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Battle of Guoloph | Defeat of Vitalinus (possibly Vortigern or one of his generals) and his Saxon/Jute army at the hands of Ambrosius Aurelianus and a combined force of Romano-British forces from across southern Britain, 439 |
Battle of Herat | Battle fought between the forces of the Sassanid Empire, commanded by Peroz I and those of the Hephthalite Khanate commanded by Khush-Newaz, Peroz I killed in battle, Hephthalite victory 484. |
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Siege of Lilybaeum | Siege on the Carthaginian city of Lilybaeum by the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Gaius Atilius Regulus Serranus and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus. Part of the First Punic War, Carthaginian victory 250 BC. |
Battle of the Caecus River | Battle that occurred in 241 BC between the armies of the Kingdom of Pergamon, commanded by Attalus I and the Galatian tribes who resided in Anatolia. Decisive victory for the Kingdom of Pergamon. |
Battle of Burdigala | Battle fought between the Roman Republic, commanded by Lucius Cassius Longinus and Gaius Popillius Laenas, and the Tigurini under the command of Divico, part of the Cimbrian War, Tigurini victory 107 BC. |
Siege of Burnswark | Battle fought between the forces of the Roman Empire and the Selgovae in the Caledonian Lowlands, Romans commanded by Quintus Lollius Urbicus, Roman victory 140. |
Battle of the Nervasos Mountains | Battle fought between combined forces of the Western Roman Empire and the Suebi, commanded by Asterius against a combined force of Vandals and Alanscommanded by Gunderic, Roman victory 419. |
Battle of Orleans | Battle fought between combined forces of the Western Roman Empire and the Salian Franks, commanded by Aegidius against a Visigoth army commanded by Theodoric II, Roman victory 463. |
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First Latin War or Latin War (498–493 BC) | War between the Roman Republic and the Latin League which was led by the Tuscans. Roman forces led by Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, war resulted in the Foedus Cassianum, 498 BC - 493 BC. |
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Battle of the Guadalquivir | Battle fought between the Roman Republic, commanded by Gaius Lucius Marcius Séptimus and the Carthaginians, commanded by Hanno. Part of the Second Punic War, Roman victory 206 BC. |
Battle of Carteia | Naval battle fought between the Roman Republic, commanded by Gaius Laelius and the Carthaginians, commanded by Adherbal, Roman victory 206 BC. |
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Battle of the Port of Carthage | Battle fought between the Roman Republic, commanded by Lucius Hostilius Mancinus and Carthage. Part of the Third Punic War, Carthaginian victory 147 BC. |
Second Battle of Neferis | Battle fought between the Roman Republic, commanded by Scipio Aemilianus and Carthage, marked the turning point in the Third Punic War, Roman victory 147 BC. |
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Siege of Athens and Piraeus | Siege of Athens and its port Piraeus from 87 - 86 BC by the forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix during the First Mithridatic War. The cities were defended by Archelaus and Aristion, Roman victory 86 BC. |
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Battle of the Asio River | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War fought between the Optimates under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius and the Populares under Gaius Carrinas, Optimate victory 82 BC. |
Battle of Sacriporto | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War fought between the Optimates under Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and the Populares under Gaius Marius the Younger, Optimate victory 82 BC. |
Battle of Sena Gallica | Part of Sulla's Second Civil War where Sulla's forces under Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus defeated their Populares rivals under Gaius Marcius Censorinus.], Optimate victory 82 BC. |
First Battle of Clusium | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War fought between the Optimates under Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and the Populares under Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, Populare victory 82 BC. |
Battle of Faventia | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War fought between the Optimates under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius and the Populares under Gaius Norbanus Balbus, Optimate victory 82 BC. |
Battle of Fidentia | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War fought between the Optimates under Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus and the Populares under Lucius Quincius, Optimate victory 82 BC. |
