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    Francis Vigo born Giuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo (December 13, 1747 – March 22, 1836) was an Italian-American who aided the American colonial forces during...
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  • Club Celta de Vigo (Galician pronunciation: [reˈal ˈkluβ ˈθeltɐ ðɪ ˈβiɣʊ]; lit. 'Royal Celtic Club of Vigo'), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta...
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    Vigo (Galician: [ˈbiɣʊ], locally [ˈbiħʊ]; Spanish: [ˈbiɣo] ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community...
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    affected Vigo's borders. The final change came in 1873 when the present boundaries were defined. The county is named for Colonel Francis Vigo, of Italian...
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  • St. Clair Thomas Sumter James Mitchell Varnum Joseph Bradley Varnum Francis Vigo Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben George Washington Anthony Wayne Crispus...
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    The Vigo County Courthouse is a courthouse in Terre Haute, Indiana. The seat of government for Vigo County, the courthouse was placed on the National...
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  • coach Facundo Vigo (born 1999), Uruguayan footballer Francis Vigo (1747–1836), Italian supporter of the American Revolution Giovanni da Vigo (1450–1525)...
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    prominent features in the park include John Angel's granite statue of Francis Vigo, a 4-by-9-foot (1.2 by 2.7 m) monument overlooking the Wabash River erected...
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    the historic home and use the site for other purposes. However, the Francis Vigo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution raised funds to purchase...
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    The Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande (Galician: Batalla de Rande; Spanish: Batalla de Rande), was a naval engagement fought on 23...
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    needed] The Italian merchant and Patriot Francis Vigo found Clark and informed the British presence at the fort. Vigo served with the Patriots, ordered war...
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    Americans. Before Clark and his men set out to recapture Vincennes in 1779, Francis Vigo provided Clark with additional information on the town, its surrounding...
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    Johnston. In 1805, Governor Harrison sent General John Gibson and Colonel Francis Vigo to investigate Wells and Little Turtle on suspicion of fiscal corruption...
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    Vermillion River 83 15,417 257 sq mi (666 km2) Vigo County 167 Terre Haute Jan 21, 1818 Sullivan County Francis Vigo, Italian-born colonial spy during the American...
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  • George Rogers Clark Memorial and statues of George Rogers Clark and Francis Vigo, Vincennes, Indiana Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, Kentucky)...
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    Vincennes, Indiana. The latter includes a rendering of Francis Vigo. Angel himself proclaimed the ten-ton Vigo sculpture to be probably the best he had ever done...
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    towns, along the Mississippi River, in the spring. On January 29, 1779, Francis Vigo, an Italian fur trader, came to Kaskaskia to inform Clark about Hamilton's...
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    fort and in a larger frame the Illinois territory. On January 29, 1779 Francis Vigo, an Italian fur trader, came to Kaskaskia to inform Clark about Hamilton's...
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    Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition...
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    Henry Lomb George Uhler Patrick C. Boyle Margaret Brent Ben F. Dixon Francis Vigo John J. McGraw/Samariz Adolph S. Ochs/Samwyo Nikola Tesla/Samkansa Franz...
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  • the American Revolutionary War both as soldiers and officers. Francesco Vigo aided the colonial forces of George Rogers Clark by serving as one of the...
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  • Italian Americans, including Christopher Columbus, Americo Vespucci, and Francis Vigo, William Paca, had made to the country. On September 14, 1933, Tomasello...
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  • Henry Lomb George Uhler Patrick C. Boyle Margaret Brent Ben F. Dixon Francis Vigo John J. McGraw/Samariz Adolph S. Ochs/Samwyo Nikola Tesla/Samkansa Franz...
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    that this cost him 7,800 livres. Gibault, together with Spanish trader Francis Vigo, is considered to have funded most of the Illinois campaign. Clark told...
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    cardinal and author. Giovanni Battista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist. Francis Vigo (1747–1836), fur trader, American Revolutionary War hero Francesco Canaveri...
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  • Scrapped 1967 SS Francis Vigo Francis Vigo 1789 standard 26 August 1943 19 September 1943 Scrapped 1962 SS Francis W. Parker Francis W. Parker 2261 standard...
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    Henry Lomb George Uhler Patrick C. Boyle Margaret Brent Ben F. Dixon Francis Vigo John J. McGraw/Samariz Adolph S. Ochs/Samwyo Nikola Tesla/Samkansa Franz...
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  • and made two appearances for England. He later coached Spanish club Celta Vigo. Cuggy was born in Walker, Northumberland and played youth football with...
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    easily defended. The most famous assaults were upon the city of Vigo by Sir Francis Drake in 1585 and 1589, and the siege of A Coruña in 1589 by the...
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  • for Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico. Vigo County Indiana Named for Francis Vigo, an Italian tradesman from St. Louis who assisted George...
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