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    José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz (October 9, 1800 – June 1, 1860) was a Colombian general and political figure who fought in the South American wars of...
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    and Conservatives against the coup d'état orchestrated by General José María Melo on 17 April 1854. The Liberals had won the 1848–49 Colombian presidential...
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    José María Ramón Obando del Campo (August 8, 1795 – April 29, 1861) was a Neogranadine General and politician who twice served as President of Colombia...
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    threatened by the liberation of the slaves. President José Hilario López sent General José María Obando to Cauca to quell Julio Arboleda's rebellion, and...
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    for 3 months, during the Colombian Civil War of 1854 against General José María Melo, who had committed a coup on 17 April. Herrera was born on December...
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    were popularly elected under an electoral college system except one, José María Melo y Ortiz who took power by mounting a coup d'état. Francisco de Paula...
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    President of the Americas was José María Melo, of Pijao descent, and led Colombia in 1854 starting on April 17, 1854. José was born on October 9, 1800,...
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  • Philippines José Andrés Pacheco de Melo (1779-c. 1820), Argentine statesman and priest José María Melo (1800–1860), Colombian president and general José Artur...
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    Liberals Conservatives Melist Government Draconian Liberals Victory José María Melo exiled Colombian Civil War of 1860–1862 (1860–1862)  Granadine Confederation...
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    1854 there was another civil war under the dictatorship of General José María Melo. In 1858 a federal constitution was introduced. An uprising by General...
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    forces, thus provoking a coup by General José María Melo y Ortiz, commander of the Bogotá garrison. General Melo hoped that Obando would welcome the uprise...
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    D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (Marquês...
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    Mosquera-; María Ignacia Arboleda -José Bolívar Mosquera-; Paula Luque -Clelia Mosquera, Teodulia Mosquera, Isabel Mosquera-; María Lorza -María Engracia...
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    most of them live in the countryside without possibilities to vote. José María Melo, Colombian President during 1854, of Pijao descent, and first indigenous...
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    April 1854 General José María Melo y Ortiz deposed President José María Obando del Campo in a coup d'état. Later that year General Melo agreed to step down...
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    capital of the New Granada following a coup d'etat promoted by general José María Melo. In 1908, when the department of Tolima was created, Ibagué was designated...
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    gave to the country ten presidents: Domingo Caycedo, José María Melo, Manuel Murillo Toro, José María Rojas Garrido, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Alfonso López...
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    Granada (complete list) – José Hilario López, President (1849–1853) José María Obando, President (1853–1854) José María Melo, President (1854) Mariano...
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    Library; José María Córdoba (in Spanish) Colombialink.com - José María Córdoba/Córdova biography (in Spanish) Villegas editores - José María Córdova (in...
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  • Ibarra, Pedro Briceño Méndez, José Laurencio Silva, José María Melo, Blas Bruzual, Luis Perú de Lacroix, Pedro Carujo, José Tadeo Monagas, Renato Beluche...
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    by José María Melo, Núñez went into hiding, but then was elected as governor of the department of Bolívar, which contributed to the defeat of Melo. The...
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  • Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1921–1923). José María Melo, president of Colombia Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer...
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  • (1929–2008) Custodio García Rovira (1780–1816) José Hilario López Valdés (1798–1869) José María Melo y Ortiz (1800–1860) Mario Montoya Uribe (born 1949)...
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    Revolution of 25 April 1974. Melo Autunes was the son of Ernesto Augusto Antunes (1907–1986) and Maria José Forjaz de Melo (1911–1987). Born in Lisbon...
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  • making a role in the telenovela Versus with Francisco Melo and Cristián Arriagada. María José was nominated for "Best Actress" in Apes Awards. Actually...
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  • after the dissolution of Great Colombia; again in 1854 (by General José María Melo); and from 1953 to 1957 (under General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla). Civilian...
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    seven months in the Cauca Campaign against the dictatorship of General José María Melo. In 1856 Isaacs married Felisa González Umaña, who was fourteen years-old...
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  • conflict between the Republic of New Granada and the insurgents of José María Melo. It was held on July 12, 1854, in the city of Bucaramanga, Santander...
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    throne, Maria dismissed her father's powerful chief minister, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. The early part of Maria's reign...
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    last government. Colombia: In Republic of New Granada, José María Melo overthrows José María Obando in a coup that began the Colombian Civil War of 1854...
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