Second Battle of Clusium | Battle of Sulla's Second Civil War. Optimates under the command of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius against the Populares forces commanded by Gaius Norbanus Balbus, Populares victory 82 BC. |
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Battle of Vellica | Battle fought between forces of the Roman Empire under the command of Augustus against the Cantabri people, Roman victory 25 BC. |
Siege of Aracillum | Battle fought between forces of the Roman Empire under the command of Gaius Antistius Vetus against the Cantabri people, Roman victory 25 BC. |
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Battle of the Burbia River | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba and the Kingdom of Asturias whose forces were commanded by Bermudo I of Asturias. Cordoban victory, 791. |
Battle of Lutos | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba and the Kingdom of Asturias whose forces were commanded by Alfonso II of Asturias. Ambush resulted in Asturian victory, 794. |
Battle of las Babias | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba whose forces were commanded by Abd al-Karim ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Mugit and the Kingdom of Asturias whose forces were commanded by Alfonso II of Asturias. Cordoban victory, 795. |
Battle of Pancorbo | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba and the combined forces of Asturias, Francia and the Basques. Cordoban victory, 816. |
Battle of Guadalacete | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba and the Toledan rebels aided by the Kingdom of Asturias whose forces were commanded by Ordoño I of Asturias. Cordoban victory, 852. |
Battle of the Morcuera | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba against the Kingdom of Asturias whose forces were commanded by Rodrigo of Castile. Cordoban victory, 865. |
Battle of Cellorigo | Battle fought between the Emirate of Cordoba and the Kingdom of Leon whose forces were commanded by Vela Jimenez. Leonese victory, 882-883. |
Day of Zamora | Siege by a Shiite Muslim army of the city of Zamora, defended by forces of the Kingdom of Asturias. Muslim defeat, leaders beheaded, 901. |
Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz | One of many battles for control over the city of San Esteban de Gormaz, the forces of Ordoño II of León defeated the Muslim attackers under Abi-Abda, 917. |
Battle of Alhandic | Battle fought between the forces of Abd-ar-Rahman III and Ramiro II of Leon at Zamora. Abd-ar-Rahman used a bloodthirsty strategy that involved making a bridge out of his own dead men. Muslim victory, 939. |
Battle of Rueda | Christian forces under the command of Ramiro II of Leon and Sancho II of Pamplona, suffer a disasterous defeat at the hands of Almanzor and his troops leading to the eventual abdication of the throne by Ramiro, 981. |
Fitna of al-Ándalus | A period of instability that led to the collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba into various successor kingdoms, 1009 - 1031. |
Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr | Battle of the Fitna, fought between the Muslim rebels and the forces loyal to the Caliphate under Sulayman ibn al-Hakam. Rebel victory, 1010. |
Battle of Paterna | Battle fought between the Taifa of Valencia and the Kingdom of Leon under the command of Ferdinand I who fell ill and died later in the campaign. Leonese victory, 1065. |
Battle of Bairén | Battle fought between the Kingdom of Aragon, whose troops were commanded by El Cid, and the forces of the Almoravid dynasty. Aragonese victory, 1097. |
Battle of Fraga | Battle fought between the Kingdom of Aragon, whose troops were commanded by Alfonso the Battler, and the forces of the Almoravid dynasty who arrived to relieve the Aragonese siege of Fraga. Almoravid victory, 1134. |
Siege of Al-Dāmūs | Battle fought between the Almohad Caliphate and the Kingdom of Aragon under the command of Peter II of Aragon. Aragonese victory, 1210. |
Siege of Jaén | First siege of the city of Jaén, Spain by the Kingdom of Castile under the command of Ferdinand III of Castile. Jayanese victory, 1225. |
Siege of Jaén | Castilian forces under Ferdinand III of Castile fail in an attempt to capture the city of Jaén from the Taifa of Jayyān for a second time, Taifa of Jayyān victory, 1230. |
Siege of Burriana | Siege of the city of Muslim-Valencian city of Burriana by the Kingdom of Aragon under the command of James I of Aragon as part of the Conquest of Valencia. Aragonese victory, 1233. |
Battle of the Puig | Aragonese forces under James I of Aragon defeat a much larger Almohad force under Zayyan ibn Mardanish. Battle is decisive in the campaign for control over Valencia, 1237. |
Siege of Jaén | Castilian forces under Ferdinand III of Castile defeat an Almohad force under Mohammed I ibn Nasr with the signing of the Treaty of Jaén. Resulted in the vassalage of Granada to Castile, 1245-46. |
