Historical Events of relevance in to the Miranda Franco Family:
Spain
1719 – April 19 – In Louisiana (New France), Bienville‘s brother Serigny arrives on a French man-of-war, bringing news that war was declared between France and Spain.
Palo Seco y Cataño
La formación de una aldehuela en la punta de Cataño a fines del siglo 19, se hizo con migrantes del Pueblo de Palo Seco y Bayamón. Desapareció el pueblo de la Trinidad de Palo Seco y la población y ayuntamiento se trasladaron al Caserío de la punta de Cataño.
Se sumió en la más denigrante decadencia el entonces rico y floreciente pueblo de San
Pedro de Toa Baja, cuya población y vecindario arrancan de las familias Canarias que
en el siglo 16 labraron las tierras de la Granja de los Reyes Católicos en la ribera del
Toa.
Ver tambien, Hacienda Santa Helena
Fajardo
1513 a 1526 – the Hidalgo Nicolás Fajardo baptized a river with his name. 200 years later a town would be founded and given the same name.
1760 – the town originally had nine houses.From the book: “Fajardo” by Eloy Recio-Ferreras
1790 – 26 Oct – Birth of Antonio Valero de Bernabé, the precursor of the Sovereign State Borinken.
1932 -huracán San Ciprian, con vientos de 120 millas por hora, categoría 3 entra por Ceiba y pasa por Fajardo.
San Juan yCataño
12 April 1898 – Birth – Braulia Rafaela Franco y Manzano
25 April 1898 – The U.S declared war against Spain, following rising tensions between the United States and Spain centered on an ongoing Cuban revolt against Spanish rule.
28 July 1898 -The U.S. warship Gloucester (formerly the yacht Corsair, belonging to industrialist J. P. Morgan) entered the harbor of Guanica in southwest Puerto Rico and Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles began landing troops. Admiral Richard Wainwright was the captain of the U.S.S. Gloucester, the first ship to land in Puerto Rico. American troops occupied the city of Ponce, and after 19 days of fighting in PuertoRico,
August 12, 1898 hostilities were halted on agreement to a peace protocol between the U.S. and Spain.
7 Oct 1898 – Death- Francisco Alvarez Otero y Garces
26 Oct 1898 – Death – Cecilia Roman y Villanueva
October 18, 1898 – The city of San Juan was turned over to American military authorities and General John R. Brooke cabled President McKinley informing him that the occupation of the island was complete.
December of 1898 – the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally ending the war. Under the terms of Article IX of the Treaty of Paris, Congress would determine the civil rights and political status of the people of Puerto Rico. Thus began the U.S. Federal government’s involvement in the lives of the Puerto Rican people.
April 12, 1900 – the first Organic Act, commonly known as the Foraker Act, entered into force establishing the parameters of a civilian government and the general Federal relationship with the island’s inhabitants. A series of Supreme Court decisions the following year, collectively referred to as the Insular Cases, established that the policy of non-incorporation was constitutional and that full constitutional rights did not automatically extend to all areas under American control.
1917 – The relationship of the Federal government to Puerto Rico was further refined by the terms of the 1917 Organic Act, also know as the Jones Act.
1950 – The terms of Public Law 600 lead to the adoption of the Puerto Rican Constitution and establishment of the current Commonwealth relationship.