A valid American driving license is accepted in all countries except Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.

* Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809, but failed with the execution of all the conspirators of the movement on August 2, 1810.

Classicizing architectonic structure and decor all ' antica, in the " ancient mode ", became a fashionable way to frame a painted or bas-relief portrait, or protect an expensive and precious mirror during the High Renaissance ; Italian precedents were imitated in France, then in Spain, England and Germany during the later 16th century.

# the Mozarabic Breviary, once in use throughout all Spain, but now confined to a single foundation at Toledo ; it is remarkable for the number and length of its hymns, and for the fact that the majority of its collects are addressed to God the Son ;

Blood donations in all endemic Latin American countries undergo Chagas screening, and testing is expanding in countries, such as France, Spain and the United States, that have significant or growing populations of immigrants from endemic areas.

Between 1580 and 1640 the Crown of Portugal and the Crown of Spain were held by the same kings and therefore Casablanca and all other areas occupied by the Portuguese were under Spanish control, even though maintaining an autonomous Portuguese administration.

The trip ended as an embarrassing failure however as the Spanish demanded that Charles must convert to Roman Catholicism and remain in Spain for a year after the wedding as hostage to ensure England's compliance with all the terms of the treaty.

This optional protocol has been ratified by all EU states except five ( namely Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom ).

As Part Two begins, it is assumed that the literate classes of Spain have all read the first part of the history of Don Quixote and his squire.

One can find technologically advanced designs such as folding knives rusted among the artifacts of many Second Iberian Iron Age cremation burials or in Roman Empire excavations all around Spain and the Mediterranean.

During his sojourn in Palencia, Spain experienced a dreadful famine, prompting Dominic to sell all of his beloved books and other equipment to help his neighbors.

Under Ron Greenwood they managed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup in Spain ( the first time competitively since 1962 ), but were eliminated from a second qualifying round comprising further group matches without losing a game all tournament.

" She is only a woman, only mistress of half an island ," marvelled Pope Sixtus V, " and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all ".

This format caused much hardship for countries such as Australia, Canada, Slovakia, and Spain, who have all been trying to get to the B-Division from the C-Division since 2004.

This institution is charged with representing the Government of Spain on the island, and managing all the functions that are not under control of the Canarian Government.

The event attracts amateur swimmers from all over the Canaries and Spain, and also swimming professionals such as David Meca and Maarten Van der Weijden, the paralympist Jesús Collado Alarcón who won gold medals for 100m backstroke and butterfly in Athens 2004, and Xavi Torres Ramis, the paralympic champion in Barcelona ' 92, Sydney and Atlanta.

In recent years flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many countries: in Japan there are more academies than there are in Spain.

A similar figure with the same name ( in other languages ) exists in several other countries, including France ( Père Noël ), Spain ( Papá Noel, Padre Noel ), almost all Hispanic South America ( Papá Noel ), Brazil ( Papai Noel ), Portugal ( Pai Natal ), Italy ( Babbo Natale ), Armenia ( Kaghand Papik ), India ( Christmas Father ), Andorra ( Pare Noel ), Romania ( Moş Crăciun ) and Turkey ( Noel Baba ).

Even though Spain, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar are all part of the European Union, the border fence is still relevant today since Gibraltar is outside the customs union.

On 5 December 1719, with Philip V fast becoming the common enemy of all Europe, Alberoni was ordered to leave Spain, Elizabeth herself having taken an active part in procuring the decree of banishment.

On the death of Clement in 1721, Alberoni boldly appeared at the conclave, and took part in the election of Innocent XIII, after which he was for a short time imprisoned by the new pontiff on the demand of Spain, but was cleared of all charges by a commission of his fellow Cardinals.

By the war's end, the U. S. government had obtained control of all of Cuba from Spain.

The history of Spain involves all the other peoples and nations within the Iberian peninsula formerly known as Hispania, and includes still today the nations of Andorra, Portugal and Spain, and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

Juntas were formed all across Spain that pronounced themselves in favor of Ferdinand VII.

A duke may or may not be, ipso facto, a member of the nation's peerage: in the United Kingdom and Spain all dukes are / were also peers of the realm, in France some were and some were not, while the term is not applicable to dukedoms of other nations, even where an institution similar to the peerage ( e. g., Grandeeship, Imperial Diet, Hungarian House of Magnates ) existed.