Battle of Écija | Battle fought between the Marinid forces under the command of Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq, and Castilian forces under Nuño González de Lara "el Bueno". Nuño González was killed and decapitated in the battle, Marinid victory, 1275. |
Battle of Algeciras | Naval Battle fought between the Marinid dynasty under the command of Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr and the Kingdom of Castile resulting in Muslim victory, resulted in the irrelevance of the Order of Santa Maria. 1278. |
Siege of Algeciras | Siege of Algeciras which coincided with the Naval battle of the same year. Forces of the Kingdom of Castile, under the command of Pedro de Castilla y Aragon were routed. 1278-79. |
Battle of Moclín | Battle fought between the Granadan forces of Muhammed II al-Faqih and Alfonso X of Castile resulting in Muslim victory. Death of the majority of the Order of Santiago including Grand Master Gonzalo Ruiz Girón, 1280. |
Battle of Iznalloz | Battle fought between the Granadan forces of Muhammed II al-Faqih and forces of the Kingdom of Castile under Ruy Pérez Ponce de León resulting in Muslim victory. Death of the Castilian commander, the Grand Master of Calatrava, Ruy Pérez Ponce de León, 1295. |
Siege of Gibraltar 19 July 2012 (UTC) DKY Winner! | Siege of Gibraltar by forces of the Kingdom of Castile under the command of Juan Núñez II de Lara and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán against a Granadan force under Abu'l-Juyush Nasr. Coincided with the unsuccessful siege of Algeciras. Castilian victory, 1309. |
Siege of Algeciras | Siege of Algeciras by Ferdinand IV and his vassals, coincided with James II of Aragon in his siege of Almeria. Castilian defeat, but campaign captured Gibraltar for Castile, 1309-10. |
Battle of Estepona | Battle fought between the Marinid Dynasty and the Kingdom of Castile. Was one of the naval battles leading up to the Siege of Algericas, 1342. |
Battle of Linuesa | Battle fought between the Kingdom of Castile and the forces of the Emirate of Granada, Castilian victory 1361. |
Battle of Collejares | Battle fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Castile, commanded by Juan de Tovar y Toledo and Henry III of Castile, and the forces of the Emirate of Granada, Castilian victory 1406. |
Battle of Los Alporchones | Battle fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Castile, commanded by Alonso Fajardo el Bravo, and the forces of the Emirate of Granada commanded by Malik ibn al-Abbas, Castilian victory 1452. |
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Battle of Puerto de Piñones | First battle of the second phase of the Mexican War of Independence, fought in the context of the campaign to capture the city of Zacatecas. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Ignacio López Rayón and the Spanish by José Manuel de Ochoa, insurgent victory, 1 April, 1811. |
Battle of Zacatecas | Battle fought between the Spanish royalist forces and the Mexican rebels at Zacatecas. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Ignacio López Rayón and the Spanish by José Manuel de Ochoa, insurgent victory, 15 April, 1811. |
Battle of El Veladero | Battle fought between the Spanish royalist forces and the Mexican rebels at El Veladero, Acapulco de Juárez. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General José María Morelos and the Spanish by Juan Antonio Fuentes, insurgent victory, 30 April, 1811. |
Battle of El Maguey | Rearguard action fought by the Mexican insurgents to buy time for their infantry to escape. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Ignacio López Rayón and the Spanish by Miguel Emparan, Spanish victory, 2 May, 1811. |
Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana | Battle fought to control the Santa Juana area. Spanish were commanded by Manuel del Río and the Mexican rebels by José Calixto Martínez y Moreno. Spanish loyalist victory, 12 July, 1811. |
Battle of Zitácuaro | Spanish royalist victory commanded by Félix María Calleja against a Mexican army led by Ignacio López Rayón and his brother Ramon. Battle forced the interim Mexican governing council to flee the city, 2 January, 1812. |
Battle of Tecualoya | Spanish loyalist victory commanded by Rosendo Porlier y Asteguieta against the Mexican rebel Hermenegildo Galeana, 17-20 January, 1812. |
Battle of Tenancingo | Mexican rebel victory led by José María Morelos against a loyalist army led by Rosendo Porlier y Asteguieta, 22 January, 1812. |
Siege of Cuautla | One of the largest confrontations of the initial phase of the Mexican War of Independence, fought between Felix Maria Calleja and Jose Maria Morelos over control of Cuatla, Feb-May 1812, Victory status disputed. |
Battle of Izúcar | Mexican rebel victory commanded by Mariano Matamoros who defeated a Spanish army under Ciriaco del Llano. It was during this battle that the later Mexican president, Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña would first distinguish himself in battle, 23 February 1812. |
