When Juan Domingo Achaval Basterechea was born on 21 September 1788, in Bedarona, Ea, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, his father, Francisco Achaval Bermionsolo, was 26 and his mother, Ana Maria Basterrechea Chacartegui, was 27. He married Maria Ygnacia Urtubiaga Zaracondegui on 31 January 1816. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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French forces led by Napoleon conquered Spain but the Spanish regained control in 1814.
War against Napolean was met with great resistance by Spanish nationalists, with help from British troops, Spain force French out of the peninsula.
Spain sells Florida to the USA for $5 million, with agreement to give up claim to Texas.
form of John , now also used as a given name in English-speaking countries, in spite of the unfavourable associations with Don Juan, the heartless seducer of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni ( 1788 ) and libertine hero of Byron's satirical epic ( 1819–24 ).
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