Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Europe” in entry paredes-y-arrillaga-mariano of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...s at the head of the government on the breaking-out of war with the United States (May, 1846). When Santa Ana reappeared in Mexico, Paredes was seized and confined, but escaped to Havana.
Going to Europe , lie sought to place a Spanish or French prince at the head of the Mexicans.
He afterwards returned to Mexico City, where he died on Sept. 11, 1849.
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