Siege of Huajuapan de León | One of the most important battles of this phase of the war, longest siege of the war lasting 111 days. A Mexican rebel army under José María Morelos marched to the besieged town and lifted the Spanish siege imposed by José María de Régules Villasante, Mexican rebel victory, 5 April - 23 July 1812. |
Battle of Tenango del Valle | Mexican rebel victory commanded by Ignacio López Rayón on the outskirts of Tenango del Valle, May, 1812. |
Battle of Escamela | Mexican rebel victory led by José María Morelos, defeating a Spanish army under José María Añorve de Salas, 26 October, 1812. |
Battle of Zitlala | Mexican rebel victory led by José María Morelos, defeating a Spanish army under José María Añorve de Salas, 4 July, 1812. |
Capture of Oaxaca | Mexican rebel victory led by José María Morelos, defeating a Spanish army under Antonio González Saravia and capturing the strategic city of Oaxaca de Juarez, 25 November, 1812. |
Siege of Acapulco | Capture of Acapulco de Juarez by José María Morelos from the Spanish garrison commanded by José Pedro Antonio Vélez de Zúñiga. Strategically a very important victory for the Mexican rebels, 12 April, 1813. |
Battle of La Chincúa | Mexican rebel victory commanded by Mariano Matamoros, defeated a Spanish force under Miguel Dambrini. After the battle, all the Spanish loyalists were executed, 19 April - 28 May, 1813. |
Battle of Lomas de Santa María | Decisive battle in the war that turned the tide against José María Morelos y Pavón and the Mexican insurgents and was the first major step in the downfall of the independence movement, 23-24 December, 1813. |
Battle of Puruarán | Battle fought between the Spanish royalist forces Mexican rebels during the Mexican War of Independence. Battle resulted in the capture and subsequent execution of Mexican commander Mariano Matamoros y Guridi, royalist victory, 5 January, 1814. |
Battle of Temalaca | Battle fought between the Spanish royalist forces and the Mexican rebels. Final battle in the second phase of the war, resulted in the capture and subsequent execution of José María Morelos, royalist victory, 5 Novermber, 1815. |
Naval
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Spanish ship Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1587) | Spanish Galleon of the Spanish Armada, captured by Francis Drake via English second rate Revenge on 1 August 1588. |
Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Encarnación | Spanish Nao carrack of the 1681 Flota de Tierra Firme, sank between 29 November and 3 December 1681. |
Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación y Desengaño | Spanish Manila Galleon of the 1709 Manila-Acapulco run, captured by Woodes Rogers on 22 December 1709. |
Spanish ship Purísima Concepción (1779) | Spanish First-rate Ship of the Line active between 1779 and 1810, sunk off Cadiz by French warships on 9 March 1810. |
SS Fatshan I | A British Hong Kong passenger ferry steamer of the China Navigation Company. |
SS Fatshan II | A British Hong Kong passenger ferry steamer which sank in stormy seas off Lantau Island during Typhoon Rose resulting in the loss of 88 lives. |
Kaimei Maru | British WW1 Type B military cargo ship built in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company in 1918. Entered Japanese service in 1941 serving as a troop transport for the Imperial Japanese Army. Sunk in 1942 by American submarine USS Guardfish off Honshu. |
Merchant Houses
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Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company | British merchant shipping and maritime trading company founded in 1865 in the Crown colony of Hong Kong. |
Douglas Steamship Company | British merchant shipping and maritime trading company founded in 1883 in the Crown colony of Hong Kong by John Steward Lapraik and dissolved in 1987. |
Other
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List of Shipwrecks of Hong Kong | List of shipwrecks at Hong Kong. |
Bio
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Gaius Veturius Geminus Cicurinus | Roman consul in 499 BC together with Aulus Sempronius Atratinus. He was a member of the patrician class and of the Veturia (gens). |
Aulus Sempronius Atratinus | Roman consul in 499 BC together with Gaius Veturius Geminus Cicurinus. He was a member of the patrician class and of the Sempronia (gens). |
Quintus Cloelius Siculus | Roman consul in 498 BC, together with Titus Lartius. He was a member of the patrician Cloelia (gens), first of his family to serve as consul. |
Marcus Minucius Augurinus | Roman consul in 497 BC and 491 BC, both times together with Titus Aebutius Elva. He was a member of the patrician Minucia (gens) brother of Publius Minucius Augurinus. |
Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus | Roman consul in 494 BC together with Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus. He was a member of the patrician Veturia (gens), fought against the Aquei and quelled a plebian uprising. |
