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    José de Escandón y Helguera, conde de Sierra (May 19, 1700, Soto de la Marina, Cantabria, Spain – September 10, 1770, Querétaro, New Spain) was a Spanish...
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    Santander became part of the semi-autonomous Provincias Internas. José de Escandón founded the colony in 1747. In 1755, Jiménez was founded, which became...
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  • known as Joseph "Erap" Estrada, 13th president of the Philippines José de Escandón, Spanish noble titled 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, soldier to the rank...
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  • be put for sale in lots. The neighbourhood is divided in two: Escandón I and Escandón II due to its big extension. The first section is located from...
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    called an "alcaldía mayor" was established in San José de Escandón -today in the municipality of Pinal de Amoles- which governed what is now the northern...
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    León. Two years later, on Wednesday December 25, 1748, José de Escandon and Helguera founded Villa de Llera, part of the Late Colonization of New Santander...
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    José Pablo Eustaquio Manuel Francisco de Escandón y Barrón (May 4, 1856 in Mexico City – March 31, 1929 in Mexico City) was a Mexican polo player in the...
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    Nuevo Reino de León, camped in what is now Reynosa during an exploratory expedition. In December 1748, an expedition led by José de Escandón y Helguera...
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    stablished in 1749 by José de Escandón, served as capital of Tamaulipas between 1824 and 1825, was the place where Agustín de Iturbide was executed and...
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  • José Manuel Escandón y Barrón iure uxoris Marquess of Villavieja (13 August 1857 in Mexico City – 13 December 1940 in Mexico City) was a Mexican polo player...
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    his life with a sword. The town was established on 6 January 1749 by José de Escandón, then a Spanish Indian-fighter in New Spain and the founder and first...
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  • Jews who had been converted to Christianity, and in 1749—along with José de Escandón—they settled in the lower Rio Grande. The year of Paredes’ birth was...
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    that is now Hidalgo was first settled by Spanish colonists led by José de Escandón circa 1749. The colony was known by multiple names: La Habitación,...
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  • José Eustaquio Luis Francisco Escandón y Barrón (January 25, 1862 – December 22, 1933) was a Mexican polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics with the team...
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    San Antonio, then known as San Fernando de Bexar, was founded in 1718. In the early 1760s, José de Escandón created five settlements along the Rio Grande...
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  • of Nicolás de los Santos Coy, mayor of Cerralvo, and Ana María Guerra. No children were born to this marriage. In 1747, José de Escandón, colonizer of...
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    corresponding to the upper central part, the Coat of Arms of Don José de Escandón y Heguera, Count of Sierra Gorda, appears as a testimony of recognition...
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    government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas. In his final report, Escandón recommended...
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    José de Escandón Lorenzo Boturini Bernaducci in full, Spanish: Don Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, quinto conde de Fuenclara, Grande de España, señor de Traella...
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    School District. The development of the area began c. 1747 when Col. José de Escandón began bringing colonists to establish permanent settlements along Mexico's...
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    1519-1821 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-968-36-0294-7. "José de Escandón y las Nuevas Poblaciones del Nuevo Santander". www...
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    the same incident Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico Texas portal José de Escandón y Helguera, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda List of museums in the Texas...
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    son of José María Landa Martínez (1811–1876), a member of the Council of Notables of the Second Mexican Empire, and María Francisca Escandón Garmendia...
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    (d. 1773) May 14 – Mary Delany, English artist (d. 1788) May 19 – José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) May 22 – Michel-François Dandré-Bardon...
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    well as a buffer zone against the new French colony of Louisiana . José de Escandón was sent to pacify the area in 1740, which culminated in the defeat...
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    Colegio José de Escandón La Salle, in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Colegio de La Salle, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Colegio Cristóbal Colón, Estado de México...
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    Sanchez names it Villa de Laredo. The new settlement is the northernmost part of the colony of Nuevo Santander, founded by José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra...
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    Damián de Tucsón. In 1749 and 1750, along the Lower Rio Grande Valley, there was a large colonization effort, mainly led by José de Escandón. The towns...
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    Christi Bay was Joaquín de Orobio y Basterr in 1747. A few years later, José de Escandón organized a colony of about 50 families to settle the head of the bay...
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    part of the Rio Grande. The settlement's territory was granted to José de Escandón by the King of Spain, and the settlement's territory and population...
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