Juan de Nova Island - Juan de Nova Island Juan de Nova Island (locally Ile Juan de Nova) is a 4.4 square kilometer low, flat, tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique at 17°03'S, 42°45'E. It is a possession of France administered by a high commissioner of the Republic in Reunion and defended by France, but is also claimed by Madagascar. Its data code is JU. Its only railway is a short line going to a jetty, it has no ports or harbors, offshore anchorage only, and only one airport, an unpaved strip about 1000 meters long. The island has no indigenous population, though there is a small military garrison and a meteorological station. 90% of the island is a forested wildlife sanctuary..
Juan Andres - Juan Andres Juan Andres (1740 - January 12, 1817) was a Spanish Jesuit. Juan Andres was born at Planes in the province of Valencia, Spain and became professor of literature at Gandia and finally royal librarian at Naples. He died at Rome. He is the author of many miscellaneous treatises on science, music, the art of teaching the deaf and dumb, and others. His chief work, the labour of fully twenty years, is entitled Dell'origine, progressi, e stato attuale d'ogni Letteratura (7 vols., Parma, 1782-1799). A Spanish translation by his brother Carlos appeared at Madrid between 1784 and 1806, and an abridgment in French (1838-1846) was compiled by the Jesuit Alexis Nerbonne. The original was frequently reprinted during the first half of the 19th century..
Juan Gris - Juan Gris José Victoriano Carmelo Carlos González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 - May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter who lived and worked in France almost all his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre - cubism. He was born in Madrid, Spain and studied mechanical drawing at the Escuela de Artes y Manufacturas in Madrid from 1902 to 1904, during which time he contributed drawings to local periodicals. From 1904 to 1905 he studied painting with the academic artist José Maria Carbonero. In 1906 he moved to Paris and would become friend of Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger and in 1915 was painted by his friend, Amedeo Modigliani. In Paris, Gris would follow.
Juan Fernandez - Juan Fernandez The Juan Fernandez archipelago is located 670 km off the coast of Chile, and is composed of the volcanic islands Robinson Crusoe and Alejandro Selkirk, and the islet Santa Clara. It is mainly known for having been the home to the sailor Alexander Selkirk for four years, which fact inspired the novel Robinson Crusoe. The archipelago administratively belongs to V Region of Valparaíso. History The archipelago was discovered by the Spanish sailor Juan Fernández, probably between 1563 and 1574. In the 17th and 18th century it was used as an hide-out for pirates. In 2002 the Chilean government renamed Isla Mas Afuera to Alejandro Selkirk and Isla Mas a Tierra to Robinson Crusoe, in order to promote tourism. Incidentally, Selkirk never set foot on.
Juan Manuel Fangio - Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a noted Argentinian racing car driver and winner of the Formula One championship five times, including four in a row from 1954-57. He was born in Balcarce, Argentina. He began his racing career in South America in 1934, mostly in long distance road races and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of World War II halted his rise and he did not begin racing in Europe until 1947. Initially he was not particularly successful until racing a Alfa Romeo in 1950. He came second in the championship in 1950 and won his first title in 1951. He was competing well in 1952 in a Maserati until a.
Juan Bautista de Anza - Juan Bautista de Anza Juan Bautista de Anza was born 1736 in Fronteras, Sonora near Arizpe, Sonora into a military family on the northern frontier of New Spain. In 1852 he enlisted in the army at the presidio of Fronteras. He advanced rapidly and was a captain by 1760. He married in 1761, but had no children. His military duties mainly consisted of forays against hostile Native Americans such as the Apache during the course of which he explored much of what is now Arizona. In 1772 he proposed to the Viceroy of New Spain an expedition to Alta California. This was approved by the King of Spain and in January, 1774 with 3 padres, 20 soldiers, 11 servants, 35 mules, 65 cattle, and 140 horses.
Juan de la Cierva - Juan de la Cierva Juan de la Cierva was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and pilot. His most famous accomplishment was the invention of the autogyro in 1923. The autogyro is a highly maneuverable aircraft with an unpowered rotor. It was a predecessor to the modern helicopter. During the Spanish Civil War, he supported Francisco Franco's side. He died in a fixed-wing plane accident..
