Juan García y Margallo

Spanish general and governor
Picture of Juan García Margallo published in La Ilustración Española y Americana, October 22, 1893
Illustration of the death of García Margallo in Le Petit Journal, 13 November 1893.

Juan García y Margallo (12 July 1839 – 28 October 1893) was a Spanish governor of Melilla (1891–93) and general who was defeated and killed during the Rif War, which is also called the Margallo War after him.[1] He is the great-grandfather of Spanish diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel García-Margallo.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "La Ilustración ibérica". Biblioteca Nacional de España. 11 November 1893. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links

  • Rif War 1893-1894
  • Wars of the World - The Rif War 1893
  • (in Spanish) Las Guerras de Marruecos
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Wars
  • First Franco-Moroccan War (1844)
  • Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
  • First Melilla War (1893–94)
  • Second Franco-Moroccan War (1907–12)
  • Second Melilla War (1909)
  • Zaian War (1914–21)
  • Rif War (1921–26)
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