During the period 13631477, the duchy was ruled by a succession of dukes whose extinction with the death of Charles the Bold ( or " the Brash ") in 1477 led to its absorption into the French crown by King Louis XI, while the Low Countries fell under Habsburg control, passing with the abdication of King Charles I of Spain ( Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor ) to the Spanish Empire of Philip II of Spain.

Teresa's only child was her son with Pedro Carlos, Infante don Sebastian of Spain and Portugal ( 1811 – 75 ), from whom the dukes of Marchena, Durcal, Ansola and Hernani descend.

Robert is considered the founder of the House of Bourbon, a family which, with the passing of centuries came to govern as Kings of France ( 1589 – 1848 ), Kings of the Two Sicilies ( 1735 – 1860 ), dukes of Parma ( 1748 – 1796 and 1847 – 1859 ), grand dukes of Luxembourg ( 1964 – present ) and Kings of Spain ( 1700 – present ).

The dukes of Medina Sidonia are grandees of Spain, holding the oldest dukedom extant in the kingdom, first awarded by King John II of Castile in 1445.

At the end of the 18th century, Italy was almost in the same political conditions as in the 16th century ; the main differences were that Austria had replaced Spain as the dominant foreign power after the War of Spanish Succession ( and that too was not true with regards to Naples and Sicily ), and that the dukes of Savoy ( a mountainous region between Italy and France ) had become kings of Sardinia by increasing their Italian possessions, which now included Sardinia and the north-western region of Piedmont.

Surprisingly, Acts does not record the outcome of Paul's legal troubles — some traditions hold that Paul was ultimately executed in Rome, while other traditions have him surviving the encounter and later traveling to Spain — see Paul-Imprisonment & Death.

Spain, Hungary and Croatia were also claimed as her property, and an attempt was made to induce the king of Denmark to hold his realm as a fief from the pope.

By marrying his son Philip the Handsome to the future Queen Joanna of Castile in 1498, Maximilian established the Habsburg dynasty in Spain and allowed his grandson Charles to hold the throne of both León-Castile and Aragon, thus making him the first de jure King of Spain.

Meanwhile, the global Spanish Empire began to unravel as French occupation of Spain weakened Spain's hold over its colonies, providing an opening for nationalist revolutions in Spanish America.

* The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal is murdered by a Celtic assassin while campaigning to increase the Carthaginian hold on Spain.

Because of anger over the decision to hold a second successive World Cup in Europe, neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition, while Spain became the first country to be prevented from competing by war.

Spain was constantly interfering in the Valtellina, which angered Louis as he wanted to hold possession of this strategically important passageway.

U. S. Navy forces drove Aury from the island, and President James Monroe vowed to hold Amelia Island " in trust for Spain.

There are two schools of rishonim, one from France and the other from Spain who will sometimes hold different interpretations and understandings of the talmud.

Attila was the first calypsonian to hold elected public office ; he was elected to the Port of Spain City Council in 1946 and was elected to the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago in 1950 representing the St. George County East.

A series of military victories by Christian monarchs had reduced Islamic Spain by the end of the 14th century to the city of Granada, ruled by the Nasirid dynasty, who managed to maintain their hold until 1492.

The three largest populations ( in Germany, France and Spain, which together hold more than 75 % of the global population ) all declined during 1990-2000, and overall the species declined by almost 20 % over the ten years.

Many members of the nobility could not prove their untainted ancestry and thus became ineligible to hold office in the main See of Spain.

By 1819 Spain was forced to negotiate because it was losing its hold on its American empire, with its western colonies primed to revolt.

Santo Toribio de Liébana in Spain is also said to hold the largest of these pieces and is one of the most visited Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites.

The Nationalists will hold the advantage in the air over central Spain for the rest of the Spanish Civil War.

Dating back to medieval times, several organisations and religious brotherhoods still hold the right of granting pardons as part of some privilege or other granted to them by the King of Spain.

Primo de Rivera became convinced that Spain probably could not hold on to its North African colony.

In Spain, since late Middle Ages there is the highest class of nobility who hold appellation of Grandee of Spain.

Spain spent a large amount of money in developing its exhibits for the fair and constructed elaborate buildings to hold them.

Following an informal meeting in 1924 of representatives from France, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Canada, and the United States, a plan was formulated to hold an International Amateur Congress in Paris, France in April, 1925, for the purpose of founding an international amateur radio organization.

It had to increase the standing army to 48, 000 men in 1622, just to hold the defensive ring of fortresses, while Spain increased the Army of Flanders to 60, 000 men at the same time.