When Manuel Trinidad Valdez was born in 1802, in Chamita, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States, his father, Lorenzo Valdez, was 43 and his mother, Maria de la Luz Vigil, was 36. He married Maria De Loreto Mestas on 10 November 1834.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Miguel, Ricardo, Ruben, Ramon, Raul.
Spanish: variant of Valdés (see Valdes ). Compare Baldez .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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