When Marina Francisca Artieda was christened on 10 October 1743, in Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, her father, Marcos Artieda Lacunza, was 42 and her mother, Lucía Ulayar de Miguel de Echarri, was 40.
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Spain lost Florida to the United Kingdom.
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.
From a Late Latin name, a feminine form of the family name Marinus. This was in fact a derivative of Marius , a traditional name of uncertain derivation, but even during the early centuries ad it was widely assumed to be identical with the Latin adjective marinus ‘of the sea’. The early saints of this name are all of very doubtful historical authenticity.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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