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1811
Historian Jacobo de la Pezuela was born.
24 de Julio de 1811
He was born in Cádiz, Spain in July 24th, 1811, and died in October 3rd, 1882. He studied in the Colegio de San Mateo, Madrid, in the Colegio de Escoceses, Valladolid, besides he studied; two years of Latinity and English Language between 1823 and 1825. He moved to Burdeos. He studied in the Colegio Real de Angulema and he graduated as Bachelor in Letters in Montpellier (1828). He returned to Spain with his father in 1829, and joined the Spanish Army in 1833.He arrived to Havana with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, as Field Marshall of General Lieutenant, Don Gerónimo Valdés.
In 1841. He was appointed numerary associate of the Real Sociedad Económica de La Habana (Royal Economic Society of Havana) in 1842 because of his Ensayo histórico de la Isla de Cuba (Historical Essay of the Islannd of Cuba). He was Coronel of the Regimiento de Matanzas and he was a high officer in charge of the governments of Sagua la Grande and San Julián de Güines, in Las Villas and Havana provinces, respectively. in 1847 he moved to Europe.
From 1853 to 1856 he directed the weekly newspaper Anales y Memorias de la Real Junta de Fomento y Real Sociedad Económica de La Habana, where he published; his works “Estado actual de la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos” (Present-day situation of slavery in the United States) and “Situación actual de la Turquía” (Present-day situation of Turkey), among others. He retired from the Army in 1854.
That very year, he moved to Spain. He joined the Real Academia de la Historia in 1865. He was member of the Sociedad Universal de Ciencias de Paris, of the Madrid Geographical Society and of the London Geographical Society. As a collaboration to the Crónica general de España (General Chronicle of Spain) he wrote his Cronica de las Antillas (1871). He published his monography El Conde de Aranda (The Count of Aranda), part of his unedited Historia de todos los Capitanes Generales de Cuba (History of All the General Captains of Cuba) in the Revista de España (1872).
1862
Writer Emilio Bobadilla was born.
24 de Julio de 1862
He was born in July 24th, 1862 and died in January 1st, 1921. When the 1868 war broke out his family emigrated to Baltimore, Ohio, United States of America. Later they moved to Veracruz, Mexico. He began to study Laws in the University of Havana. He collaborated in El Amigo del País and was director of satyrical weekly reviews El Epigrama (1883) and El Carnaval (1886).
Besides he collaborated in Habana Cómica, Revista Habanera, El Museo, La Habana Elegante, Revista Cubana, El Radical, el Fígaro, La Lucha. In 1887 he moved to Madrid. In its Central University he graduated as Doctor in Civil and Canonic Laws (1889). When the 1895 War broke out he was linked to Cuban emigrated. He travelled along Holland, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, England, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Panama and Nicaragua. His works were published in Madrid Cómico, El Liberal, El Imparcial, La Lectura, Nuestro Tiempo and La Esfera in Madrid. He also collaborated with La Nouvelle Revue, La Revue Bleue, Le Fígaro, La Revue de Revues, La Renaissance Latine and Le Gil Blas in Paris. Besides, he collaborated in Athenaium, from London; La Prensa Libre, from Wien, and in La Estrella de Panamá. In 1909 he came back to Cuba for two years. He was appointed Consul of Cuba in Bayonne, and later in Biarritz.
He was member of the Academy of History of Cuba and of the National Academy of Arts and Letters. His books La ciudad sin vértebras and his novel De canal en canal; his one-act comical-serious sketch, written in prose and in verse Don Severo el literato. Her novel: A fuego lento was translated into French in 1913 by Glorget. He wrote several unpublished, but staged, theatre works. He wrote under the pseudonym of Pausanias, Perfecto and others.
1945
Composer, singer and guitarist, Augusto Blanca was born.
24 de Julio de 1945
He was born in July 24th, 1945 in Banes. Composer, singer and guitarist. Graduated from Visual Arts at the Santiago de Cuba Workshop School. He works as scenographer in the Conjunto Dramático de Oriente. (Dramatic Ensemble of Oriente).He performs recitals in which he sings his songs acompanied by his guitar. Among them outstands: Don Juan de los palotes, Doña Pulcra, la carabina de Ambrosio, el Caracol. He particiapted in the Third Festival of the Political Song in Berlin. He visited the former Soviet Union Soviética, among other coutries.
1975
Composer and guitarist Paquito Portela died
24 de Julio de 1975
He was born in Santiago de Cuba in February 24th, 1889 and died in July 24th, 1975. He played the counterbass. Besides, he built those instruments because he was also a carpenter. He joined several groups of popular musicians. Among his compositions outstands the bolero-son “El fiel enamorado”.
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