Around this same time, Ponce de León married Leonora, the daughter of an innkeeper. They had three daughters, Juana, Isabel and Maria; and one son, Luis. He built a large stone house for his growing family—a house that still stands today near the city of Caparra.…
By 1513 las Casas was a married to a woman named ,Maria de Aguilar, daughter of Geronimo de Aguilar, and they maintained a house in Trujillo.…
Aguinaldo, was ready to march into the Philippine capital with the US and claim Filipino…
He married twice: in 1853, he married Elinor Junkin. In 1857, he married Mary Anna Morrison.…
He married Sarah Knox Taylor, but she died of malaria an illness and he remarried in 1845 to Varina Winnie Howell. Varina and Davis had six children together.…
2. María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza – the daughter of Spanish aristocrats, was my wife. Less than two years after our marriage, Maria Teresa died of yellow fever. I never remarried after my wife died.…
Now don’t think that all the president thought about was work, work, and work. He also had a family five to take care of at home! He married Mary Todd Lincoln on November 4th, 1842. They had four kids together named Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas.…
Mr. Adams married Abigail Adams, who passed away in 1818. The marriage produced 5 children: Abigail Adams Smith, John Quincy Adams, Susanna Adams, Charles Adams and Thomas Boylston Adams.…
She married Carl Friedan, in 1947. Carl and Friedan had three children In one of her books (“Life so far”), she accused him of beating her.…
Francisco Franco was born on December 4, 1892, in a little town off Spain’s northwestern edge. His father and grandfather were both came from sea based military backgrounds and at the age of 14 Franco enrolled in a secondary naval school with the intention of following his father and grandfather. In 1907 Franco began school at the Infantry Academy in Toledo as a result of the Spanish government suspending applicants into the secondary naval school. In the Infantry Academy Franco struggled and graduated in three years with below average grades.…
Enrique married Maria Hao Tay, also from Fujian. His son Alfonso was the only surviving male child. His godfather was Chief Justice Antonio Villareal of the Supreme Court, which indicated Don Enrique’s standing as a growing taipan.…
She joined the Katipunan and fell in love with Andres Bonifacio. Unfortunately, Bonifacio was captured to death. A year later, she returned to her family's house, because she was pregnant. She gave birth to their only son, who she christened Andrés, after her husband.Two months later, during the Holy Week of 1896, Gregoria and her husband returned to Manila to find their house destroyed by a fire. The couple were forced to live in friends' and family houses, but had to move quickly from house to house. A few months later, their child, Andrés, died of smallpox.…
Bonifacio continued the struggle and formed Katipunan in 1892. The Katipunan derived its ideological principles from the French Revolution and provided a significant platform for freedom, equality and independence. The society was discovered by the Spaniards on August 19, 1896. On August 23 1896, Bonifacio and his followers assembled at Balintawak and agreed to have an armed struggle against the Spaniards. The first battle took place on August 25, 1896 and this followed a reign of terror. Due to conflict, the rebels were split into two groups, Magdiwang and Magdalo in Cavite, Luzon. When Bonifacio tried to mediate, he attempts were rebuffed. Bonifacio’s acts and plans were termed as harmful for the unity and he was arrested and executed for “treason and sedition”. The execution was ordered by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, the elected president of the provisional revolutionary government. Bonifacio was executed on May 10, 1897 in the mountains of Maragondon, Cavite.…
Andres Bonifacio was active in the nationalist movement. Propaganda Movement has spread, he quickly realized its goals. He joined the Association of Mason and later the La Liga Filipina. The death of the League, thought Bonifacio not reform but revolution that will modernize the condition of the Philippines. One night, Bonifacio and other patriotic Filipinos met to establish a secret society. This is called " Kataastaasang Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" or Katipunan. The purpose of the confederation is to rebel against Spain and liberate the Philippines. Bonifacio became the Supremo of the organization. While led by the Katipunan, Bonifacio met Gregoria de Jesus. Gregoria was courted her and soon they were married in the church of Binondo. They married again in accordance with the rules of the Katipunan. Gregoria joined the organization was well. She cared for documents, guns and other equipment that is useful for the confederation. When the Spanish discovered the Katipunan, Bonifacio and other colleagues left the city. They gathered at Pugadlawin and there was determined to start the revolution. In the battle of San Juan, Bonifacio were withdrawn due to the strength of the opponent. But even failed their first invasion, quick turn spread the revolution. Meanwhile, also shine as a leader Emilio Aguinaldo of Cavite Katipuneros. Always wins the fight his army so much impressed with Aguinaldo. Here begins the conflict of Katipuneros in Cavite. Split into two groups: the group Magdiwang and Magdalo group. A convention held in Tejeros, Cavite two groups of Katipuneros. As the Supremo of the Katipunan, Bonifacio stood chaired the convention. They all agree to honor any…
Francisco Balagtas was born on April 2, 1788 in Barrio Panginay, Bigaa, Bulacan as the youngest of the four children of Juan Balagtas, a blacksmith, and Juana de la Cruz. He studied in a parochial school in Bigaa and later in Manila. During his childhood years. Francisco later worked as houseboy in Tondo, Manila.…