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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Diplomatic service. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eulalia , infanta , 1864 - (search)
Eulalia, infanta, 1864-
Fifth child of Maria Louise Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, born at Madrid, Feb. 12, 1864; married to Prince Antoine, son of Prince Antoine d'orleans, Duc de Montpensier, March 6, 1886.
At the invitation of the United States government she, as a representative of the Spanish government, and the Duke of Veragua, as the lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus, became guests of the nation during the Columbian celebrations and World's Exposition in 1893. Princess Eulalia arrived in the United States May 20, 1893, and left June 25.
During her stay she was entertained in a manner befitting her rank.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Las Casas , Bartolome de 1474 -1566 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Martinez-Campos , Arsenio 1834 -1877 (search)
Martinez-Campos, Arsenio 1834-1877
Military officer; born in Cuba in 1834; was educated at Madrid; and became a colonel when twenty-nine years old. For a time he served in Morocco and Cuba, and returned to Spain, with the rank of brigadier-general, in 1870, and took part in putting down the Carlist insurrection.
Later he declared against the republic and was imprisoned as a conspirator, but after requesting to serve in the Liberal army he was set free, and given the command of a division under Concha.
He took part in the battles of Los Munecas and Galdames, and raised the siege of Bilbao.
Returning to Madrid he espoused the cause of Alfonso XII., and with Jovellar succeeded in placing the royal heir on the throne.
He was next sent into the disturbed territory of Catalonia, which he pacified in less than a month.
In 1876 he ended the civil war by defeating Don Carlos at Peña de la Plata, for which he
Arsenio Martinez-Campos. was appointed a captain-general.
In the followi
Ostend manifesto.
In July, 1853, William L. Marcy, the Secretary of State, wrote to Pierre Soule, American minister at Madrid, directing him to urge upon the Spanish government the sale or cession of Cuba to the United States.
Nothing more was done until after the affair of the Black Warrior in the winter of 1854.
In April, 1854, Mr. Soule was instructed and clothed with full power to negotiate for the purchase of the island.
In August the Secretary suggested to Minister Buchanan in London, Minister Mason at Paris, and Minister Soule at Madrid the propriety of holding a conference for the purpose of adopting measures for a concert of action in aid of negotiations with Spain.
They accordingly met at Ostend, a seaport town in Belgium, Oct. 9, 1854.
After a session of three days they adjourned to Aix-la-Chapelle, in Rhenish Prussia, and thence they addressed a letter, Oct. 18, to the United States government embodying their views.
In it they suggested that an earnest effort to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ovando , Nicholas de 1460 -1518 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St.-Simon , Claude Anne , Marquis de 1743 - (search)
St.-Simon, Claude Anne, Marquis de 1743-
Military officer; born in the Castle of La Faye, Spain, in 1743; learned the art of gunnery and fortifications at Strasburg; distinguished himself in Flanders: and was chief of the body-guard of the King of Poland in 1758.
After various services in Europe, he came to America with De Grasse, at the head of French troops, and assisted in the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
In 1789 he was a deputy in the States-General.
Being a native of Spain, he returned to the service of that country, and assisted in the defence of Madrid in 1808.
He was made prisoner and condemned to death, but the sentence
Claude Anne St.-Simon. was commuted to exile.
After Ferdinand VII.
was re-established on the throne (1814), St.-Simon returned to Spain, and was made captain-general and grandee.
He died Jan. 3, 1819.