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Mercedes Jijón
María de las Mercedes Jijón de Vivanco y Chiriboga (b. 25 March 1811, Otavalo – d. 4 June 1878, Quito) was the first First Lady of Ecuador, serving in that capacity twice alongside her husband, Juan José Flores. Life Mercedes Jijón was born in Otavalo, Ecuador, then part of the Real Audiencia of Quito, on 25 March 1811 to the landowner and merchant Antonio Jijón Chiriboga and his wife, Mariana Vivanco Calisto. Mercedes and her ten older siblings were born into a respected and influential, as well as rich, family. Through her father, Mercedes had noble blood from the , which allowed her to launch litigation to claim the title from her cousin, albeit unsuccessfully. After the Ecuadorian War of Independence and the annexation of the Real Audiencia of Quito into Gran Colombia, the Venezuelan general Juan José Flores was designated Prefect of the Ecuador Department. To legitimize his administration to the people of Ecuador, Flores decide to marry Mercedes, then only 13 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Lady Of Ecuador
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador. There has been only one First Gentleman, first gentleman of Ecuador to date, Eduardo Peña Triviño, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano. List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador Type of government: First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador Type of Government: {{Spouses of national leaders First ladies of Ecuador, * Lists of spouses of heads of state, Ecuador Lists of Ecuadorian people Ecuador politics-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop Of Quito
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on 8 January 1545, before being elevated to archdiocese level on January 13, 1848 by Pope Pius IX. Bishops Bishops of Quito *García Díaz Arias (8 Jan 1546 – 1562)"Bishop García Díaz Arias" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 * Pedro de la Peña, OP (15 May 1565 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Deaths
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 Births
Events January–March * January 8 – An 1811 German Coast Uprising, unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Bridge: A heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries. * January 22 – The Juan Bautista de las Casas, Casas Revolt begins in San Antonio, Spanish Texas. * February 5 – British Regency: George IV of the United Kingdom, George, Prince of Wales becomes prince regent, because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. * February 19 – Peninsular War – Battle of the Gebora: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, Édouard Mortier routs and nearly destroys the Spanish, near Badajoz, Spain. * March 1 – Citadel Massacre in Cairo: Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Muhammad Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bank Of Ecuador
The Central Bank of Ecuador (; BCE) is the central bank of the country, and an institution of the Executive Function, which has institutional, administrative, financial, and technical autonomy In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be .... It is in charge of executing the monetary policy established by the Monetary Policy and Regulation Board of Ecuador, which has been the institution's highest governing body since October 2021. Between 1927 and 2000, the Central Bank was in charge of issuing Ecuadorian sucre, sucre coins and banknotes, but this function ceased after the adoption of the US dollar as the country's legal currency on January 9, 2000. Since 2000, the Central Bank's objectives are to strengthen dollarization and guarantee technical autonomy. The BCE is the admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontificia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador
The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) (English: ''Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador'') is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito, Ecuador. History The university opened in the fall of 1946, with Carlos María de la Torre, archbishop of Quito, officiating. Aurelio Espinosa Pólit of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was the first rector. That fall there were 54 students and jurisprudence was the single faculty. In 2005 in Ambato a bust was unveiled to Zonia Palán Tamayo who had taught economics at the university and was notable in championing women's and union rights. Pope Francis visited the campus of PUCE on his trip to South America in July 2015. Location The principal campus of the university is in Quito. Other campuses are in Ambato (established in 1982), Esmeraldas (1981), Ibarra (1976), Santo Domingo de los Colorados (1996), and a regional campus in the province of Manabí (1993). The campus in Cuenca later became the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casa De La Cultura Ecuatoriana
La Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (''The House of Ecuadorian Culture'') is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and to coordinate the development of an authentic national culture. Headquartered in Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ..., it maintains several museums throughout Ecuador. The building is home to the (MuNa). Romina Muñoz led that museum for two years until she pointed out that MuNa did not have its own building and that ended her job. The existing museum is run by the Ministry of Culture, but the relationship was, in her opinion, confused and the existing location in the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana was inappropriat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Ladies And Gentlemen Of Ecuador
First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador are the wives and husbands of the presidents of Ecuador. There has been only one First Gentleman, first gentleman of Ecuador to date, Eduardo Peña Triviño, the husband of former acting president Rosalía Arteaga Serrano. List of first ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador Type of government: First ladies and gentlemen of Ecuador Type of Government: {{Spouses of national leaders First ladies of Ecuador, * Lists of spouses of heads of state, Ecuador Lists of Ecuadorian people Ecuador politics-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floreana Island
Floreana Island () is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of . It was formed by volcanic eruption. The island's highest point is Cerro Pajas at , which is also the highest point of the volcano like most of the smaller islands of Galápagos. The island has a population of about 100. Names Floreana, sometimes written as Floriana, is named in honor of Juan José Flores, the first president of Ecuador. It was during Flores's presidency that Ecuador took possession of the archipelago. The island was previously known in Spanish as Mercedes Island (), sometimes corrupted to Mascarenas,. in honor of Flores's wife Mercedes Jijón. It was also known as Santa Maria, after the Virgin Mary and the '' Santa María'', one of Christopher Columbus's ships during his initial voyage. Pinta Island similarly remembers another one of his ships. The English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley did not apparently chart or name this island in his 17th-century ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador Department
Ecuador Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia created in 1824. It had borders to: * Azuay Department in the South. * Guayaquil Department in the West. Subdivisions 3 provincias and 15 cantones: * Pichincha Province. Capital: Quito. Cantones: Quito, Machachi, Latacunga, Quijos y Esmeraldas. * Imbabura Province. Capital: Ibarra. Cantones: Ibarra, Otavalo, Cotacachi y Cayambe. * Chimborazo Province Chimborazo () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (volcano), Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mou .... Capital: Riobamba. Cantones: Riobamba, Ambato, Guano, Guaranda, Alausí y Macas. {{coord, 0, 13, S, 78, 31, W, source:eswiki_type:adm1st, display=title Departments of Gran Colombia 1820s establishments in Gran Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
