• from the year 1779 in Spain. Monarch: Charles III April 12 - Treaty of Aranjuez (1779) October 25 - Pedro Velarde y Santillán (d. 1808) "Spain and the American...
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    in the war, implementing the Treaty of Aranjuez signed in April 1779. The main goals of Spain were the recovery of Gibraltar and Menorca from the British...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1779. 1779 (MDCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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    Infanta of Spain (9 January 1779 in Madrid – 22 July 1798 in Madrid), was a Spanish princess. She was a daughter of King Charles IV of Spain, in 1795, she...
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    In the Treaty of Aranjuez (French: Traité d'Aranjuez; Spanish: Tratado de Aranjuez; 12 April 1779), Spain agreed to support France in its war with Britain...
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    was the largest battle in the war by number of combatants. On 16 June 1779, Spain entered the war on the side of France and as co-belligerents of the revolutionary...
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  • The Armada of 1779 was a combined Franco-Spanish naval enterprise intended to divert British military assets, primarily of the Royal Navy, from other war...
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  • shipyard in Cartagena, Spain and launched in 1779. She fought at the Battle of Cape Spartel in 1782 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In the latter...
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    Purísima Concepción, was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line of the Kingdom of Spain's Armada Real in service between 1779 and 1810. The name Purísima...
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    of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana)...
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    History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from June 2017)
    hostile Spanish nearby — remained loyal to the British Crown. In 1778 during the American Revolutionary War, France declared war on Britain, and in 1779 Spain...
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    The Swing (Goya) (category 1779 in Spain)
    Swing (in Spanish: El columpio) is the title of a tapestry cartoon designed by Francisco de Goya for the bedroom of the Princes of Asturias in the Palace...
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  • Events from the year 1779 in the United States. President of the Second Continental Congress: John Jay (until September 28), Samuel Huntington (starting...
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  • and diplomat Pedro José de Zavala, 7th Marquess of Valleumbroso (1779–1850), Spanish-Peruvian nobleman Raúl Covarrubias Zavala (born 1965), Mexican politician...
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    The action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement that occurred on 14 September 1779, off the Azores between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Pearl...
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    executed in New Mexico. This is in fact only true of New Mexico as a part of the United States – two Puebloan women had been hanged in Santa Fe in 1779, under...
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  • Events in the year 2024 in Spain. Monarch – Felipe VI Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez President of the Congress of Deputies – Francina Armengol President...
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    Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In...
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  • Bermudez (surname) (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Francisco Bermúdez de Pedraza (1585–1655), Spanish writer, jurist and historian Francisco Cea Bermúdez (1779–1850), Spanish diplomat and politician Francisco Morales-Bermúdez...
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    1673–1779. A Manuscript from the Franciscan Archive of the National Library]. Boletín del Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas (in Spanish). XII...
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  • Hugo Oconór (category 1779 deaths)
    1779), better known by his Spanish name Hugo Oconór, was a military governor of northern Mexico. He was appointed governor of Texas by the Spanish viceroy...
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    in 1780 with Haidar Ali's aid. In April 1779 France and Spain signed the Convention of Aranjuez, which laid out a summary of Bourbon War aims. Spain sought...
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    This is a list of United States ambassadors to Spain from 1779 to the present day. The ambassador to Spain is also credentialed to Andorra. Commissioned...
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    (born 1981), Mexican Paralympian athlete Pedro Velarde y Santillán (1779–1808), Spanish artillery captain famous for his heroic death Pura Santillan-Castrence...
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    Fortaleza de San Fernando (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    construction began in 1756, 1759, or 1768) and 1775. The fortress was built of brick and coral. The fort was first tested in 1779 when Spain—seeking to strike...
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    Capture of Fort Bute (category Battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783))
    the Governor of Spanish Louisiana stormed and captured the small British frontier post on Bayou Manchac on September 7, 1779. Spain's formal declaration...
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    Carolina; 6 March 1779 – 23 November 1828), was a Spanish noblewoman and grandee. She was a patrilineal granddaughter of Philip V of Spain. Born in Velada, Toledo...
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    Carlos Gutiérrez de los Ríos (category 1779 births)
    Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 1st Duke of Fernán Núñez (3 January 1779 – 27 November 1822) was a Spanish diplomat. He was the son of Carlos José Gutiérrez de los...
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    Enrique III / 1: Que comprende la cronica del rey Don Pedro Madrid (1779). Chap. VII "SPAIN - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved...
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    Castillo Fiel, also known as Pepita Tudó (19 May 1779 – 20 September 1869) was the second wife of Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy. It has been suggested...
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