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	Rafael del Riego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rafael del Riego y Nuñez (9 April 1784 - 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician.
		Riego's troops marched through the cities of Andalusia with the hope of starting an anti-royal uprising, but the local population was mostly indifferent.
		On 7 March 1820 the royal palace in Madrid was surrounded by soldiers under the command of general Ballesteros, and on March 10 the king agreed to restore the constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rafael_del_Riego (582 words)

	Mid-nineteenth century Spain - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Riego himself hanged, though he would become a martyr for the liberal cause in Spain and would be memorialized in the anthem of the Second Spanish Republic, El Himno de Riego, more than a century later.
		Image:Baldomero Espartero and Rafael Maroto - The Hug of Vergara by Bernardo Lopez.jpg
		Catalan rebels led by Rafael Tristany launched a guerilla campaign against government forces in the region and pronounced themselves in favor of Carlos, Conde de Montemolin, carrier of the Carlist cause and son of Infante Carlos of Spain.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/i/d/Mid-nineteenth_century_Spain_45c2.html (6677 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Riego y Nuñez, Rafael del (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RIEGO Y NUÑEZ, RAFAEL DEL [Riego y Nuñez, Rafael del], 1785-1823, Spanish general and revolutionary.
		In 1820 he assumed leadership of a revolutionary band of liberals and military officers that protested the monarchical absolutism of King Ferdinand VII and reinstated the Cortes constitution of 1812 in Spain.
		Although his historic role was brief and ineffective, a favorite tune of his troops, the Himno de Riego, became the national anthem of Spanish republicans for the next century.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/riegoyn1u.asp (169 words)

	AllRefer.com - Rafael del Riego y Nunez (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Rafael del Riego y Nunez, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
		Rafael del Riego y Nunez[rAfAel´ del rEA´gO E nOO´nyAth] Pronunciation Key, 1785–1823, Spanish general and revolutionary.
		Serving as commander of the revolutionary forces in AragOn during the ensuing civil war and later as president of the Cortes, Riego had mixed success against the invading French army that came to Ferdinand's assistance.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RiegoyNu.html (266 words)

	Revolutionary Spain by Karl Marx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The commune of Las Cabezas was in the center of three of the headquarters of the expeditionary army — that of the cavalry at Utrera, the second division of infantry at Lebrija, and a battalion of guides at Arcos, where the commander-in-chief and the staff were established.
		The march of Riego’s column had riveted anew the general attention; the provinces were all expectation, and eagerly watched every movement.
		When the tidings of Riego’s enterprise reached the more distant provinces, they were magnified in no small degree, and those most remote from the spot were the first to declare themselves for the Constitution of 1812.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1854/revolutionary-spain/ch08.htm (2141 words)

	Spain - Rule by Pronunciamiento
		In 1820 Major Rafael de Riego led a revolt among troops quartered in Cadiz while awaiting embarkation to America.
		Garrison mutinies were not unusual, but Riego issued a pronunciamiento or declaration of principles, to the troops, which was directed against the government and which called for the army to support adoption of the 1812 constitution.
		Support for Riego spread from garrison to garrison, toppling the regalist government and forcing Ferdinand to accept the liberal constitution.
	countrystudies.us /spain/15.htm (508 words)

	Carrera Rafael: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although it is tempting to view...86-106; Ralph Lee Woodward, Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic...
		CARRERA, RAFAEL rafael, 1814 65, president of Guatemala, a caudillo.
		...federation (1839), the republic was plagued by frequent interference from the dictators of neighboring countries, notably Rafael Carrera and Justo Rufino Barrios of Guatemala and Jose Santos Zelaya of Nicaragua.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/carrera_rafael.jsp (1238 words)

	RIEGO - Online Information article about RIEGO
		Riego was apparently not suspected, and he decided to See also:
		power they would gladly have kept Riego in a subordinate place.
		The popular revolutionary tune of Spain, the " himno de Riego," is named after him, and his picture is hung in the Cortes, but he was a poor creature, and a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/RIEGO.html (916 words)

