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Pablo Buitrago Y Benavente
Pablo Sánchez de Buitrago Sandoval y Benavente (25 January 1807 – 22 June 1882) was a Legitimist Party (Nicaragua), legitimist Nicaraguan politician who served as the 2nd President of Nicaragua, Supreme Director of Nicaragua from 4 March 1841 to 1 April 1843. He was the first non-acting, elected Supreme Director. Oreamuno-Buitrago Treaty After José Núñez (President of Nicaragua), José Núñez was elected Head of State of Nicaragua on 13 March 1838, Joaquín del Cossío was appointed Deputy Head and Buitrago was appointed Minister General. On 30 April 1838, Nicaragua became the first State of the Federal Republic of Central America to separate from the union, and on 14 November, Costa Rica also declared independence. Buitrago was sent as a commissioner of José Núñez (President of Nicaragua), Núñez's government to sign the Oreamuno-Buitrago Treaty with Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla, Francisco María Oreamuno of Costa Rica, a friendship and alliance agreement betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Rivas
Patricio Rivas (1810 – July 12, 1867) was a wealthy liberal Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, member of the Democratic Party (Nicaragua), Democratic Party, who served as Acting President of Nicaragua, Supreme Director of Nicaragua from June 30, 1839 to July 27, 1839 and from September 21, 1840 to March 4, 1841. Later he served as a president of one of the several competing governments of Nicaragua from October 30, 1855 to June 24, 1857. However, he was merely a puppet president; rule was held by William Walker (filibuster), William Walker. As Supreme Director When Nicaragua gained its independence under Dr. José Núñez (President of Nicaragua), José Núñez on 30 April 1838, the first government was a transitional one, first transitioning into full independence and then to a constitutional order.Hubert Howe BancroftHISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA. VOL. III. 1801-1887 THE HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO, 1887 Núñez would resign very quickly in, handing over power to J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Orozco
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon (), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall * ''Simón'' (2018 film), Venezuelan short film directed by Diego Vicentini * ''Simón'' (2023 film), Venezuelan feature film directed by Diego Vicentini Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Silva
Licenciado José María Silva (c. 1804, San Miguel, El Salvador – October 16, 1876, San Miguel) was a Liberal Salvadoran politician. He was twice briefly chief of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America (1834–35 and 1840). Silva was born into a well-to-do family about 1804. In 1827 he received a doctorate in law. He was a deputy to the state legislature in 1828, and its secretary in 1829. In May 1829 he asked for a military judgment of the prisoners taken at the capitulation of Mejicanos, in the first phase of the Central American Civil War. In June 1829 he moved to Guatemala, as a commissioner of the legislature, charged along with P. Colom with personally delivering to General Francisco Morazán, commander of the victorious revolutionary armies, the decree by which Morazán was to remain in power until the establishment of new federal authorities. Silva was again a deputy to the Salvadoran Legislature in 1834, and became presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Francisco Barrundia
José Francisco Barrundia y Cepeda (May 12, 1787, Guatemala City – August 4, 1854, New York City) was a liberal Central American politician. From June 26, 1829 to September 16, 1830 he was interim president of the Federal Republic of Central America. Background Barrundia was born in Guatemala. He studied at the Colegio Tridentino, where he became a bachelor of philosophy on March 19, 1803. His brother Juan Barrundia was head of the province of Guatemala in 1829. José Barrundia was considered an outstanding intellectual and man of letters, fluent in several languages. He translated into Spanish the Livingston Code (penal code of Louisiana) in order to adapt it to the country. He was a populist member of the Central American Congress and in his later career he served as minister plenipotentiary of Honduras in New York City. Political career and presidency In 1825 he was elected the first vice president of the United Provinces of Central America, under Manuel José Arce, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Guerrero De Arcos
José María de la Cruz Guerrero de Arcos y Molina (1799 – 1853) was a Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, member of the short lived centrist Republican Party, who served in the 1839 Honduran Council of Ministers and as the 5th Supreme Director of Nicaragua from 6 April 1847 to 1 January 1849. Family José María Guerrero de Arcos y Molina, son of Pastor Guerrero y Arcos Ángulo and Dionicia Molina y Poveda, married with Juana Casco who procreated: José Leocadio, Paula y Manuela del Carmen Guerrero de Arcos y Casco; in second married with Esmeralda Guerrero de Arcos, daughter of Maximino Guerrero de Arcos and Joaquina Guerrero, who procreated: Máximino, Esmeralda, Valeria, José de la Luz, José Valentín, Miguel Gerónimo Guerrero de Arcos. As Counselor of Honduras Battle of Espíritu Santo In early 1839, due to ideological differences, Nicaragua and Honduras invaded El Salvador, still part of the Federal Republic of Central America. On 5 April, the invading troops w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermenegildo Zepeda Fernández
Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic ''𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild'', "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Chalcedonian Christianity. Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled. His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory I's ''Dialogues'', in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Arian father." Marriage to Ingund Hermenegild was the eldest son of Liuvigild and his first wife. He was a brother of Reccared I and brought up an Arian. Liuvigild made his sons co-regents. In 579, he married Ingund, the daughter of the Frankish King Sigebert I of Austrasia who was a Chalcedonian. Her mother was the Visigoth princess Brunhilda of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justo Abaunza
