Diaz
Diaz names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Diaz PORFIRIO (dē'äth)
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
PORFIRIO (dē'äth), a Mexican statesman; born in Oaxaca, Sept. 15, PORFIRIO DIAZ 1830; received a classical education at the Oaxaca Institute, and had begun studying law when the war with the United States broke out; served through that struggle in the National Guard, and on the conclusion of peace made a study of military science. On Santa Ana's accession to the dictatorship, he left the army and practiced law, but returned and bore a conspicuous part in the revolution of 1854; took the field to oppose the French troops and was taken prisoner, but made his escape; harassed Maximilian's troops till forced to surrender a second time at Oaxaca in 1865; besieged and captured Puebla in 1867, and immediately marched on Mexico City, which surrendered to him June 21. On the re-establishment of the republic he was an unsuccessful candidate for president. In 1872 and 1876 he led revolutions against the government, and occupied the capital in the latter year. In 1877 he was elected president. According to the "plan of Tuxtepec," which he had proclaimed, he was ineligible to succeed himself. His secretary, General Gonzales, was elected president, and General Diaz was appointed Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, and elected governor of Oaxaca. In 1884 he was re-elected president; in 1886 his partisans secured the abolition of the law prohibiting a second consecutive presidential term, and he was thereafter continuously re-elected for seven consecutive terms. He abdicated May 22, 1911, and died in July 1915.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
de'as, Porfirio, president of the Republic of Mexico. He was born at Oaxaca (wa-ha'ka) of an Indian mother, September 15, 1830. He is twenty-seven years to a day older than President Taft. He was educated in a local "college," and was a student of law when the Mexican War came on. He has been practically the government of Mexico since 1876. He has given the Mexicans freedom from revolution, security of life and property, and has encouraged the investment of American money in Mexican projects. He is a type of a "beneficent" one-man power. As he is still living, the following outline will serve a temporary purpose. It may be noted that Diaz was a man of action: 1830--Born in Oaxaca, the son of an Indian mother. 1846--Enlisted in the war against the United States . 1854--Took part in the revolt against Santa Anna . 1858--Supported Juarez in war of reform. 1859--Opposed the French in the war of intervention. 1863--Was captured by the French but escaped. 1867--Forced Maximilian to surrender City of Mexico. 1867--Was candidate for president, but defeated by Juarez. 1871--Was proscribed by Lerdo, the successor of Juarez. 1876--Repudiated Lerdo and led revolution to victory. 1876--Was made provisional president in November. 1877--Regularly elected president for three-year term. 1880--Secured election of Gonzales as his successor. 1880-84--Served in cabinet as senator and governor of Oaxaca. 1884--Again elected president and re-elected regularly ever since.
Diaz or DIAS, BARTOLOMEU
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or DIAS, BARTOLOMEU, a Portugues navigator of noble birth who flourished during the latter half of the 15th century. In August, 1486, the king gave him the command of two vessels with a view to following up the discoveries already made by Portuguese on the W. coast of Africa. Diaz soon reached the limit which had been attained in South Atlantic navigation, and first touched land in 26° S. lat. Driven by a violent storm, he sailed round the S. extremity of Africa without immediately mmediately realizing the fact, and discovered Algoa Bay. The discontent of his crew compelled him to return; and arriving in Lisbon, December, 1487, he was at first greeted with enthusiasm, but soon saw Vasco da Gama preferred before him, and was compelled to act under the latter in the expedition of 1497. Three years after, he joined the expedition of Cabral, the discoverer of Brazil, but was lost in a storm May 29, 1500.
Diaz ARMANDO, an Italian general
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ARMANDO, an Italian general. He was born in 1861, and was educated at the Military College, Turin. He served in the Libyan War and won distinction in the World War. Following the great Italian retreat from the Isonzo river in October and November, 1917, General Diaz was appointed to succeed as commander-in-chief General Cadorna who, after being removed, was made one of the members of the general staff created by the Supreme War Council. Diaz commanded the operations that stopped the Austro-Germans at the Piave, after they had taken 300,000 prisoners and occupied 4,000 square miles of Italian territory. General Diaz continued as commander-in-chief to the end of the war.
Diaz GENERAL ARMANDO, in November
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GENERAL ARMANDO, in November, 1922, appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Aiton's called Porfirio Díaz a "beneficent" one-man power who had given Mexicans "freedom from revolution" — printed as the Mexican Revolution was breaking out; he resigned in May 1911, sailed for exile and died in Paris on 2 July 1915, where he is still buried in Montparnasse, repeated proposals to repatriate his remains having come to nothing. Modern historians treat the 34-year Porfiriato as a dictatorship whose railways and foreign investment rested on land concentration and repression, not as benign strongman rule. Collier's dates for Bartolomeu Dias have also been revised: he is now generally reckoned to have sailed in August 1487 and returned in December 1488, and in 1938 the archaeologist Eric Axelson recovered fragments of the stone cross Dias planted at Kwaaihoek, near the eastern limit of his voyage. Armando Diaz, still alive when Collier's wrote, was created Duke of the Victory, served Mussolini as war minister and died in 1928 — a career now read largely through Fascism's embrace of the Piave victory.
Written for this edition, 2026.