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Roque Ruaño

Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (died 1935)

Born
August 16, 1877
Died
March 1, 1935
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1877

About Roque Ruaño

Roque Ruaño Garrido, O.P. was a Spanish priest and civil engineer. He was known after he drew up plans for University of Santo Tomas (UST) Main Building, the first earthquake-shock resistant building in Asia, which was constructed at the Sulucan property of the Dominican order in city of Manila.

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Career and life highlights

Roque Ruaño timeline

  1. Born: August 16, 1877
  2. Died: March 1, 1935

The world when Roque Ruaño was born

Roque Ruaño was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Roque Ruaño's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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