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William Walker (Nashville, 8 maggio 1824 – Trujillo, 12 settembre 1860) è stato un medico, avvocato, giornalista, mercenario e avventuriero statunitense. Cercò di conquistare alcuni Paesi dell'America Latina nella metà del secolo XIX.
15 apr 2024 · William Walker (born May 8, 1824, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.—died Sept. 12, 1860, Trujillo, Honduras) was an adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57).
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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing ...
3 lug 2019 · William Walker (8 maggio 1824-12 settembre 1860) è stato un avventuriero e soldato americano che prestò servizio come presidente del Nicaragua dal 1856 al 1857. Cercò di ottenere il controllo sulla maggior parte dell'America centrale ma fallì e fu fucilato nel 1860 in Honduras. Fatti veloci: William Walker.
25 feb 2019 · Walker would become the most successful of the 19th-century filibusters, one of hundreds of intrepid Americans who set out with little more than weapons and ambition to conquer territory in...
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3 lug 2019 · William Walker (May 8, 1824–September 12, 1860) was an American adventurer and soldier who served as president of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857. He tried to gain control over most of Central America but failed and was executed by firing squad in 1860 in Honduras.
24 apr 2018 · On September 12, 1860, the American-born President of Nicaragua died at the hands of a firing squad. This “gray-eyed man of destiny,” known as William Walker, had conquered the country with sixty men.
