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The demand, however, was not enforced, and the sum of $10,000 was accepted as a compromise settlement. The Two Wars Compared The Havana Volunteers The Slaughter at the Villaneuva Theater The Court Martial of the Students A Holiday in Havana The Close of the War The Treaty of Zanjon.
Poor Michael Servetus shared as hard a fate at the hands of Calvin, as ever "heretic" did at the hands of the Catholics; and this fate was entirely caused by his writings. This author was born in Spain, at Villaneuva in Arragon, in 1509. At an early age he went to Africa to learn Arabic, and on his return settled in France, studying law at Toulouse, and medicine at Lyons and Paris.
The Havana volunteers, made up of the Spanish-born residents, in whose favor the government of the island has always been arranged, took possession of Havana, and put it under mob rule. In May, 1870, they marched out in front of the Villaneuva theater and fired volleys into the crowds that were entering.
Six are in the church of the Caridad, and these six include his famous 'Moses striking the Rock, and his 'Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes; seven 'Murillos' are in the Convento de la Merced, among them Murillo's own favourite picture, which he called 'Mi Cicadro' of 'St Thomas of Villaneuva. 'St Thomas was the favourite preacher of Charles V., and was created Archbishop of Valencia, where he seemed to spend the whole of his revenues in charity, yet never contracted any debt, so that his people used to believe that angels must minister to his temporal wants.
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