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4 days ago · 1510 Conquered by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who becomes first Governor. 1511 Settlers create Municipality of Barbacoa to separate Island from the Viceroyalty of Diego Colón. 1607 Governor given additional office of Captain General. Pedro Váldez first Governor-Captain General. 1765 Independent Intendancy created for the Island.
4 days ago · Zorro is the secret identity of don Diego de la Vega (originally don Diego Vega), a young man who is the only son of Don Alejandro de la Vega, the wealthiest landowner in California, while Diego's mother is dead.
Jul 18, 2024 · To the Santa Fe Fiesta Council, the weekend commemorates “Don Diego De Vargas’ peaceful reoccupation of the City of Holy Faith in 1692,” and marks his reported prayer and promises to La Conquistadora, a version of the Virgin Mary. Yet, the roots of the tradition are not without controversy.
Jul 16, 2024 · In 1691, Governor Diego de Vargas, in the name of King Charles II of Spain, gave Ysleta mission its official name: Corpus Christi de los Tiguas de Ysleta. To the Tigua, however, following the tradition of having carried the image of San Antonio with them on the march from Isleta (New Mexico), the mission church is known as San ...
2 days ago · This is also the time of the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe, celebrating the "reconquering" of Santa Fe by Don Diego de Vargas, a highlight of which is the burning Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom"), a 50-foot (15 m) marionette. [citation needed] Day trips in the Santa Fe area include locations such as the town of Taos, about 70 mi (113 km) north of Santa Fe.
Jul 14, 2024 · De Vargas was the Spanish governor of the New Mexico territory. He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692– 1696 and 1703–1704. Famed New Mexican santero Rafael Aragón painted a retablo of San Isidro Labrador, kneeling before a cross, circa 1800.
Jul 1, 2024 · Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian Spanish writer whose commitment to social change is evident in his plays, novels, and essays. In 1990 he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of Peru. Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. Learn more about his life and work.
