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Bernabé Varona
Bernabé Varona (1845November 4, 1873), also known as Bembetta, was a Cuban revolutionary and mambí General who was executed during the Ten Years' War in 1873. Early life Bernabé Varona y Borrero was born in the district of Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey) in Spanish Cuba in 1845. He was the son of Bernabé Varona and María Borrero y Duque de Estrada. His father was a prominent Cuban citizen and wealthy sugar planter in Puerto Príncipe. Sent by his patriotic mother, he received his college education in the United States. After completing his education, he returned to Cuba and began his years-long opposition to Spanish rule. Varona became a member of the Tínima Masonic Lodge No. 16 in Puerto Príncipe, along with other prominent figures of the region's society. In 1868, Varona was taken prisoner and sent to Havana where he was reported to the captain-general Domingo Dulce as one of the most desperate and dangerous men then opposed to the Spanish government. Ten Years' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Principe, Cuba
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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, 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 *Milton Jesús Puerto (born 1969), Honduran politician * ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingo Dulce
Domingo Dulce y Garay, 1st Marquis of Castell-Florite (Sotés (La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja), Spain, 7 May 1808 - Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, France, 23 November 1869), was a Spanish nobility, noble and general, who fought in the First Carlist War and who served two times as List of colonial heads of Cuba, Captain General of Cuba. He joined the Spanish army in 1823 at the end of the Trienio Liberal and participated in the First Carlist War under the command of the ''Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Christino'' Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara, Baldomero Espartero, a close friend. During the campaign he won four Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand, Lauriate crosses. His friendship with Espartero let to his collaboration during the Early life of Isabella II of Spain#The regency of Espartero, Espartero or second regency while Isabella II of Spain, Isabel was a Early life of Isabella II of Spain, minor, during which period he was prominent in quelling the moderate liberal r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filibuster (military)
A filibuster (from the Spanish ''filibustero''), also known as a freebooter, is someone who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country or territory to foster or support a political revolution or secession. The term is usually applied to United States American citizens who incited rebellions/insurrections across Latin America with its recently independent but unstable nations freed from royal control of the Kingdom of Spain and its Spanish Empire in the 1810s and 1820s. These occurred particularly in the mid-19th century, usually with the goal of establishing an American-loyal regime that could later be annexed into the North American Union as territories or free states, serving the interests of the United States. Probably the most notable example is the Filibuster War initiated by William Walker (filibuster), William Walker in the 1850s in Nicaragua and Central America. Filibusters are irregular military, irregular soldiers who act without official autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalrymen
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of force and shock attacks. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as a cavalryman, horseman, trooper, cataphract, knight, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of ''cavalry'' was not usually given to any military forces that used other animals or platforms for mounts, such as chariots, camels or elephants. Infantry who moved on horseback, but dismounted to fight on foot, were known in the early 17th to the early 18th century as '' dragoons'', a class of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel De Quesada Y Loynaz
Manuel de Quesada y Loynaz (March 29, 1833 - January 29, 1884) was a Cuban revolutionary and the first General-in-Chief of the Cuban Liberation Army who fought against Spain in the Ten Years' War. Early life Manuel de Quesada y Loynaz was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey Province), Spanish Cuba on March 29, 1833.Harper's Weekly. (1869). United States: Harper's Magazine Company. He was part of a distinguished Cuban family, with parents Pedro Manuel de Quesada and Carmen Loynaz y Miranda. His sister Ana de Quesada y Loynaz would later marry Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Mexican Army Reform War In the mid-1850s, he left Cuba and relocated to Mexico. Quesada joined the Army of Mexico as a second lieutenant in 1856.Johnson, W. F. (2018). The History of Cuba: Volume III. (n.p.): Outlook Verlag. During the Reform War from 1857 to 1861, he fought on the side of the Mexican liberals and Benito Juárez. Amid a three-year civil war and the eventual defeat of the Mexican c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigade Major