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin - Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin According to legend, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was an indigenous Mexican that had a vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. He was canonised in the Catholic Church on July 31, 2002, becoming the first indigenous American Catholic saint. Statue of San Juan Diego Church of San Juan Bautista, Coyoacán, DF Juan Diego, according to the story generally accepted by Catholics, was born in 1474 to a peasant family in the Chichimeca nation. His birth name, "Cuauhtlatoatzin", is in the Nahuatl language and has been translated as "Who Talks like an Eagle". He was born and grew up in Cuahtitlán, a city in the Aztec Empire, about 20 kilometres north of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City). The date of.
Juan Carlos of Spain - Juan Carlos of Spain King Juan Carlos, depicted on the Spanish €2 coin King Juan Carlos, Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón (born January 5, 1938) is the reigning King of Spain. He became Spanish monarch in 1975. His grandfather Alfonso XIII was King of Spain until deposed in 1931 by the Second Spanish Republic. The Republic was infamously ended by the Spanish Civil War and followed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who ruled until his death on November 20th 1975. On November 22th, Juan Carlos became the King of Spain. He was born in exile in Rome. As a child, he was known as Juanito ("Johnny"). He left his parents and moved to Spain to follow an education under Franco's watch. This was imposed.
Juan Antonio Samaranch - Juan Antonio Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch (born July 17, 1920 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sports official, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Samaranch, born into a rich family, had been the chef de mission of the Spanish team at a number of Olympic events, before he was appointed as the government secretary for sports by dictator Franco in 1966, also becoming the president of the Spanish National Olympic Committee and a member of the IOC. He was vice-president of the IOC from 1974 and 1978, and he was appointed as the Spanish ambassador to the Soviet Union and Mongolia from 1977 to 1980. After the 1980 Summer Olympics, IOC president Lord Michael Killanin resigned and Samaranch was elected as his.
Juan Laporte - Juan Laporte Iron chinned boxer born in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Juan Laporte moved to New York at a young age, where he grew up into a pretty good contender, but one that many boxing critics didn't consider to be material to become a world champion earlier in his career. Laporte built a number of wins, combined with 1 loss,including a 7 round knockout of Jean Lapointe.But he still was an unknown when given his first chance at a world championship on December of 1980 in San Antonio, Texas. He met legendary Mexican world Featherweight champion Salvador Sanchez there. Laporte made Sanchez work hard and won a handful of rounds, while managing to not get hurt by any of Sanchez's bombs. He came out, however, on the.
Juan de Valdes - Juan de Valdes Juan de Valdés (c. 1500-1541), Spanish religious writer, younger of twin sons of Fernando de Valdes, hereditary regidor of Cuenca in Castile, was born about 1500 at Cuenca. He has been confused with his twin-brother Alphonso (in the suite of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at his coronation in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1520; Latin secretary of state from 1524, died in 1532 at Vienna). Juan, who probably studied at the university of Alcala, first appears as the anonymous author of a politico-religious Diálogo de Mercurio y Caron, written and published about 1528. A passage in this work may have suggested Don Quixote's advice to Sancho Panza on appointment to his governorship. The Dialogo attacked the corruptions of the Roman Church; hence Valdés, in fear of.
Juan Diaz de Solís - Juan Diaz de Solís Juan Diaz de Solís (1470-1516) was a Spanish explorer. He was born in Lebrija. He was navigator on expeditions to the Yucatan (1506) and Brazil (1508) with Vincente Yamez Pinzón before becoming pilot-major in 1512 following the death of Amerigo Vespucci. In 1515 de Solís headed an expedition of three ships from Lepe to explore the southern part of South America for passages to the Pacific. He reached and named the Rio de la Plata in February, 1516 and sailed up river to the confluence of the Urugary and Paraná Rivers where he landed and was killed by native Charrua indians. His brother-in-law, Francisco de Torres, took charge of the ships and returned to Spain..
