Francisco Solano López

male, deceased (1870)
la plata, napoleon, revolutionary, napoleon bonaparte, paraguay, steamboat…President of Paraguay, WaroftheTripleAlliance, Minister of War
Francisco Solano López was president of Paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was the eldest son of president Carlos Antonio López, whom he...
Deodoro da Fonseca

Deodoro da Fonseca

male, deceased (1892)
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, WaroftheTripleAlliance, sao paulo, abolition of slavery, Brazilian, President of Brazil…Marshal of Brazil, revolution of 1848, European year of failed liberal revolutions, Isabella, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Republic of Brazil
Field Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, pron., (August 5, 1827 - August 23, 1892) overthrew Emperor Pedro II and became the first president of the...

Bartolomé Mitre

male, deceased (1906)
Argentine newspaper founder, Argentine military, revisionism, President of Argentina, argentine, confederation…the divine comedy, WaroftheTripleAlliance, Treaty of the Triple Alliance
Bartolomé Mitre was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868. As a liberal, he was a...
Venancio Flores

Venancio Flores

male
paraguay, President of Uruguay, Uruguayan, WaroftheTripleAlliance
Venancio Flores Barrios was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to...
Floriano Peixoto

Floriano Peixoto

male, deceased (1895)
Field Marshal, Brazilian, politician, alagoas, WaroftheTripleAlliance, Floriano Vieira Peixoto
Floriano Vieira Peixoto, pron., born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), was a Brazilian soldier and p...
Eliza Lynch

Eliza Lynch

female, deceased (1884)
Women in war in South America, from County Cork, paraguay, First Lady, irish potato famine, courtesan…WaroftheTripleAlliance, Women in war in South and Central America, The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch, The News from Paraguay
Eliza Lynch was the mistress of Francisco Solano López, the president of Paraguay. She was born in Cork, Ireland, and emigrated with her family to P...
Benjamin Constant

Benjamin Constant

male, deceased (1891)
Republican, Brazilian town, Religion of Humanity, Brazilian Positivist Society, Praia Vermelha Military School, Sociedade Positivista do Brasil…WaroftheTripleAlliance
Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães was a Brazilian military man and political thinker. He was born at Niterói. Primarily a positivist, in...

Cándido López

male, deceased (1902)
painter, War artist, argentine, From Buenos Aires, WaroftheTripleAlliance, La Recoleta Cemetery
Cándido López was an Argentine painter and soldier. Born in Buenos Aires, he is considered one of Argentina's most important artists. He is most fa...
Bernardino Caballero

Bernardino Caballero

male, deceased (1912)
coup, General, President of Paraguay, Liberal Party, General Bernadino Caballero, WaroftheTripleAlliance
Bernardino Caballero Melgarejo was the President of Paraguay from 1880 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party. A descendant from Spanish...

Francisco Manoel Barroso da Silva

male
WaroftheTripleAlliance, Battle of Riachuelo
Commodore Francisco Manoel Barroso da Silva directed the Brazilian fleet while the Marquis of Tamandaré was absent during the Battle of Riachuelo i...