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Juan Pignatelli
Juan Domingo Pignatelli de Aragón y de Gonzaga, 6th VI Duke of Solferino, 19th Conde de Fuentes. Gómez de Olea y Bustinza, Javier; Pedro Moreno Meyerhoff (2007) ''Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía''. Vol. X., pp. 223 (footnote 45), 226.Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía. Retrieved 1 May 2023. (1762–1819) was a Spanish military commander. Early career After studying at the Real Seminario de Nobles de Madrid, Pignatelli enlisted in 1773 as a cadet in the Spanish Royal Guard (Guardias de Corps). In 1779 he was attached as colonel to the Montesa Cavalry Regiment, seeing action at Gibraltar. Gil Novales, Alberto (2010)''Diccionario biográfico de España (1808-1833)'': P/Z, p. 2418. Fundación Mapfre. Retrieved 1 May 2023. during the American Revolutionary War. In 1793, during the War of the Pyrenees, he was promoted to field marshal and in 1795 appointed commander-in-chief of the coast of Santander (Comandante General de Toda l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of the United States, fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American Patriots were supported by the Kingdom of France and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire, in a conflict taking place in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Established by royal charter in the 17th and 18th centuries, the American colonies were largely autonomous in domestic affairs and commercially prosperous, trading with Britain and its Caribbean colonies, as well as other European powers via their Caribbean entrepôts. After British victory over the French in the Seven Years' War in 1763, tensions between the motherland and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Grimarest
Pedro María Legallois Grimarest (1765–1841) was a Spanish military officer. Early career He enlisted in the Regiment of Asturias in 1777 and went to New Spain to join his regiment there. Promoted to second lieutenant in 1779, he returned to Spain in 1784. In August 1785, he accompanied the Spanish ambassador to Morocco and was promoted to lieutenant that same month. He joined the garrison at Oran in October 1790, where he was promoted to captain of Fusiliers and where he distinguished himself defending the fortress the following year. During the War of the Pyrenees, he was stationed at Navarra, Guipúzcoa and Aragón, as aide-de-camp of the major general and spent eleven months at Jaca. He saw action at Urdos (June 1794) and was promoted to lieutenant colonel the following year. In June 1800, he was appointed sergeant major of the Burgos Regiment and saw action in the War of the Oranges in 1801, with the 5th Division. In 1803 he was promoted to commander of the 3rd Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 Deaths
Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. * February 2 – ''Dartmouth College v. Woodward'': The Supreme Court of the United States under John Marshall rules in favor of Dartmouth College, allowing Dartmouth to keep its charter and remain a private institution. * February 6 – A formal treaty, between Hussein Shah of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles, establishes a trading settlement in Singapore. * February 15 – The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment, barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise). * February 19 – Captain William Smith of British merchant brig ''Williams'' sights Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1757 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Louis XV of France, who is slightly wounded by the knife attack. On March 28 Damiens is publicly executed by burning and dismemberment, the last person in France to suffer this punishment. * January 12 – Koca Ragıp Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and administers the office for seven years until his death in 1763. * February 1 – King Louis XV of France dismisses his two most influential advisers. His Secretary of State for War, the Comte d'Argenson and the Secretary of the Navy, Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, are both removed from office at the urging of the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour. * February 2 – At Versailles in France, representatives of the Russian Empire an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Army (Peninsular War)
The Spanish Army of the Peninsular War refers to the Spanish military units that fought against France's Grande Armée during a period which coincided with what is also termed the Spanish War of Independence ( es, Guerra de la Independencia Española). These regular troops were supplemented throughout the country by the guerrilla actions of local militias which, in the case of Catalonia, ran to thousands of well-organised "miquelets", or "somatenes", who had already proved their worth in the Catalan revolt of 1640 and in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), while in Andalusia, they were more modest in number, and sometimes little more than brigands who were, in some cases, feared by French troops and the civilian population alike but which were nevertheless a constant source of harassment to the French army and its lines of communication, as were the numerous spontaneous popular uprisings. So much so, that by summer 1811, French commanders deployed 70,000 troops only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boletín Oficial Del Estado
The ''Boletín Oficial del Estado'' (''BOE''; " en, Official State Gazette, label=none", from 1661 to 1936 known as the ''Gaceta de Madrid'', " en, Madrid Gazette, label=none") is the official gazette of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain and may be published on any day of the week. The content of the ''BOE'' is authorized and published by Royal Assent and with approval from the Ministry of the Presidency (Spain), Spanish Presidency Office. The ''BOE'' publishes decrees by the Cortes Generales, Spain's Parliament (comprising the Spanish Senate, Senate and the Congress of Deputies) as well as those orders enacted by the Spanish Autonomous Communities. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 provides in Article 9.3 that "The Constitution guarantees ... the publication of laws." This includes the official publishing of all Spanish judicial, royal and national governmental decrees, as well as any orders by the Council of Ministers. According to Royal Decree 181/2008 of 8 February, the ''BOE'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Rodrigo
