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Guillermo Ramon de Achaval

1884 – 1971

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A life in time

  1. 1884

    Born

  2. 1971

    Dies

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During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1880s · Guillermo is born

In the news1853–1882

1853: Mass emigration to Latin America starts

From 1853 to 1882, 325,000 Galicians emigrated, marking a period of intense, large-scale migration to Latin American countries like Cuba and Brazil.

Getting around

Road travel was frequently at walking pace

Road conditions were often so poor that mule-drawn omnibuses could travel no faster than a walking pace, sometimes requiring passengers to disembark while drivers repaired the road with stones.

At the table

Common dishes for ordinary families

Ordinary families relied on simple meals like puchero, a slow-boiled stew of chickpeas, potatoes, and sometimes meat, or gazpacho, a cold vegetable soup with bread and oil. Breakfast for many working-class people was often just a jicara of chocolate with a roll.

Electric light. Edison’s light bulb and his first power stations, in New York and London, began to light cities with electricity.Around the world · 1879–1882

Electric light. Edison’s light bulb and his first power stations, in New York and London, began to light cities with electricity.

KMJ, alpha masking by Edokter · CC BY-SA 3.0

What people wore

Dancing fashion and skirt lengths

Women's festive dancing attire often included long tails, though young unmarried women were expected to wear shorter, ground-length skirts.

Music

Traditional dances of the seises choir boys

At the Seville Cathedral, choir boys known as seises performed traditional dances for Catholic festivities, often accompanied by castanets and singing.

Daily life

Struggling to balance household budgets

A working-class family budget often faced a deficit, with food expenses accounting for approximately 60 percent of essential costs, while rent represented about 11 percent. To make ends meet, families relied on extra income from odd jobs, such as carrying travelers' luggage to inns when trains arrived.