A brigade major was the chief of staff of a brigade in the British Army. They most commonly held the rank of major, although the appointment was also held by captains, and was head of the brigade's "G - Operations and Intelligence" section directly, and oversaw the two other branches, "A – Administration" and "Q – Quartermaster". Intentionally ranked lower than the lieutenant colonels commanding the brigade's combat battalions, his role was to expand on, detail and execute the intentions of the commanding brigadier. In 1913, staff captains of artillery in the British Army were re-styled as brigade majors to bring them into line with cavalry and infantry practice. In the 21st century, the title is no longer used except in the Household Division and in divisional-level artillery headquarters. As of 2014 the title is still retained by HQ London District. During World War I, the brigade major was reportedly "a key personality who affected the health and happiness of the battali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Del Castillo Agramonte
Ángel del Castillo y Agramonte (August 14, 1834 – September 8, 1869) was a Cubans, Cuban revolutionary and military general who was killed during the Ten Years' War in Cuba. Early life Ángel del Castillo y Agramonte was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey Province, Camagüey), Spanish Cuba on August 14, 1834. As a member of a distinguished family, he was a wealthy Planter class, planter on the Cuban island. After finishing his dentistry studies in the United States in the mid-1850s, he returned to Cuba. Ten Years' War After the revolutionary Cry of Yara and uprising led by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cespedes on October 10, 1868, Castillo and many other figures of Camagüey injected themselves into the Ten Years' War. Las Clavellinas Uprising Castillo was involved in the Las Clavellinas Uprising during Camagüey's armed revolt in November 1868. As coordinated by Cisneros Betancourt, the trusted allies of Eduardo Agramonte Piña were summoned to meet in the early hours o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blas Villate
Blas Villate y de la Herra, 2nd Count of Valmaseda (February 3, 1824, in Sestao – January 8, 1882, in Madrid) was a Spanish general. He was several times governor of Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...: * September 24, 1867 - December 21, 1867 (acting governor) * December 13, 1870 - July 11, 1872 * March 8, 1875 - January 18, 1876 References Governors of Cuba 19th-century Cuban military personnel 1824 births 1882 deaths People of the Dominican Restoration War People of the Ten Years' War {{Spain-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas, Cuba
Minas is a municipality and town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. Geography The municipality borders with Sierra de Cubitas, Camagüey, Sibanicú, Guáimaro and Nuevitas. Its territory includes the villages of Anguila, Fomento, Gurugú, Las Piedras, Lugareño, Monte Oscuro, Redención and Senado (Minas), Senado. Demographics In 2022, the municipality of Minas had a population of 35,966. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Minas Municipal Museum *List of cities in Cuba *Municipalities of Cuba References External links Populated places in Camagüey Province {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province. It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Spanish colonists on the northern coast and moved inland in 1528, to the site of a Taino village named Camagüey. It was one of the seven original settlements (''villas'') founded in Cuba by the Spanish. After Henry Morgan Henry Morgan's raid on Puerto del Príncipe, burned the city in the 17th century, it was redesigned like a maze so attackers would find it hard to move around inside the city. The symbol of the city of Camagüey is the clay cooking pot, pot or ''tinajón'', used to capture rain water and keep it fresh. Camagüey is also the birthplace of Ignacio Agramonte (1841), an important figure of the Ten Years' War against Spain. A monument by Italian sculptor Salvatore Buemi, erected in the center of the area to Ignacio Agramonte, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yara, Cuba
Yara is a small town and municipality in the Granma Province of Cuba, located halfway between the cities of Bayamo and Manzanillo, in the Gulf of Guacanayabo. Yara means "place" in the Taíno language. History The Taíno Cacique (chief) Hatuey was burnt at the stake in Yara, on February 2, 1512, after he organized a guerrilla war against the Spaniards. Hatuey is known as "Cuba's First National Hero".Running Fox, 'The Story of Cacique Hatuey, Cuba's First National Hero', La Voz del Pueblo Taíno (The Voice of the Taíno People) (United Confederation of Taino People, U.S. Regional Chapter, January 1998) This action gave birth to one of Cuba's major myths; ''"La Luz de Yara"'', The Light of Yara.The Light of Yara. On October 10, 1868, the beginning of the Ten Years' War in Cuba occurred and is known as ''El Grito de Yara'' ( The Cry of Yara) and was the beginning of the First Cuban War of Independence. Yara was established as a municipality in 1912, when Manzanillo was split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