	Cortes Generales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand VII, however, tossed it aside upon his restoration and pursued conservative policies; making the constitution an icon for liberal movements in Spain.
		Many miliraty coups were attempted, and finally Col. Rafael del Riego's one succeeded and forced the King to accept the liberal constitution in which became the Three Liberal Years (Trienio Liberal).
		Actually, the monarch asked many powers, including the Holy Alliance for help, and finally received an army (the 100,000 sons of Saint Louis) to restore absolutism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Cortes (1570 words)

	Chapter 19: A History of Spain and Portugal, vol. 2
		During the next six years a series of minor, abortive counter-revolts by nominally liberal officers in various provincial garrisons was finally climaxed by the rebellion of the major expeditionary corps that was painfully being assembled at military camps outside of Cádiz.
		There were several sources of this dissatisfaction: the postwar economic depression, the financial prostration of the government, a yellow fever epidemic in the south, and the dismay felt by a large part of the politically conscious over the capricious, inept rule of D. Fernando.
		Rafael Maroto, a professional general commanding the main Carlist force, became involved in a death struggle with the clerical and civilian apostólico leaders, termed brutos by the professional Carlist officers, and in 1839 accepted a generous peace offer from the liberal General Espartero.
	libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne19.htm (15693 words)

	RAY NEGRON REALTY
		The town is also known as "Hatillo del Corazón del Riego" (Hatillo Heart of Riego) for two reasons: it had been separated from the district (barrio) of Hato Grande de
		The second reason is a consequence of the revolution initiated by Don Rafael de Riego y Nuñez in Spain against the absolutist government of King Fernando VII and in tribute to his big "heart" in his liberation efforts.
		A proposal by the syndicate Don Gabriel de Arana the name of "Hatillo del Corazón de Riego" (Hatillo Heart of Riego) was given to the new city.
	www.raynegronrealty.com /ray_negron_realty_hatillo_pueblo.htm (658 words)

	Ferdinand VII of Spain - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As the Spanish king he was the head of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece, he made the Duke of Wellington the first Protestant member of the order.
		In 1820 his misrule provoked a revolt in favor of the Constitution of 1812, which began with a mutiny of the troops under Col. Rafael Riego and the king was quickly made prisoner.
		He grovelled to the insurgents as he had done to his parents.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain (1304 words)

	Revolutionary Spain by Karl Marx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		which, strengthened by some regiments that had not participated in the military revolt, was still concentrated in Andalusia, and placed under the supreme command of Riego, Quiroga having been sent as a deputy to the Cortes.
		Riego, secretly summoned by his partisans, on the 31st August suddenly appeared at Madrid, where he became the idol of the people, who received him with turbulent ovations and with an overflow of enthusiasm, which the Ministry viewed as a general calamity.
		Riego was appointed Captain-General of Aragon, Mina, Captain-General of Galicia, and Velasco, Captain-General of Estremadura.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1854/revolutionary-spain/ch09.htm (3055 words)

	The Ultimate History of Spain - American History Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Constitution of 1812 was immediately revoked by the returning king Fernando VII in May 1814.
		1820-1823 [Trienio Liberal] - After the pronunciamento (coup d'etat) by Rafael del Riego, the king was forced to accept the liberal Constitution of 1812.
		Amadeus I of Spain of the House of Savoy
	www.historymania.com /american_history/History_of_Spain (4116 words)

	Civil war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A Spanish army had been sent in 1815 under Gen. Pablo Morillo to put down independentism in Nueva Granada and Venezuela.
		In 1820, there was a liberal military revolt led by Maj. Rafael de Riego which reinstated the 1812 constitution.
		The liberals were not able to consolidate their political power and they were crushed in 1823 by French troops summoned by Ferdinand.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /s/spain6.htm (264 words)

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	World Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The ship Mayflower of Liberia sets sail for Sierra Leone, carrying 86 free fls who are immigrating to the British colony.
		A revolution in Spain, led by Colonel Rafael Riego, eventually ends the Spanish Inquisition, which had begun under Castile's Isabella in 1478.
		On a sealing expedition, American Nathaniel Palmer spots the continent of Antartica, the first person to lay eyes on the giant icy land mass.
	www.historychannel.com /timeline/index.jsp?year=1820 (275 words)

