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María Mercedes Cabal
María Mercedes Cabal Borrero (25 September 1819 - 4 May 1904) was the wife of the Vice President Manuel Mallarino. Daughter of Mr. Víctor Cabal Molina, a wealthy landowner and politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ..., and Mrs. María Petrona Borrero Costa, she owes her fame not only to her husband's notoriety, but also to the fact that various authors affirm that she was the inspiration for the protagonist in the novel '' María'' by Jorge Isaacs. From 1855 to 1857, her husband served as acting president.Restrepo Sáenz, José María et al. Genealogías de Santafé de Bogotá. Volumen 4. Editorial Gente Nueva. Santa Fe de Bogotá, noviembre de 1992 References 1819 births 1904 deaths People from Valle del Cauca Department Second ladies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buga, Valle Del Cauca
Buga (), formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called ''el Señor de los Milagros'' ("the Lord of the Miracles"). Buga is a city with a cattle industry. It is located from Cali.Sider, Don.Miracle on the Mountain." ''People''. January 8, 1996. Volume 45, No. 1. Retrieved on January 4, 2012. History Guadalajara de Buga, which is the city's formal name, is one of the oldest cities in Colombia; founded in 1555 by Giraldo Gil de Estupiñán under the order of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar and known as ''Buga la Real ''("the Royal Buga" ) or'' La Ciudad Señora'' (“the Lady City”). It was the home of many wealthy families coming from Spain and settling in the New World. King Philip II of Spain gave Guadalajara de Buga its city status officially at the end of the 16th century and also granted its coat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of New Granada
The Republic of New Granada was a Centralism, centralist unitary republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil that existed from 1831 to 1858. The state was created after the dissolution of Great Colombia in 1830 through the secession of Ecuador and Venezuela. In 1858, the state was renamed into the Granadine Confederation. On 9 May 1834, the national flag was adopted and was used until 26 November 1861, with the Gran Colombian colours in Veles' arrangement. The merchant ensign had the eight-pointed star in white. History The history of the Republic of New Granada was marked by competing economic and political interests and rocked by violent conflicts and civil wars. One of the prime features of the political climate of the Republic was the position of the Roman Catholic Church and the level of autonomy for the federal states. In 1839, a dispute arose over the dissolution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cundinamarca Department
Department of Cundinamarca (, ) is one of the departments of Colombia. Its area covers (not including the Capital District) and it has a population of 2,919,060 as of 2018. It was created on August 5, 1886, under the constitutional terms presented on the same year. Cundinamarca is located in the center of Colombia. Cundinamarca's capital city is Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This is a special case among Colombian departments, since List of capitals outside the territories they serve, Bogotá is not legally a part of Cundinamarca, yet it is the only department that has its capital designated by the Colombian Constitution of 1991, Constitution (if the capital were to be ever moved, it would take a constitutional reform to do so, instead of a simple ordinance passed by the Cundinamarca Assembly). In censuses, the populations for Bogotá and Cundinamarca are tabulated separately; otherwise, Cundinamarca's population would total over 11 million. Etymology The name of Cundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel María Mallarino
Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen (18 June 1808 – 6 January 1872) was the List of Vice Presidents of Colombia, 8th Vice President of Colombia, Vice President of Republic of New Granada, New Granada, and as such served as Acting President from 1855 to 1857. Personal life Manuel María was born on 18 June 1808 in Santiago de Cali, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the oldest child of José María Mallarino y Vargas, a Spaniard natural of Cádiz of Italian descent, and Juana María de la Concepción Ibargüen (née Scarpetta Roo y Bedoya), a Criolla natural of Cali also of Italian descent. His two younger siblings were María Josefa Mallarino Ibargüen, María Josefa and Francisco Antonio. He attended the University of Cauca graduating Juris Doctor on 17 July 1831. On 11 August 1836 he married María Mercedes Cabal, daughter of José Antonio Víctor Cabal Molina and María Petrona Borrero y Costa, and natural of Buga, Valle del Cauca, Buga, in his father-in-law's hacie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostess Of San Carlos Palace