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus | Roman consul in 494 BC together with Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus. He was a member of the patrician Verginia (gens), fought against the Volscii and quelled a plebian uprising. |
Publius Minucius Augurinus | Roman consul in 492 BC, together with Titus Geganius Macerinus. He was a member of the patrician Minucia (gens) brother of Marcus Minucius Augurinus.Titus Sicinius Sabinus |
Spurius Nautius Rutilus | Roman consul in 488 BC together with Sextus Furius Medullinus Fusus. He was a member of the gens Nautii. |
Titus Sicinius Sabinus | Roman consul in 487 BC together with Gaius Aquillius Tuscus. He was a member of the gens Sicinius, fought against the Volscii and gained a triumph. |
Lucius Iunius Pullus | Roman general and consul in 249 BC who fought against the Carthaginians during the First Punic War. Committed suicide in 249 BC after the loss of his fleet. |
Adherbal | Carthaginian general and governor of Gades during the Second Punic War. Fought under the command of Mago Barca, commanded Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Carteia in 206 BC, losing to the Roman navy. |
Lucius Aurelius Orestes | Roman magistrate and consul in 157 BC together with Sextus Julius Caesar. |
Lucius Hostilius Mancinus | Roman general, magistrate and consul in 145 BC who fought against the Carthaginians during the Third Punic War. Commanded the Roman navy throughout the conflict, notably in the Battle of the Port of Carthage. |
Lucius Aurelius Cotta | Roman general, magistrate and consul in 144 BC serving together with Servius Sulpicius Galba. |
Gaius Marcius Censorinus | Roman general, fought against Sulla in the First Civil War of the Roman Republic. Died by execution at the Battle of the Colline Gate after his capture, 82 BC. |
Gaius Antistius Vetus | Roman general, senator, proconsol and consul in 6 BC who fought against the Cantabri tribes during the Cantabrian Wars of the Iberian Peninsula, 50 BC-1 AD. |
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus | Roman general, and senator, named consul of Rome with Claudius in 51, appointed as proconsul of Africa by Nero. Accused of treason in the senate and executed around the year 66. |
Asterius | Roman general who fought against the Germanic tribes after their incursion into the Iberian Peninsula, served as comes Hispanorum during the years 419-421. |
Budic I of Brittany | King of Brittany, inheriting title from his father, Aldrien of Brittany. Succeeded by his son, Meliau of Brittany. |
Flávio Teodósio de Coimbra | Deleted, apparent fictional person. Galacian noble, Count of Coimbra and Conde de los Cristianos de Coímbra (757 - 805). |
Álvaro Herrameliz | Spanish noble, He participated in the conquest of Nájera and Viguera, Count of Lantarón and of Álava. Died 931. |
Sancha Sánchez de Pamplona | Spanish noblewoman of the House of Jimenez, was married to Ordoño II of León, Álvaro Herrameliz, and Fernán González of Castile. Died 959. |
Pedro Fernández de Castro | Spanish noble, first Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, 1115-1184. |
Elinard de Bures | French Crusader noble, in the service of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was the Prince of Galilee and Lord of Tiberias from 1142 - 1148, d. 1148. |
Don García | Spanish noble, first Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava from 1164 to 1169. |
Pedro de Artajona | Spanish noble, in the service of the Kingdom of Navarre. He was the Bishop of Pamplona and an advisor and ambassador to Sancho IV of Navarre, d 1193.. |
Pedro Alfonso de León | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. Alleged illegitimate son of Alfonso IX. |
Rodrigo Íñiguez | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. |
Gonzalo Ruiz Girón | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. Killed in the Battle of Moclín in 1280. |
Ruy Pérez Ponce de León | Spanish noble, Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava and Mayordomo Mayor del Rey, both titles under Sancho IV el Bravo. Killed in the Battle of Iznalloz in 1295. |
Pedro Núñez | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. |
Alonso Meléndez de Guzmán | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, assassinated by King Alfonso XI in 1342. |
Garci Álvarez de Toledo y Meneses | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, died at the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in 1370. |
Pedro Muñiz de Godoy y Sandoval | Spanish noble, and Grand Master of the orders of Santiago, Alcántara, and Calatrava. He was killed at the Battle of Valverde in 1385. |
Alonso de Cárdenas | Spanish noble, last Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. Died in 1493. |
Bernat Guillem d'Entença | Spanish noble, relative of King James I of Aragon, commanded Aragonese troops in the campaign for control over Valencia at Burriana and Puig. Died in 1237. |