	SovMusic.ru - Anthem of the Spanish Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I'd like to add this music is called "El himno de Riego" (Riego's Anthem).
		It takes its name for General del Riego, who gave to a coup d'etat, proclaiming a liberal monarchy.
		The French absolutist invasion recovered the absolutist monarchy, Fernando VII executed Rafael del Riego in 1823.
	www.sovmusic.ru /english/forum/c_read.php?fname=sp_hymn (234 words)

	The Founder of the Dynasty (The Other Dynasty) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When he was 28 years of age he married the Portuguese infanta Doña Maria Francisca de Asis de Braganza who gave him a son.
		In 1820, loyal to Ferdinand VII he swore to uphold the Constitution of 1812 imposed by General Rafael Riego in his uprising even though its liberal principles were abhorent to him.
		After his liberation by the Duke of Angoulême, Don Carlos started to make a name for himself for his firm anti-masonic convictions and as the royalists’ candidate to the throne in accordance with the law.
	www.maineworldnewsservice.com /caltrap/founder.htm (1030 words)

	History of Spain information and user submissions... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Spain â” nearly bankrupt from the war with France and the reconstruction of the country â” was unable to pay her soldiers, and in 1820, an expedition intended for the colonies revolted in Cadiz.
		When armies throughout Spain pronounced themselves in sympathy with the revolters, led by Rafael del Riego, Ferdinand relented and was forced to accept the liberal Constitution of 1812.
		Ferdinand himself was placed under effective house arrest for the duration of the liberal experiment.
	gemstones.nowmore.net /History_of_Spain.htm (4592 words)

	Link To Puerto Rico.com - Hatillo
		The town is also known as "Hatillo del Corazón del Riego" (Hatillo Heart of Riego) for two reasons: it had been separated from the district (barrio) of Hato Grande de Arecibo (Great Ranch of Arecibo).
		The Custard Apple tree (annona reticulata) and the cows, allusive to a cattle ranch, are the voice of the town, which graphically proclaims the original name of the town Hatillo del Corazón de Riego.
		The silver plated and blue waves represents the beach of Hatillo.
	www.linktopr.com /hatillo_e.html (862 words)

	Alternate History Discussion Board - A Composite ATL
		The troops were assembled for an expedition to America and were already angry over infrequent pay, bad food, and poor quarters.
		The mutiny leader, Colonel Rafael del Riego y Nunez, issued a pronunciamiento or declaration of principles to the troops.
		Madrid was seized by the rebellious garrison and Ferdinand VII was captured.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/printthread.php?t=695 (12189 words)

	VIENNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At this point in history, Ferdinand might as well have proclaimed a revolution himself.
		His mismanagement of Spain's finances and the revolt of two cavalry regiments under Colonel Rafael Riego led to a revolution in January, 1820.
		After a turbulant reign of eight years, Ferdinand was forced to accept the constitution of 1812 at the point of a gun barrel.
	www.worldciv1.homestead.com /VIENNA.html (7210 words)

	Wellcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Colonel Rafael Riego proclaims troops in revolt a.
		king yields to Riego's demands and swears c.
		Criollos in Mexico decided to cast lots with Independence i.
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	Timeline1800
		The federation of Central American states definitively splits up as mestizo Rafael Carrera leads an Indian uprising in Guatemala, and Honduras secedes from the union.
		Rafael Carrera becomes the dictator of Guatemala, where he will rule for the next quarter century, dominating much of Central America.
		President William Henry Harrison dies after one month in office, and is succeeded by Vice President John Tyler.
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	Himno de Riego, Op. 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		The Himno de Riego is an anthem composed in honour of Rafael del Riego, a liberal military man that rose against the despotic Spanish king Fernando VII in 1820.
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	The Unemployment Adventure: Republican
		The national anthem of Spain during The Second Spanish Republic was "Himno de Riego" (Riego's Hymn) in honour of the General and liberal politician Rafael del Riego, hero of the Spanish Civil War 1820-1823 (not the 1936-1939 one).
		Using Babelfish, WordReference.com, and Thesaurus.com, and downloading the MP3 from this leftist republican site (Spanish, not Irish), one can fashion a reasonable translation that just about scans:
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