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unusual facts about Vicente N. Mendoza


Vicente N. Mendoza

By this time he had developed self-taught qualities of a lawyer and therefore held several positions as Judge in different towns of the state, namely: Batopilas, Camargo, Parral, Cusihuiriachic and Santa Bárbara.


Araucanization of Patagonia

In 1872 Cufulcurá and his 6,000 followers went across the pampas to attack the cities of General Alvear, Veinticinco de Mayo and Nueve de Julio, resulting in the deaths of 300 settlers and the loss of 200,000 head of cattle, which the Mapuche drove back to Chile.

Calfucurá

The decision of planning and executing the Conquest of the Desert was probably triggered by the 1872 assault of Calfucurá and his 6,000 followers on the cities of General Alvear, Veinticinco de Mayo and Nueve de Julio, where 300 criollos were killed, and 200,000 heads of cattle taken.

Capital Department, Mendoza

Mendoza is home to several football clubs, the most notable of these is Gimnasia y Esgrima who play in the regionalised 3rd Division.

Carlo Felice Cillario

Born Carlos Felix Cillario in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, he went to Italy in 1923, where he studied the violin and composition at the Bologna Conservatorio.

Conquest of the Desert

In 1872 the indigenous leader Calfucurá and his 6,000 followers attacked the cities of General Alvear, Veinticinco de Mayo and Nueve de Julio.

Daniel Brizuela

Daniel Eduardo Brizuela (born December 29, 1985 in Las Heras, Mendoza) is a male featherweight boxer from Argentina.

Darío Figueroa

Darío Damián Figueroa (born 13 February 1978 in San Rafael, Mendoza) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Zamora of Venezuela.

French Argentine

Frenchmen were particularly numerous in the wine-producing departments of Maipú, Luján and in the French colony of San Rafael, founded by engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet.

José Néstor Lencinas

Born in San Carlos, Mendoza, Lencinas enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires; while in law school, his adviser, Dr. Carlos Tejedor, recommended he transfer to the University of Córdoba.

Maipú Department, Mendoza

The department was created in 1858 and named in memory of the Battle of Maipú, which took place in Chile, 1818 during the South American Wars of Independence.

Pablo Hernán Gómez

Born in Las Heras, Mendoza, Gómez began playing football as a striker in the local Mendoza state league with Huracán de Las Heras at age 17.

Rubén Cano

Born in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina to Spanish parents, Cano started his professional career with Buenos Aires-based Club Atlético Atlanta, remaining four years with the club.

Villalba de Rioja

In the oldest part (cellar,) was born Traspalacio Don Pedro del Castillo in 1521 who later founded the city of Argentina Mendoza and the 1561.


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