But they agree that the original icon did not arrive with the first 'barcada' or boatload of original Augustinian Recollect missionaries in 1606, as virtually claimed by the '
quadricentenary' celebration in 2006.
Here, Ramon shows clippings and photos of the 10-meter tall Quattromondial Monument that stand now on the ground of University of Santo Tomas, done by him to commemorate the school's
quadricentenary celebration.
With the quadricentenary of Cervantes's death in 2016, the time is ripe for a reassessment of his place in the literatures of North America.
Of course, 2016 also marks the quadricentenary of Shakespeare's death.
In 2015 Timmins will host a celebration of the
quadricentenary of francophone culture in Ontario.
Its initial aim was to stimulate and help organise events to commemorate the
quadricentenary of recorded European contact with Australia.
Kolodny also considers the not-so-friendly competition at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which celebrated the
quadricentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage of exploration.
Quebec City's
quadricentenary was celebrated last year with due pomp, but 2004 and 2005 were also quadricentenaries: of the first Acadian settlement of Ile Ste-Croix, which was established in 1604 and lasted the winter, and of Port-Royal, founded the following year in present-day Nova Scotia.
Twelve books about Sir John Hawkins have appeared in English since 1895; fifteen about Sir Francis Drake have been published just since the
quadricentenary of the Grand Armada in 1988 (including a major biography by the author of this study).
In 2010, during the run-up to the
quadricentenary of University of Santo Tomas (UST)in 2011, its Miguel de Benavides Central Library mounted an ambitious exhibit of its rare-book collection that included first or rare editions of European classics in the sciences and humanities.