* 1854 – In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.

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Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

* August 31 – The First Carlist war ( Spain ) ends with the Convenio de Vergara, also known as the Abrazo de Vergara (" the embrace in Vergara "; Bergara in Basque ), between liberal general Baldomero Espartero, Count of Luchana and Carlist General Rafael Maroto.

On the French side the work was conducted by Count Cassini, Legendre, and Méchain ; on the English side by General Roy.

Thus, for example, the Crown Prince was unable to contradict the advice of his Chief of Staff, General Leonhard, Count von Blumenthal, for fear of a direct appeal ( in this case ) to his father, the King.

In August 1858 Bakunin received a visit from his second cousin, General Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, who had been governor of Eastern Siberia for ten years.

In order that the Yusupov name might not die out, the prince's father, Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston ( October 5, 1856, Saint Petersburg – June 10, 1928, Rome, Italy ), General Governor of Moscow ( 1914 – 1915 ) ( son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston ), took the surname of his wife, Princess Zenaida Nikolaievna Yusupova ( September 2, 1861, Saint Petersburg – November 24, 1939, Paris ) upon their marriage, on April 4, 1882 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The support of Count François Antoine de Boissy d ' Anglas representing the Third Estate of the Vivarais in the States General, the freeing of the serfs and the support of the lesser clergy of the church ensured that the Ardèchois had supported the early revolution, but they withdrew support when things became more radical.

It was named by the Polish explorer Count Paul Edmund Strzelecki in 1840, in honour of the Polish national hero and hero of the American Revolutionary War General Tadeusz Kościuszko, because of its perceived resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Krakow.

* General, Count Archibald Douglas-Stjernorp, Swedish military

Tōgō was Chief of the Naval General Staff and was given the title of hakushaku ( Count ) under the kazoku peerage system.

To the Low Countries, the British sent the son of King George II, the 24 year old Duke of Cumberland, as the new Captain General of Britain's army, while Maria Theresa sent the experienced Count Königsegg to command Austrian forces.

Instead however of sending the Artillery and baggage with General Count Walmoden's Column which was furthest from the Enemy, He chose to take them in the rear of His own Column.

He defeated at La Bisbal d ´ Empordà, General Schwartz, earning thus the title of Count of La Bisbal although he was wounded in a leg.

O ' Donnell was the brother of Carlos O ´ Donnell y Mareschal, the father of general and politician Leopoldo O ´ Donnell y Jorris ( invested as Duke of Tetuan and Count of Lucena ), and father of Lieutenant General of the Spanish Army Enrique O ´ Donnell y Jorris.

Mannerheim's great-grandfather, Count Carl Erik Mannerheim ( 1759 – 1837 ), had held a number of offices in Finland's civil service during the early years of the autonomous Russian Grand Principality of Finland, including membership in the Senate, and served as the first Prime Minister of Finland ( formally the Vice Chairman of the Economic Department of the Senate-the Senate consisted of Economic Department, later the cabinet, and the Justice Dpt, later the Supreme Court, and the formal chairman of both was the Governor General as the acting head of state ).

The Battle of Mingolsheim () was fought on April 27, 1622, near the German village of Wiesloch, 14 miles south of Heidelberg ( and 5 miles south of Wiesloch ), between a Protestant army under General von Mansfeld and the margrave of Baden against a Roman Catholic army under Count Tilly.

During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands from England ( Pagan Altar, Witchfinder General ), the United States ( Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble ) and Sweden ( Candlemass, Count Raven ) defined doom metal as a distinct genre.

In 1835, when Maréchal Count Clauzel was sent to Algeria as Governor General, the young Prince Royal asked his father to allow him to go as well, so he could fight the Emir Abd El-Kader.

In 1692, Charles de La Roche-Courbon, Count of Blénac, the Governor and Lieutenant General of the French colonies in America, named Fort Royal as the capital city of Martinique.

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, mostly called Count Schlieffen (; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913 ) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.

In 1884, Schlieffen became head of the military history section of the general staff, replacing Count von Waldersee as chief of the Prussian General Staff in 1891, after thirty-eight years of military service.

As of late 2005, the area once devoted to a live-action facsimile of Dogpatch ( including a lifesize statue in the town square of Dogpatch " founder ," General Jubilation T. Cornpone ) has been heavily stripped by vandals and souvenir hunters, and is today slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding Arkansas wilderness.