Justo Abaunza y Muñoz de Avilés (1778 – 1872) was a Costa Rican-born legitimist Nicaraguan lawyer and politician who served as acting Supreme Director of Nicaragua from 1 April to 5 May 1851, and as provisional Supreme Director appointed by José Trinidad Muñoz from 4 August to 2 November 1851. Biography Early career In 1803, Marcelo de los Santos Porras, priest of the town of Masaya, stated that according to the baptismal books and the last census practiced in his parishioners, there were Spanish residents suitable for public service, all between ages 25 and 60, such as Lieutenant Abaunza, who was the sub-delegate of the Party of Nicoya. On 13 July 1804 he was appointed sub-delegate of the Party of Sutiaba against the opinion of the Governor of the Province. He was a Commissioner, alongside Fulgencio Vega, of the Provisional Government of Silvestre Selva during Malespín's War, named after Francisco Malespín, who with the help of Granadan conservatives occupied and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León, Nicaragua
León () is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de León, it is the capital and largest city of León Department. , the municipality of León has an estimated population of 213,718. León is located along the ''Río Chiquito'' (Chiquito River), some northwest of Managua, and some east of the Pacific Ocean coast. León has long been the political and intellectual center of the nation and its National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) was founded in 1813, making it the second oldest university in Central America. León is also an important industrial, agricultural, and commercial center for Nicaragua, exporting sugar cane, cattle, peanut, plantain, and sorghum. The city has been home to many of Nicaragua's most noteworthy poets including Rubén Darío, Alfonso Cortés and Salomón de la Selva. History The first city named León in Nicaragua was founded in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Córdob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escudo De La Representación Nacional De Centroamérica
The escudo (Portuguese: 'shield') is a unit of currency which is used in Cape Verde, and which has been used by Portugal, Spain and their colonies. The original coin was worth 16 silver . The Cape Verdean escudo is, and the Portuguese escudo was, subdivided into 100 . Its symbol is the , a letter S with two vertical bars superimposed used between the units and the subdivision (for example, ). In Spain and its colonies, the ''escudo'' refers to a gold coin worth sixteen '' reales de plata'' or forty ''reales de vellón''. Currencies named "escudo" Circulating *Cape Verdean escudo Obsolete *Angolan escudo *Chilean escudo * French écu *Mozambican escudo *Portuguese escudo *Portuguese Guinean escudo *Portuguese Indian escudo *Portuguese Timorese escudo *São Tomé and Príncipe escudo *Spanish escudo The escudo was either of two distinct Spanish currency denominations. Gold escudo The first escudo was a gold coin introduced in 1535/1537, with coins denominated in escudos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malespín's War
Malespín's War (Spanish: ''Guerra de Malespín'') was a Salvadoran and Honduran invasion of Nicaragua caused by the election of liberal democrat Manuel Pérez at the time of Central American turmoil dictated by Rafael Carrera's conservative dictatorship in Guatemala. The war mostly took place in León, which was besieged by the invading forces on 27 November 1844, a siege which would last until 24 January 1845. Cause On 1 April 1843 Supreme Director Pablo Buitrago y Benavente resigned and Parliament appointed Juan de Dios Orozco as Acting Supreme Director. Orozco was to oversee public elections, but those failed because no candidate obtained the required majority vote. Because of the failed elections, parliament elected liberal Manuel Pérez, with support from the ''de facto'' military dictator of Nicaragua, Casto Fonseca. This concerned the conservative politicians mainly based in Granada. Under Pérez, Managua's council decided to move the jurisdiction policy of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Ferrera
Francisco Ferrera (29 January 1794 – 10 April 1851) was a president of Honduras. He was born in San Juan de Flores, Honduras. Ferrera joined the guerrerista campaigns of General Francisco Morazán and participated brilliantly in the battles of The Trinidad and Gualcho. In addition, he saw action in the pacification of Olancho. In March 1832, Ferrera faced Vicente Domínguez in Yoro and later in Sonaguera and Trujillo, defeating him in both opportunities. Due to his bravery on the battlefield, he was promoted by General Morazán. In October 1838, Ferrera rebelled against the federalist government of General Morazán and fought to make Honduras a free state. On 5 April 1839, he was defeated by General Morazán in the battle of the Spirit Santo in El Salvador. After that humiliating defeat, Ferrera took refuge in Nicaragua. He was Provisional Chief of State of Honduras (1833–1834) and Constitutional President (1841–1844). He was re-elected President in 1847, resigning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan José Guzmán
General Juan José Guzmán (July 1797, La Unión – 19 October 1847) was the first President of El Salvador from 14 April 1842 to 1 February 1844. He died on 19 October 1847 aged 50. Presidency Guzman was the first President of El Salvador and first with non consecutive terms. He was also conservative. During his tenure, he led the coalition against Costa Rica, where Francisco Morazán had very briefly gained the presidency. Guzmán was later assassinated Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ... in 1847. References External links * 1797 births 1847 deaths 19th-century Salvadoran people People from La Unión Department People from New Spain Presidents of El Salvador Salvadoran military personnel {{ElSalvador-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
