefactor and philanthropist * Eugenio Garza Lagüera, Mexican businessman and philanthropist * Eugenio Garza Sada, Mexican businessman and philanthropist * Eugenio Lopez III, current Chairman and Chief Executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Laguna
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calixto Contreras
Calixto is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Calixto Bieito (born 1963), Spanish theater director known for "radical" interpretations of classic operas *Benedito Calixto (1853–1927), Brazilian painter *Renato Ribeiro Calixto (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *Calixto R. Catáquiz (born 1948), the incumbent mayor of San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines *Irineu Calixto Couto (born 1983), Brazilian footballer *Calixto García (1839–1898), general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence *Calixto Leicea (1909–2004), Cuban musician *Calixto Oyuela (1857–1935), Argentine poet and essayist *Calixto Pérez (born 1949), retired boxer from Colombia *Calixto Bravo Villaso (1790–1878), Mexican colonel, a cousin of Nicolás Bravo *Calixto Zaldivar (1904–1979), Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines See also *Calixto, Cuba, a town in Las Tunas Province, Cuba *Calixto García, Cuba, a municipality in Holguín Province, Cuba *Calix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Urbina
Tomás Urbina Reyes (c. 1877–1915) was a general during the Mexican Revolution who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General Rodolfo Fierro, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side. Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho Villa during the ''Battle of El Ébano'' (Spanish: ), a 72-day siege of the town of Ebano, San Luis Potosí, El Ébano in the state of San Luis Potosí, where Urbina finally surrendered his forces to the Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution, Constitutionalist faction, and allegedly received a sum of money for his surrender. In film In the film''Villa Rides'' (1968), Urbina was portrayed by Robert Viharo. In ''Reed: Insurgent Mexico'' (1973), Urbina was portrayed by Eduard López Rojas. In literature Urbina is a major character in the novel, ''The Friends of Pancho Villa'' (1996), by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
