* 1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* 1847 – Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* 1794 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican president ( d. 1876 )

The United States also negotiated a secret arrangement with Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican general and dictator who had been overthrown in 1844.

Santa Anna agreed that, if given safe passage into Mexico, he would attempt to persuade those in power to sell California and New Mexico to the United States.

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.

In 1835, when President Antonio López de Santa Anna abolished the Constitution of 1824, granting himself enormous powers over the government, wary colonists in Texas began forming Committees of Correspondence and Safety.

* The 1824 Constitution of Mexico establishing a federal republic had been usurped and changed into a centralist military dictatorship by Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* June 21 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico ( b. 1794 )

* February 21 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and President of Mexico ( d. 1876 )

* February 22 – Mexican-American War – The Battle of Buena Vista: 5, 000 American troops under General Zachary Taylor use their superiority in artillery to drive off 15, 000 Mexican troops under Antonio López de Santa Anna, defeating the Mexicans the next day.

* April 21 – Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Santa Anna are defeated at San Jacinto, Texas.

* April 22 – Texas Revolution: Forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

* May 23 – The Mexican State of Aguascalientes is formed by decree of President Santa Anna.

With Santa Anna in power in Mexico, the US in 1853 made the Gadsden Purchase, acquiring the southern portions of what is now New Mexico and Arizona for $ 10, 000, 000.

The new Mexican President, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, approved many of the proposals, but refused to agree to separate statehood ; Austin was jailed when he wrote a letter advocating that Texans act unilaterally on statehood.

In 1834, because of perceived troubles within the Mexican government, Santa Anna went through a process of dissolving state legislatures, disarming state militias, and abolishing the Constitution of 1824.

The Texians staged a minor revolt against customs duties in June ; these Anahuac Disturbances prompted Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna to send additional troops to Texas.

Fearing that stronger measures were needed to quell the unrest, Santa Anna ordered his brother-in-law, General Martín Perfecto de Cos to " repress with strong arm all those who, forgetting their duties to the nation which has adopted them as her children, are pushing forward with a desire to live at their own option without subjection to the laws ".

Before the consultation could happen, however, in accordance with Santa Anna ’ s nationwide call to disarm state militias, Colonel Domingo Ugartechea, who was stationed in San Antonio, ordered the Texans to return a cannon given to them by Mexico that was stationed in Gonzales.

The Mexican soldiers at Fort Lipantitlán intimidated the settlers in San Patricio, leaving them afraid to openly support the federalists who defied Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Antonio López de Santa Anna

As early as October 27, Santa Anna had been making plans to quell the unrest in Texas.

Santa Anna and his soldiers believed that the Texians would be quickly cowed.

During the night, Santa Anna declared victory and withdrew to Agua Nueva, after receiving a letter from Mexico City declaring that Santa Anna was needed to quell a political coup.

Santiago Méndez was more in favor of union with Mexico than Barbachano, but twice presided over Yucatán declaring its independence, due to frustration with Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Myth tells that on the day of the islands discovery, Gonçalo Velho Cabral and his crew were celebrating mass ( on the feast day of the Virgin Mary ), when one of the lookouts spotted the distant island, declaring " Santa Maria ": this name would become linked permanently to the island.

Outraged, he used the Advocate of March 7th for a denial, sending immediately to Santa Fe and Van Buren for documents to vindicate himself, and demanding that Woodruff reveal the name of this perfidious slanderer who disguised himself under a pastoral pseudonym.

Nguema introduced a campaign of ' authenticity ', replacing colonial names with native ones: the capital Santa Isabel became Malabo, the main island of Fernando Po was renamed Masie Nguema Biyogo after himself, and Annobón became Pagalu.

Rossini's final resting place, in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence Rossini himself correctly predicted that his Barber of Seville would continue to find favor with posterity, telling a friend:

Several times during the development of the Oz series, Baum declared that he had written his last Oz book and devoted himself to other works of fantasy fiction based in other magical lands, including The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus and Queen Zixi of Ix.

USA Today said, " Like Santa himself, Virginia should be a welcome Christmas visitor for years to come.

In this editorial he responds to a young girl's question if there truly is a Santa Claus, writing that he definitely exists and placing himself within Christmas ' history forever.

Horacio, who during the time he had kidnapped the two twin baby boys grew to love them like his own sons, shoots himself after a police stand-off where the babies are wrestled away from him, while Santa dies when her car is driven off a cliff.

" He also spent a few years " finding himself " at a commune in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

According to the Jacobs biography, Gaines professed himself an atheist since age 12 and once told a reporter that his was probably the only home in America in which the children were brought up to believe in Santa Claus but not in God.

Early in 1830 Branch found himself in St. Louis, Missouri where he joined a pack train, possibly led by Ceran St. Vrain, headed to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Scott attempts to assure Charlie of Santa Claus ' existence, while in full disbelief himself.

Harassed mercilessly and excluded by his peers because of this trait, Rudolph manages to prove himself one Christmas Eve after Santa Claus catches sight of his nose and asks him to lead his sleigh for the evening.

Having spent the previous two years on welfare, Winchell, Jr. had last been employed as a dishwasher in Santa Ana, California, but listed himself as a freelancer who for a time wrote a column in the Los Angeles Free Press, an alternate newspaper published in the 1960s and 1970s.

* In the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, two mail sorters handle a letter addressed to " Kris Kringle " at the New York City courthouse, and decide to deliver all the Santa Claus mail now in the dead letter office to the courthouse, where a man calling himself Kris Kringle is facing a mental competency hearing.

In the video Stevens portrays himself, Santa, the prosecutor, and the Judge.

( 2000 ) in which Santa suffers from amnesia that destroys his identity and memory of himself is very unlikely in the real world.

When Mexican president Santa Anna shifted alliances and joined the conservative Centralist party, he declared himself dictator and ordered soldiers into Texas to curtail new immigration and unrest.

His failure to defend that city led to his removal by Santa Anna, and like his former superior, Arista, Ampudia found himself spending most of the rest of the war in administrative duties, though he was in command of portions of the Mexican artillery at the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847.

He also became involved in local theater, serving as the director of the Santa Monica Theater Guild as well as writing and directing plays, designing sets, and acting himself.

It was even said that Ma Fuxiang himself was of Santa descent, who had assimilated into the Hui community.

Iturbide was accused of taking too much power for himself, and his main rival was Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Dr. Claw has managed to sneak into the factory and disguise himself as Santa.