The Hostess of San Carlos Palace it was the unofficial role held by the spouses of the List of presidents of Colombia, head of state of Colombia from 1819 until 1886 when the role was merged with that of First Lady of Colombia, first lady of Colombia. Twenty-one women served as presidential hostesses: Four during the Gran Colombia, eight during the Republic of New Granada, New Granada, four during the Granadine Confederation, and ten during the United States of Colombia. List See also *First Lady *List of first ladies of Colombia Notes References {{reflist, 30em Women's social titles Colombian salon-holders Lists of Colombian women, Hostess History of women in Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spouse Of The Vice President Of Colombia
The spouse or partner of the vice president of Colombia is the wife, husband or domestic partner of the vice president of Colombia. Yerney Pinillo is the current domestic partner of the 13th and current vice president, Francia Márquez. Twenty-three women and one man who have been married to the current Vice President of Colombia. As a semi-public figure, spouses are usually present at various ceremonial or diplomatic activities alongside the vice president. The vice president is not the head of state; thus, their spouse does not officially play as active a role in Colombian affairs as do the spouse of the president. The vice president's spouse, however, is still generally regarded as a public or semi-public figure, frequently accompanying the vice president on campaign and other public appearances, and often hosting dignitaries at the vice presidential house. Role The role of the spouse of the Vice President of Colombia is unofficial and as such they receive no salary or of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politician
A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles or duties that politicians must perform vary depending on the level of government they serve, whether Local government, local, national, or international. The ideological orientation that politicians adopt often stems from their previous experience, education, beliefs, the political parties they belong to, or public opinion. Politicians sometimes face many challenges and mistakes that may affect their credibility and ability to persuade. These mistakes include political corruption resulting from their misuse and exploitation of power to achieve their interests, which requires them to prioritize the public interest and develop long-term strategies. Challenges include how to keep up with the development of social media and confronting biase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María (novel)
''María, A South American Romance'' is a novel written by Colombian writer Jorge Isaacs between 1864 and 1867, and published in book form in 1867. It is a costumbrism, costumbrist novel representative of the Spanish literature, Spanish Romanticism, Romantic movement. It may be considered a precursor of the Criollo people, criollist novels of the 1920s and 1930s in Latin America. Despite being Isaacs' only novel, ''María'' is considered one of the most important works of 19th-century Spanish American literature. Alfonso M. Escudero characterized it as the greatest Spanish-language romantic novel.Alfonso M. EscuderoCostumbrismo Il. Literatura Hispanoamericana, Ediciones Rialp S.A. Gran Enciclopedia Rialp, 1991. Accessed online 2010-01-21. The Romantic style of the novel has been compared to the one of François-René de Chateaubriand, Chateaubriand's ''Atala (novella), Atala''. Notable is the description of the landscape and the artistic style of the prose. The novel has several a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, '' María'', became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature. Biography His father was George Henry Isaacs, an English Jew originally from Jamaica. He first settled in Chocó (then part of either Gran Colombia or the Republic of New Granada), where he made a fortune from gold mining and trade with the Caribbean. He then moved to Cali where he applied for his citizenship from Simon Bolivar. He married Manuela Ferrer Scarpetta, daughter of a Spanish Navy officer. He also owned two haciendas near Cali, called "''La Manuelita''" (named after his wife) and "''El Paraíso''". The latter would provide the setting for ''María''. "El Paraiso" has been preserved as a museum, with emphasis upon its relation to the novel. Jorge Isaacs was born in Quibdo, Republic of New Granada in 1837. He was first educated in Cali, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis A financial crisis is any of a broad variety of situations in which some financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with Bank run#Systemic banki ... 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 – The 1819 Singapore Treaty, Treaty of Singapore, is signed between Hussein Shah of Johor and Sir Stamford Raffles of Britain, to create a trading settlement in Singapore. * February 15 – The U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 Deaths
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 – The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 17 – Anton Chekhov's last play, ''The Cherry Orchard'' («Вишнëвый сад», ''Vishnevyi sad''), opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski, 6 month's before the author's death. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