Juan Ponce de León - Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish conquistador. He is known as the first European known to have visited Florida. In this exploration, he was searching for the "Fountain of Youth." On March 27, 1513, Ponce de León sighted North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he landed somewhere on the east coast of the newly discovered land and claims it for Spain. Ponce de Leon and his party were attacked by a tribe of Native Americans, and he was greatly injured. After this attack, he returned to Havana, Cuba, where he died..
Juan Carazo - Juan Carazo Juan Carazo (born October 10, 1964) is a former boxer from Caguas, Puerto Rico. Carazo was considered to be a boxing reincarnation of Wilfredo Benitez or Wilfredo Gomez by many of his fans, and he won his first five professional bouts by knockout in 1984. By his sixth bout, however, he had to rise off the canvas against the future world champion Cesar Polanco of the Dominican Republic before winning on an eight round unanimous decision. In 1986, Carazo started to campaign in Venezuela, where he won a few fights, including one versus Jesus Bastardo. Then, he had another fight in Puerto Rico, this time at Mario Morales Coliseum, and the fight was telecasted all across the island. In it, his opponent wore long.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a European explorer. Cabrillo set out from Navidad (now Acapulco) in Mexico on June 27, 1542. He landed on what is now San Diego Bay in California on September 28, 1542, and gave it its name. He also named Santa Barbara, California. Cabrillo was looking for the Straits of Anián, which was supposedly a waterway that would allow passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Earlier he had helped to found the city of Oaxaca in Mexico. Although his discoveries went largely unnoticed at the time, Cabrillo is remembered as the first European to travel the California coast, and many streets and buildings in California bear his name. In San Diego, the National Park Service operates a monument overlooking.
Juan de Oñate - Juan de Oñate Juan de Oñate (1550?- 1626), Spanish explorer and founder of various settlements in the present day American southwest. Born in the Mexican city of Zacatecas to Spanish colonists, he began his career as an Indian fighter in the frontier regions of northern Mexico. He married Isabel de Tolosa Cortés Moctezuma, a descendant of both Hernan Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, and the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma (or Montezuma). In 1595 he was ordered by Philip II to colonize the upper Rio Grande valley (explored by Francisco Coronado in 1540. His stated objective was to spread Roman Catholicism and establish new missions, however hopes of finding silver attracted most of his followers. He began the expedition in 1598, fording the Rio Grande at El Paso,.
Juan Pablo Montoya - Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya (born September 20, 1975) is a Colombian motor racing driver. Montoya was born in Bogota where his father worked on cars and mechanics. Montoya began racing when he was very young, participating in kart races and winning many of them, before moving up the international championships. In 2000, he won the Indianapolis 500, becoming the first driver to win the event on his first attempt since Graham Hill in 1966. The following year, he joined the Williams Formula 1 team (where he had previously been a test driver), winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in his first season. In 2003 he added the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix to his victory list, as well as the European Grand Prix in.
Juan O'Gorman - Juan O'Gorman Juan O'Gorman (1905 - 1982) was a Mexican artist, both a painter and an architect. O'Gorman was born on July 6, 1905, in Coyoacán, Mexican Federal District, a suburb within greater Mexico City, to an Irish father and a Mexican mother. In the 1920s he studied architecture at the University of San Carlos. He became a well known architect, worked on the new Bank Of Mexico building, and under the influence of Le Corbusier introduced modern functionalist architecture to Mexico City. An important early commission was for a house and studio for painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, built in 1927. Rivera, in turn, influenced O'Gorman's painting. As he matured O'Gorman turned away from strict functionalism and worked to develop an organic architecture, combining.
Juan Atkins - Juan Atkins Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962) is an American musician. He is widely credited as the originator of techno music, sometimes known as Detroit Techno since Atkins and techno co-creators Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Atkins has cited the radio show of Charles "Electrifyin' Mojo" Johnson as a musical influence. Electrifyin' Mojo, a Detroit DJ, played an eclectic mix of music including Kraftwerk, Parliament and Prince. Atkins and friend Derrick May created mix tracks for Electrifying Mojo to broadcast, then began to create original music. At Washtenaw Community College, Atkins met Rick Davis, with whom he recorded under the name Cybotron. Atkins coined the term techno to describe their music, taking as one inspiration the works of futurist and.
