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Andrea Aguyar riding behind Garibaldi, illustration by George H. Thomas published in "The Illustrated London News", on 21 July 1849 (after Aguyar's death).. Andrea Aguyar, nicknamed Andrea il Moro, (?, Montevideo, Uruguay - 30 June 1849, Rome, Roman Republic (now Italy)) was a former Black slave from Uruguay who became a follower of Garibaldi in both South America and Italy, and who died in ...
50,000 after the Battle of the Volturno [1] [2] 90,000 [1] [2] The Expedition of the Thousand ( Italian: Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the unification of Italy that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto al Mare near Genoa and landed in Marsala, Sicily, in order to conquer the Kingdom of ...
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( / ˌɡærɪˈbɑːldi / GARR-ib-AHL-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi] ⓘ; [note 1] 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification ( Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's ...
Francisco " Pancho " Villa ( UK: / ˈpæntʃoʊ ˈviːə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [3] [4] US: / ˈpɑːntʃoʊ ˈviː ( j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE- (y)ə, [3] [5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and general in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in the ...
40th New York Infantry Regiment. March past of the 'Garibaldi Guard' before President Lincoln and General Scott, 4 July 1861. The 39th New York Infantry Regiment, known as the "Garibaldi Guard" after the Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] [2] [3] [4]
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...
Notes. flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide. Giuseppe Garibaldi is an Italian aircraft carrier, the first through-deck aviation ship ever built for the Italian Navy, and the first Italian ship built to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Although she is widely recognised as a carrier first and foremost, she is officially ...
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