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There is a large cave on the northwest side of the island called Kahalauaola (Shark Cave). [2] The United States Census Bureau defines Kaʻula as Census Tract 411 of Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi. The 2000 census showed that the uninhabited island had a land area of 158.2 acres (0.640 km 2; 0.2472 sq mi). [3] Because of erosion, the island is slowly ...
Kaulaʻināiwi Island is an island in Hawaii County, Hawaii. [1] References This page was last edited on 17 April 2022, at 17:20 (UTC). Text is available ...
The Cojuangco (Kapampangan: [koˈ(x)wəŋku]; Tagalog: [kɔˈhwaŋkɔ]; Chinese: 許寰哥; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘-hoân-ko; Min Nan Chinese: [kʰɔ˥˧huan˨˦ko˦]) clan is a prominent Filipino family descended from Co Yu Hwan (許玉寰; Khó͘ Gio̍k-khoân), who migrated to the Philippines in 1861 from Hongjian Village, Jiaomei Township, Zhangzhou, Fujian. [1]
The mediator acted to defuse the situation by negotiating an agreement that stopped the immediate military crisis. Then the Vatican crafted a six-year process that allowed the parties to grapple with increasingly difficult issues, including navigation rights, sovereignty over other islands in the Fuegian Archipelago, delimitation of the Straits of Magellan, and maritime boundaries south to ...
Juan Antonio de Salas: 21 Jun 1678 – 5 Jun 1680; José de Quiroga y Losada (1st time (acting): 5 Jun 1680 – 15 Jun 1681; Antonio de Saravia: 15 Jun 1681 – 3 Nov 1683; Damián de Esplana (1st time, after military command): 3 Nov 1683 – Feb 1686; José de Quiroga y Losada (2nd time): Feb 1686 – Sep 1689
The southern islands of the Mariana Islands archipelago. The distance between Guam and Saipan is about 135 miles (218 km) The first violence against the mission was an August 1668 violent attack against missionary Fr. Morales on Tinian , who was ambushed and speared in the leg as he went to baptize a dying man.
Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances. On September 23, 1868, the first major uprising against Spanish colonial rule in Puerto Rico occurred in the town of Lares.The uprising, which was planned by Puerto Rican patriots, Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis, was carried out by several revolutionary cells in the island led by Manuel Rojas, Mathias Brugman, Mariana Bracetti, Juan Ríus ...
The Battle of Veracruz, also known as the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, was a naval engagement that pitted a French frigate squadron under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin against the Mexican citadel of San Juan de Ulúa, which defended the city of Veracruz, from 27 November to 5 December 1838.