Ciudad Rodrigo () is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12,896. It is also the seat of a judicial district. The site of Ciudad Rodrigo, perched atop a rocky rise on the right bank of the River Águeda, has been occupied since the Neolithic Age. Known also as ''Mirobriga'' by those who wish to associate the city with an ancient Celtic village in the outskirts of the modern city. A key border fortress, it was the site of a 10-day siege by the Duke of Wellington. Geography Ciudad Rodrigo is situated on the right bank of the Águeda river, about south-west of Salamanca and away from the Portuguese border. The autovia A-62 ( dual carriageway) links Ciudad Rodrigo with Salamanca, Valladolid and Burgos, and with Portugal. Climate At an elevation of Ciudad Rodrigo has an inland Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) characterised by cool, damp winters and warm, dry summers with relatively cool nights during the summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Caro Y Sureda, Marquis Of La Romana
Don Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd Marquis of La Romana (2 October 1761 – 23 January 1811) was a Spanish general of the Peninsular War. Biography Born at Palma de Mallorca to a family of Balearic nobility, Romana was educated in France and, upon the death of his father, was awarded a commission in the Spanish Royal Navy by King Charles III. He studied at the University of Salamanca and entered the ''Seminario de Nobles'' in Madrid. Like many Spanish officers of the Napoleonic era, Romana served in the American Revolutionary War in his youth. In 1783, he participated in the reconquest of Menorca from the British. In the final months of the war, he was assigned to the blockade of Gibraltar. Romana retired from the military after the war and began travelling Europe. Evidence suggests he was actually dispatched on missions of diplomacy or espionage, for which his knowledge of foreign languages would have been a valuable asset. In 1793, Romana entered the army as a cavalry colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Urbina Y Urbina, 3rd Conde De Cartaojal
José de Urbina y Urbina, 3rd conde de Cartaojal (April 21, 1761 – March 22, 1833) was a Spanish soldier, general, and ''intendant'' during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Military career Cartaojal enlisted as a cadet in the Royal Guard in 1771 while studying at the Royal School of Mathematics in Barcelona. Upon the declaration of war with Britain in 1779, his grenadier company was posted to the siege lines around Gibraltar. Promoted '' alférez'' (1783), '' segundo ayudante'' (1788), and ''primer ayudante'' (1791), Cartaojal campaigned against the French Republicans in 1793, was wounded in action, and received a colonelcy (1793) and captaincy (1795). Abbad (1992), pp. 179-180 Between 1796 and 1801, Cartaojal, now Brigadier General, served on the Board of Ordnance, later on the staff of the Army of Galicia, and with the field army assembled at Badajoz for the invasion of Portugal. As a protégé of Prime Minister Godoy, Cartaojal enjoyed a string of political and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Oman
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British Military history, military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone. Paddy Griffith, among modern historians, claims that the British infantry's discipline and willingness to attack were equally important. Early life Oman was born in Muzaffarpur district, British Raj, India, the son of a British planter, and was educated at Winchester College and at the University of Oxford, where he studied under William Stubbs. Here, he was invited to become a founding member of the Stubbs Society, which was under Stubbs's patronage. Career In 1881 he was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, where he remained for the rest of his academic car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro González Llamas
Pedro González Llamas was a Spanish general in the Peninsular War and one of the deputies that signed the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Army of Spain Following the September 1808 meeting at which the new Army of Spain was defined, and which incorporated the divisions he had brought from Valencia and Murcia, totalling some 4,500 men, including infantry and cavalry, into the Army of the Centre, Llamas headed for Tudela with his troops. Establishing his headquarters there, he was joined shortly afterwards by Manuel la Peña, La Peña's 10,000 men and, on 17 October, by Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Castaños. Shortly afterwards, however, on taking up a post in the Gobierno Supremo, he would hand over the command of his troops to Pedro Roca and become directly involved in the setting up the Cortes of Cádiz. Rodríquez García, Francisco (1865''Crónica del Senoría de Vizcaya'', pp. 93–95.''Google Books''. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Constitution Having initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalda
Nalda is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). It is located near the capital, Logroño. Its population in January 2006 was 1,074 inhabitants over a 24.6 square kilometre area. History The town was the scene of the preliminaries of the famous Battle of Clavijo between Arabs and Christians in year 844. It appears mentioned for the first time in the 11th century, in the relation of properties that the king Don García of Nájera granted to his wife Estefanía. From the 14th century to the 19th century, Nalda became the head of the ''Señorío de Cameros''. Nearby is the Peña Bajenza rock formation.Asociación para la protección del patrimonio de NaldaRutas por el patrimonio de Nalda Monuments * Church of Asunción. Of Renaissance style, it was constructed in the 16th century. * Hermitage of Santa Maria de Villavieja. Baroque construction of the 17th century made in rubblework and brick. It is located to a kilometer of the village. * Castle of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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