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    Xavier Marques (born Francisco Xavier Ferreira Marques) was a Brazilian journalist, politician, novelist, poet, biographer and essayist. He was born on...
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    Francesc Xavier Bultó Marquès (Barcelona, 17 May 1912 – Barcelona, 3 August 1998), popularly known as Paco Bultó, was a Spanish Catalan businessman, founder...
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    The Fort of São Francisco Xavier de Piratininga, also known as the Fort of São Francisco Xavier da Barra or simply as the Fort of Piratininga, is located...
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    54 soldiers, to major Francisco Xavier Marques. These were the last Paraguayan soldiers to surrender. The account of Francisco Solano López's death is...
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    pirates, with a statue in front of the Church of St. Francis Xavier (in Largo Eduardo Marques) commemorating the event. Locally famous for its rural character...
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    1846, and again between 5 April 1846 and 28 January 1847 in the Francesco Xavier de Isturiz cabinet. He also held the post of Minister of War for a few days...
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  • of Niza and 9th Count of Unhão; Tomás Francisco Teles da Gama (1839–1903), 14th Count of Vidigueira; José Xavier Teles da Gama (1877–1941), 15th Count...
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    biography (in Spanish) Short biography at Encarta. (Archived 2009-10-31.) Francisco Xavier Venegas: letter to Dr. Juan Anciceto de Silvestre y Olivares 1811...
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    Maputo (redirect from Lourenco Marques)
    2015.20. "Lourenço Marques a cidade feitiço" on YouTube, a film of Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique in 1970. "Lourenco Marques" on YouTube, a film...
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    to purchase it. The fort was named Fort São Francisco Xavier after the Catholic missionary Francis Xavier. The Portuguese built a chapel and raised the...
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