The Muslim General Ma Bufang also put Kuomintang party symbols on his mansion, the Ma Bufang Mansion along with a portrait of party founder Dr. Sun Yatsen arranged with the Kuomintang Party flag and the Republic of China flag.

General Ma Bufang and other high ranking Muslim Generals attended the Kokonuur Lake Ceremony where the God of the Lake was worshipped, and during the ritual, the Chinese national anthem was sung, all participants bowed to a Portrait of Kuomintang party founder Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and the God of the Lake was also bowed to, and offerings were given to him by the participants, which included the Muslims.

Later that year he founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, which became the Oldsmobile division of General Motors in 1908, and he was also the founder of the REO Motor Car Company in 1904, both headquartered in Lansing.

' Traditional Taekwon-Do ' may refer to ITF Taekwon-Do as created by the founder of ITF Taekwon-Do General Choi Hong Hi on April 11 1955 ; or WTF Taekwondo, founded by Dr Kim Un Yong on May 25, 1973.

In 1775 he was appointed physician to Birmingham General Hospital ( at the suggestion of Erasmus Darwin, a physician and founder member of the Lunar Society ), but in 1783 he diagnosed himself as having pulmonary tuberculosis and went twice to Portugal hoping the better winter climate would improve his health ; it didn't.

* September 11 – Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor General of Pakistan ( b. 1876 )

Chevrolet was founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, and later acquired by General Motors in 1918.

Russell Clifford Durant ( called " Cliff " by his friends ) was a race car driver, speedboat enthusiast, amateur flier, President of Durant Motors in Oakland, and son of General Motors founder William " Billy " Crapo Durant.

The title Population Bomb was taken ( with permission ) from General William H. Draper, founder of the Population Crisis Committee and a pamphlet issued in 1954 by the Hugh Moore Fund.

* Fred Prosper Manget, medical missionary to China, founder of Houzhou General Hospital, Houzhou, China, also a doctor with the Flying Tigers and U. S. Army in Kunming, China, during World War II

Emilio Massera, who was part of the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla from 1976 to 1978, José López Rega, minister of Social Welfare in Perón's government and founder of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (" Triple A "), and General Guillermo Suárez Mason were also members.

The NiMH chemistry used in modern hybrid vehicles was invented by ECD Ovonics founder, Stan Ovshinksy, and Dr. Masahiko Oshitani of the Yuasa Company In 1994, General Motors acquired a controlling interest in Ovonics's battery development and manufacturing.

This regiment is named after General Manuel Bulnes Prieto, the founder of the regiment, who led the Chilean Army to victory in the War of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation in the crucial Battle of Yungay in 1839, which signaled the confederation's demise.

The theory of British Israelism was also vigorously promoted by Herbert W. Armstrong in the 1950s founder and former Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God.

The General Assembly specified that the new courthouse should be located in the center of the county, and was established at the corner of Old Little River Turnpike ( now Main Street ) and Ox Road ( now Chain Bridge Road ) on land donated by town founder Richard Ratcliffe.

* General George Rogers Clark ( 1752 – 1818 ), Revolutionary war hero, conqueror of the old Northwest Territory ( modern day midwest of the US ), hero of the Battle of Fort Sackville ( Vincennes IN ) Feb. 1779, Father and founder of the Midwest.

However, some historians suggest the county was named for Revolutionary War General James White, the founder of Knoxville.

* William Booth, founder and General of The Salvation Army, found work and lodging at a pawnbroker shop in Kennington Park Road in 1849.

The county itself was founded on December 19, 1795, and is named for Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.

Some controversy exists over the origin of the name, but most agree it is named for Camden, Alabama, the hometown of General Thomas Woodward, another early city founder.

The town of Austell is named for General Alfred Austell ( 1814 – 1881 ), founder of the Atlanta National Bank ( later Wachovia ), in recognition of his efforts to bring major railways to the South.

Supporters of Lancaster's founder, John Prescott ( 1604 – 1681 ), wished to name the new settlement Prescottville, but the Massachusetts General Court considered such a request from a common freeman presumptuous, given that at that time, not even a governor had held the honor of naming a town after himself.

Ransom E. Olds, the founder and head of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company that was the foundation for the later establishment of Oldsmobile by General Motors Corporation, built a grand summer estate on Elba Island in 1916, which caught fire due to electrical mishaps in 2005, however was restored by the current owner and still stands today.