Zayyan ibn Mardanish | Last Muslim King of the Taifa of Valencia, took power from the Christian convert Zayd Abu Zayd. Exiled by James I of Aragon, died 1270. |
Garci López de Padilla | Spanish general, Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava, commanded Castilian forces at the Siege of Gibraltar in 1309. |
Fernando Gutiérrez Tello | Spanish noble of Castile. Archdeacon of the Archdiocese of Seville from 12 April 1304 to 23 April, 1323. Commanded Castilian troops at the Siege of Gibraltar in 1309. |
Diego de Egües y Beaumont | Spanish general, governor and diplomat, 1612-1664. |
Juan Rodríguez Juárez | Spanish artist from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, famous for his religious and portrait art. 1675-1728. |
Antoni de Villarroel | Hapsburg commander in the War of Spanish Succession, 1656-1726. |
Pedro Ruiz de Villegas II | Castilian noble who fought against King Pedro the Cruel in the First Castilian Civil War. Assassinated in 1355. |
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Silva | Spanish noble of the House of Alba, 12th Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Lerma, Távara and Pastrana, 1729–1790. |
Juan O'Neylle | Spanish Field Marshal during the Peninsula War 1765-1809. |
Felipe Augusto de Saint-Marcq | Spanish military commander during the Peninsula War, 1762-1831. |
Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta | Spanish military commander during the Peninsula War, 1765-1838. |
Antonio Pío González-Saravia Mollinedo | Spanish military commander during the Mexican War of Independence, commanded Spanish garrison at the capture of Oaxaca (1812), 1743-1812. |
José Antonio Andrade | Spanish military commander during the Mexican War of Independence, commanded Spanish garrison at the Siege of Cuautla, 1812. |
José Gabriel de Armijo | Spanish military commander during the Mexican War of Independence of caudillo origin, commanded Spanish garrison at the Siege of Cuautla, 1774 - 1830. |
Ciriaco del Llano | One of the primary Spanish military commanders during the Mexican War of Independence. |
Manuel de Ordiera | Mexican Caudillo Spanish military commander during the Mexican War of Independence. |
Juan Rodríguez Juárez | Painter from the Spanish colony of New Spain, 1675 - 1728. |
José Salomé Pina | Mexican painter, one of the most famous Mexican artists of the 19th century, 1830 - 1909. |
Carmen Salles y Barangueras | Spanish nun, beatified by Pope John Paul II and canonized as a saint on by Pope Benedict XVI, 1848 - 1911. |
Chris Jeon | American filibuster who participated in the Libyan Civil War. |
Hispanic
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Gregorio de Salinas Varona | Spanish Governor of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Honduras and Pensacola. 1647 or 50 - 1720. |
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José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral | Portuguese noble and colonial official. Governor of Mozambique and Angola. One of Macau's most celebrated governors, in office from 22 June 1863 - 26 October 1866. |
José Maria da Ponte e Horta | Portuguese noble and colonial official. Two time Governor of Angola and the Governor of Macau and Governor of Mozambique. Also possibly governor of Cape Verde, 1824 - 1892. |
Bio - House of Borja
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Juan Domingo de Borja y Doncel | Head of the House of Borgia and father of Pope Callixtus III. |
Rodrigo de Borja | Head of the House of Borja. |
Rodrigo Gil de Borja y Fennolet | Head of the House of Borja. |
Jofré de Borja y Escrivà | Member of the House of Borgia and father of Pope Alexander VI. |
Enrique de Borja y Aragón | Member of the House of Borgia, Bishop of Squillace, and Cardinal of the Catholic Church, 1518-1540. |
Tomás de Borja y Castro | Member of the House of Borgia, Bishop of Málaga, and Archbishop of Zaragoza, 1551-1610. |
Juan de Borja y Castro | Member of the House of Borgia, son of Saint Francis Borgia. He was a soldier, diplomat and worker for the Spanish state, first Count of Mayalde and count consort of Ficalho. 1533-1606. |
Fernando de Borja y Aragón | Member of the House of Borgia, son of Juan de Borja y Castro. He eventually inherited all his fathers titles after the death of his brother, Viceroy of Aragon and Valencia 1583-1665. |
Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendía | Spanish Peninsular of the House of Borja who served in various posts in the New Kingdom of Granada. Most famously as the colonial President of the es:Real Audiencia de Santa Fe de Bogotá, 1564-1628. |
Pedro de la Roca de Borja | Spanish colonial Governor of Santiago de Cuba from 1637-1643. |
Bio - House of Burgundy
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Alfonso Fernández de Castilla | Castilian noble, illegitimate son of Alfonso X of Castile, military commander and political figure. 1243-1281. |
