- Larra, Mariano José de by Kevin Edwards
1809–37, Spanish satirist, b. Madrid. Using several pseudonyms, Larra wrote a series of satirical articles on Spanish politics and customs. These were published in his own periodical, Pobrecito hablador. (1832–33). His best-known works are the novel El doncel de don Enrique el doliente. [the page of Don Enrique the sorrowful] (1834), the drama Macías. (1834), and No más mostrador. [good ...
- Rocafuerte, Vicente by Amelia Bailey
1783–1847, president of Ecuador (1834–39). Rocafuerte headed (1833) the opposition to Juan José Flores. Leader of a revolt at Guayaquil (1834), he was defeated and imprisoned, but was released after he and Flores settled their differences. As president he promulgated a new constitution and accomplished many reforms, notably protection of the Native Americans and advancement and secularization ...
- Jacquard by Webster's
... a.) Pertaining to or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834.
- Zollverein by Olivia Dixon
... German: “Customs Union”) Free-trade area throughout much of Germany established in 1834 under Prussian leadership. The customs union developed from the 1818 Prussian tariff law that abolished internal customs dues and the customs union set up in 1828 in southern Germany by Bavaria and Württemberg. By 1834 other German states had joined, for a total of ...
- Palmela, Duke of by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... Pedro de Souza Holstein). Born May 8, 1781, in Turin; died Oct. 12, 1850, in Lisbon. Portuguese political figure; constitutional liberal. Duke from 1833.Palmela entered the diplomatic service in 1802 and served as minister of foreign affairs in the years 1817–21, 1823–24, and 1834–35. He was minister of internal affairs in 1824–25. In 1830 he became ...