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    Casto Secundino María Méndez Núñez (July 1, 1824 – August 21, 1869) was a Spanish Navy officer. In late 1865, during the Chincha Islands War between Spain...
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    as Méndez Núñez (D-63), in honor of Vice Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), and was the third ship in Spanish navy with this name. Méndez Núñez was...
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  • Philippines Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish naval officer Spanish ironclad Méndez Núñez, a wooden-hulled armored frigate Spanish cruiser Méndez Núñez, a...
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    1867–1870. Completed in February 1870, the ship was renamed Méndez Núñez, after Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez, on 21 August 1870. The ship was assigned to the Mediterranean...
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    in 2006. She is named after the 19th-century Spanish Rear admiral Casto Méndez Núñez. It was the first Spanish Navy vessel to visit the Philippines since...
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  • theologian and archaeologist Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish naval officer Casto Nopo, Equatoguinean football manager Casto Plasencia (1846–1890), Spanish...
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  • Algie Alberto Núñez Feijóo (born 1961), Spanish politician Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish military naval officer Blasco Núñez Vela (c. 1490–1546)...
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    May 2, 1866, between a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez and the fortified battery emplacements of the Peruvian port city of...
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    independent municipality called Méndez Núñez, after a Spanish naval officer and close friend, Commodore Casto Méndez Núñez. In 1856, when they were still...
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  • Mendez (guitarist), United States musician Tomás Méndez, Mexican composer and singer Aparicio Méndez (1904–1988), Uruguayan politician Casto Méndez Núñez...
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    Cape Finisterre in 1932 and sank in deep water. Méndez Núñez was named after Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez. She was based in Equatorial Guinea at the start...
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    command of the Spanish fleet in the Pacific was assumed by Commodore Casto Méndez Núñez, who quickly received a promotion to rear admiral. On November 7,...
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    centre of Pontevedra (Spain). The square owes its current name to Casto Méndez Núñez who lived in the Pazo de los Cru y Montenegro on the south side of...
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  • and became Vice Chief. On 25 January 1837 Casto Fonseca, a graduate in medicine, and Colonel Bernardo Méndez de Figueroa "El Pavo", a man only notable...
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    second half of 18th century. In the chapel is buried the rear admiral Casto Méndez Núñez. Dolmen of Chan Da Arquiña, within its boundaries is the highest point...
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    in the Battle of Abtao and the Battle of El Callao under Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez against Peru and assumed a post at the Secretariat of the Admiralty...
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    deployed to the Spanish Philippines, where, under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez, in September 1864 he took part in the storming of Fort Pagalungan...
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    Battle of Papudo and the indecisive Battle of Abtao, Rear Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez was ordered to take punitive action against South American ports....
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    battle of Callao between the Spanish naval forces under the command of Casto Méndez Núñez and the Peruvian army. The square was substantially and aggressively...
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    Confederate ship to circumnavigate. Captain James Iredell Waddell. Casto Méndez Núñez; 1865–1868; aboard Numancia; first ironclad warship circumnavigation;...
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  • 28 – Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist (b. 1789) August 21 – Casto Méndez Núñez, Spanish admiral (b. 1824) August 31 – Mary Ward, Irish scientist...
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    arrival of two new corvettes acquired by Peru. The Spanish commander Casto Méndez Núñez, informed of the location of the Peruvian-Chilean fleet, ordered the...
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  • – Paul Broca, French physician, anthropologist (d. 1880) July 1 – Casto Méndez Núñez, Spanish admiral (d. 1869) July 12 – Eugène Boudin, French painter...
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    promoted to Brigadier-General of cavalry during the Peninsular War Casto Méndez Núñez (1830–1880), admiral Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c. 1460–1528)...
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  • Mariño de Lobera (1528–1594), soldier and chronicler of the Arauco War Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), admiral Patricio Montojo, naval commander at the Battle...
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    buried in Chilean waters; accordingly, he was buried on the high seas. Casto Méndez Núñez Numancia (includes short biography) War Ensign used by Spanish Navy...
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  • dissolved. 1866 2 May A Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez besieged the port city of Callao. 1879 5 April War of the Pacific:...
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  • Guadalupe. After his death, José Núñez assumed leadership. Núñez did not arrest the rebels, but rather appeased Méndez and appointed him General Commander...
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    advantage of the total lack of defenses, a Spanish fleet commanded by Casto Méndez Núñez bombarded the city during the Chincha Islands War in 1866. Chilean...
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  • of Medellín in Badajoz, Spain.) Mendez, Cavite (Spanish surname. Named after Spanish naval officer Casto Méndez Núñez.) Mercedes, Camarines Norte (Spanish...
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