Alfonso de Castilla y Molina | Castilian noble, infante of Castile, son of Sancho IV of Castile and his wife, Maria of Molina, briefly betrothed to Juana Núñez de Lara, but died shortly after at the age of 5. 1286-1291. |
Bio - House of Haro
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Lope Díaz II de Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay, head of House of Haro, 1170-1236. |
Diego López III de Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay, head of House of Haro. Killed in 1254. |
Teresa de Haro | Spanish noblewoman of the House of Haro, daughter of Diego Lopez III, Lord of Biscay. Marriage merged with House of Lara. |
Lope Díaz III de Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay, head of House of Haro, died 1288 trying to assassinate King Sancho IV of Castile. |
Diego López IV de Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay, head of House of Haro, fought against Sancho IV, died 1289. |
Diego López V de Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay, head of House of Haro, rebelled against the crown for some time, died at the Siege of Algeciras in 1310. |
María II Díaz de Haro | Spanish noble, Lady of Biscay three separate times, head of House of Haro, one of the most influential women of her time, 1270 - 1342. |
Juan Yáñez de Castilla y Haro | Spanish noble, Lord of Biscay from 1322 - 1326, assassinated by order of Alfonso XI of Castile, assassinated 1326 by King Alfonso XI of Castile. |
Lope Díaz IV de Haro | Spanish noble of the House Haro, son of Diego Lopez V, lord of Orduña-Urduña, Balmaseda, Belmonte de Miranda and Villalba de Losa, died without descendants 1322. |
Fernando Díaz de Haro | Spanish noble of the House Haro, second son of Diego Lopez V, lord of Orduña-Urduña, Balmaseda, Belmonte de Miranda and Villalba de Losa, after the death of his brother LDIV in 1322. |
María Díaz II de Haro | Spanish noble Lady of Biscay and head of House Haro, daughter of of Juan Yáñez de Castilla y Haro, died in 1348. |
Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor | Spanish noble, Señor Lubrín y Sorbas and 10th Señor del Carpio, I Marques del Carpio, created Spanish horse, died in 1582. |
Bio - House of Híjar
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Juan Fernández de Híjar y Cabrera | Spanish noble, head of House of Híjar, I Count of Aliaga, I Duke of Aliaga, II Lord of Lécera, VI Baron of Hijar, Dukedom granted by Ferdinand II of Aragon. |
Bio - House of Lara
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Juan Núñez I de Lara | Spanish noble, head of the House of Lara, Lord of Lerma, Amaya, Dueñas, Palenzuela, Tordehumos, Torrelobatón, Señor de Albarracín and la Mota, d. 1294. |
Juan Núñez II de Lara | Spanish noble, head of the House of Lara, served as Mayordomo Mayor del Rey 4 times, also Adelantado of Andalucia, 1276-1315. |
Nuño González de Lara 'el bueno' | Spanish noble, member of the House of Lara, lord consort of Alegrete, Vide, and Sintra and served as Alférez del rey for Ferdinand IV of Castile. Died 1296. |
Rodrigo Manrique de Lara | Spanish noble, head of the House of Manrique de Lara, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, Count of Paredes de Nava, died 1476. |
Bio - House of Lasso de la Vega
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Garci Lasso de la Vega I | Castilian noble from Cantabria of the House of Lasso de la Vega who was executed by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1326. |
Garci Lasso de la Vega II | Castilian noble from Cantabria who was assassinated by Peter of Castile in 1351. |
Garci Lasso Ruiz de la Vega | Castilian noble from Cantabria who was killed at the Battle of Nájera, 1340-67. |
Leonor Lasso de la Vega | Castilian noblewoman from Cantabria, mother of Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, 1367-1432 |
Bio - House of Mendoza
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones | Spanish Cardinal from the House of Mendoza, 1444-1502. |
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones | Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza, 2nd Conde de Tandilla, 1440-1515 |
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza | Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza, 1st Conde del Cid and 1st Marquis of Cenete, 1466-1523 |
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza | Spanish noble, Head of the House of Mendoza, 5th Duke of the Infantado, 1536-1601 |
Ana de Mendoza y Enríquez de Cabrera | Spanish noblewoman, 6th Duchess of the Infantado, 1544-1633 |
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Gómez de Sandoval y Mendoza | Spanish nobleman, head of the House of Mendoza, 7th Duke of the Infantado, Viceroy of Sicily, 1614-1657. |
Catalina Gómez de Sandoval y Mendoza | Spanish noblewoman, head of the House of Mendoza, 8th Duchess of the Infantado, Duchess of Lerma and Pastrana, 1616-1686. |
Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza | Spanish noble, head of the House of Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Lerma and Pastrana, 1649–1693. |
Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza y Haro | Spanish noble, head of the House of Mendoza, 10th Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Lerma and Pastrana, 1672–1737. |
María Francisca de Silva y Gutiérrez de los Ríos | Spanish noblewoman, head of the House of Mendoza, 11th Duchess of the Infantado, Duchess of Lerma and Pastrana, 1707–1770. |
Bio - House of Moncada
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Ramón I de Moncada | Spanish noble, head of the House of Moncada, Senescal de Barcelona, royal diplomat, 1150-1190. |
Bio - House of Moreda
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Juan Bazo de Moreda | Spanish noble, head of the House of Moreda, Sargento Mayor of Spain's Tercios in Flanders and as Regidor of Logroño, 1614-1654. |
Bio - House of Osuna
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Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin | Spanish noble of the House of Osuna, 14th Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Lerma, Osuna and Pastrana, 1810–1844. |
Bartolome de Osuna | Spanish colonial Governor of Santiago de Cuba from 1643-48 |
Bio - House of Sotomayor and House of Méndez de Sotomayor
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Mendo Páez de Sorred | Galician noble of the House of Sorrez and founder of the House of Sotomayor, I Señor de Sotomayor, 1070–?. |
Garcí Méndez II de Sotomayor | Castilian noble of the House of Méndez de Sotomayor, I Señor del Castillo de Carpio, 1280–?. |
Japanese
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Kyōgoku Takakazu | Japanese noble, Shugo of Yamashiro Province, died defending Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori during the Kakitsu, d 1441. |
Kyōgoku Tadataka | Japanese noble, head of the Kyōgoku Clan, Daimyo in service to the Tokugawa Shogun, 1593–1637. |
Noble Houses
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House of Lasso de la Vega | Spanish noble House of Cantabria, merged with the House of Mendoza. |
House of Moncada | Spanish noble House. |
House of Méndez de Sotomayor | Spanish noble House in service to the Kingdom of Castile, branch of House of Sotomayor, merged with House of Haro through marriage. |
Other
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Ploutonion at Hierapolis | A Ploutonion or a Greek and Roman mythological religious site at Hierapolis, Turkey dedicated to the god Pluto |
Gawri Wall | A a defensive fortification built and in use between the 4th and 6th centuries during the rule of the Sasanians and Parthians which runs the length of around 71 miles and is located in Sarpol-e Zahab County near the Iran–Iraq border. |
Castillo de Jimena | A castle located on the outskirts of Gibraltar in Spanish territory. Built by the Moors in the 8th Century. |
Casa Fuerte de la Cruceta | A castle and coastal defense fortress in Almería, Province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain built in the 1700s. |
Third Tunnel of Aggression | North Korean attack/infiltration tunnel into South |
Napoleonland | Planned Napoleon themed park in France |
River Witham Sword | A Medieval sword found in the River Witham in 1825 bearing an inscription that has not yet been deciphered. |
Order of Santa María de España | Spanish military-religious order which was merged into the Order of Santiago |
Grandes de España | A reference list of the current Grandes of Spain |
Grand Masters of the Order of Calatrava | A reference list of the Grand Masters of the Order of Calatrava |
Sinyoría d'Albarrazín | An independent lordship created in 1167 after the partition of the Taifa of Albarracín . It later became a part of the Kingdom of Aragon. |
Señorío de Torre de Canals | A lordship in Valencia, Kingdom of Aragon which was for some time, the power base of the branch of the House of Borja that produced Popes Calixtus III and Alexander VI. |
Señorío de Sanlúcar | A lordship of the Kingdom of Castile dominated by the House of Medina Sidonia. |
Dukedom of Aliaga y Castellot | A Spanish Dukedom created in 1487 by Ferdinand II of Aragon. |
Marquesado del Carpio | A Spanish Marquesado created in 1559 by Phillip II of Spain. |
Señorio del Castillo de Carpio | A Spanish Señorio created in 1325 during reign of Ferdinand III of Castile. |
List of Castilian Battles | A list of battles organized chronologically involving the Kingdom of Castile. |
Douglas Street | A street converted for pedestrian use in the core of Hong Kong's Central District named after Hong Kong Tai-pan Douglas Lapraik. |
Douglas Lane | A lane converted for pedestrian use in the core of Hong Kong's Central District named after Hong Kong Tai-pan Douglas Lapraik. |
Tianducheng | A city created in 2007 near Hangzhou meant to resemble Paris, France. The city comes complete with a third scale replica of the Eiffel Tower. |
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