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Presidency Of Quito
The of Quito (sometimes referred to as or ) was an administrative unit in the Spanish Empire which had political, military, and religious jurisdiction over territories that today include Ecuador, parts of northern Peru, parts of southern Colombia and parts of northern Brazil. It was created by Royal Decree on 29 August 1563 by Philip II of Spain in the city of Guadalajara. It ended in 1822 with the incorporation of the area into the Republic of Gran Colombia. Structure The 1563 decree established its structure and district: In the City of San Francisco of El Quito, in Peru, shall reside another Royal ''Audiencia'' and Chancellery of ours, with a president; four judges of civil cases 'oidores'' who will also be judges of criminal cases 'alcaldes del crimen'' a crown attorney 'fiscal'' a bailiff 'alguacil mayor'' a lieutenant of the Gran Chancellor; and the other necessary ministers and officials; and which shall have for district the Province of Quito, and along the coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viceroyalty Of Nueva Granada
The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada ( ), also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santa Fe, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. Created in 1717 by King Felipe V, as part of a new territorial control policy, it was suspended in 1723 for financial problems and was restored in 1739 until the independence movement suspended it again in 1810. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739, and the provinces of Venezuela were separated from the Viceroyalty and assigned to the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1777. In addition to those core areas, the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada included Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, southwestern Suriname, parts of northwestern Brazil, and northern Peru. A strip along the Atlantic Ocean in Mosquito Coast was added by the Royal Decree of 20 November 1803, but th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half of the country's over million inhabitants. Before the arrival of Spanish Empire, Spanish colonists in the 16th century, Panama was inhabited by a number of different Indigenous peoples of Panama, indigenous tribes. It Independence Act of Panama, broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Viceroyalty of New Granada, Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Ruiz Urriés De Castilla
Manuel Ruiz Urriés de Castilla, I Count of Ruiz de Castilla ( Ortilla (Spain), 23 November 1734 – Quito (Ecuador), June 1812), was a brigadier of the Royal Army of Spain and a public official of the Spain crown in South America. He held the positions of Mayor of the Mines of Huancavelica, Governor General of Cuzco, and President of the Real Audiencia of Cusco (1793–1806) and of the Real Audiencia of Quito (1807–1812). Biography Born in Spain, he moved to the Viceroyalty of Peru, where he was mayor of Paruro and colonel of militias, during the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II. He distinguished himself in 1781, commanding one of the columns that attacked the rebels in Tungasuca, receiving the rank of Army colonel on 15 October 1783. In 1787, he became military governor of Cuzco, in 1790 governor of the Huancavelica mines, where he remained four years, and on 28 July 1793 President of the Real Audiencia of Cusco. He occupied that government until September 1806, when he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Luis Héctor De Carondelet
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist, 5th Baron of Carondelet (1748–1807) was a Spanish administrator of partial Burgundian descent in the employ of the Spanish Empire. He was a Knight of Malta. Biography Youth and military career Carondelet entered the service of the King of Spain in 1762, at age fifteen. By 1781, he commanded the IV Division, which fought at the Siege of Pensacola in 1781. Upon his return to Spain in 1787, he was attached to the Flandres Regimiento, with the rank of Infantry Colonel, and was received in the Order of Malta. During this period he married, against his own family's will, a woman from Aragón whose family was very influential at the royal court, Maria Concepción Castaños y Aragorri. Governor of El Salvador (1789 – 1791) Carondelet was named governor of El Salvador in 1789. Because the local indigenous population working in the indigo industry had declined greatly, Carondolet recruited Spanish laborers. Their descendants a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Muñoz De Guzmán
Luis Muñoz de Guzmán (1735 – 11 February 1808) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Quito and Royal Governor of Chile The royal governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the royal governor also held the title of a captain general. There w .... Sources * * * Date of birth unknown 1735 births 1808 deaths People from Seville Royal governors of Chile History of Quito Knights of Santiago {{Chile-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo De La Mata Ponce De León
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León (sometimes ''Mateo de la Mata y Ponce de León'') (b. Requena, Valencia, Spain – d. November 16, 1720, Lima) was a Spanish colonial official in Peru. He was president of the '' Audiencia'' of Quito from 1691 to 1699. (Quito was then part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.) From March 2 to August 15, 1716, he served as interim viceroy of Peru. Early career Mateo de la Mata was born in Requena in eastern Spain. His parents were Mateo de Cuenca Mata and Isabel Ponce de León Iranzú. He studied at San Ildefonso de Alcalá for eight years. He earned a bachelor's degree in canon law from the University of Salamanca and a licentiate from the University of Osuna. He was a knight of the military Order of Calatrava. He was an ''oidor'' (judge) in the Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá (also part of the Viceroyalty of Peru), beginning in August 1674. On October 31, 1680, he was promoted to criminal ''alcalde'' in Lima. During this time he married Luisa de Césped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio De Morga
Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (29 November 1559 – 21 July 1636) was a Spanish soldier, lawyer and a high-ranking colonial official for 43 years, in the Philippines (1594 to 1604), New Spain and Peru, where he was president of the Real Audiencia for 20 years. He was also a historian. After being reassigned to Mexico, he published the book '' Sucesos de las islas Filipinas'' in 1609, considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. As deputy governor in the Philippines, he restored the ''audencia.'' He took over the function of judge or ''oidor''. He also took command of Spanish ships in a 1600 naval battle against Dutch corsairs, but suffered defeat and barely survived. His history was first published in English in 1868; numerous editions have been published in English, including a 1907 edition. It has also been reprinted in Spanish and other languages. Education and service in the Philippines Antonio de Morga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan José Flores
Juan José Flores y Aramburu (19 July 1800 – 1 October 1864) was a Venezuelan-born military general who became the first (in 1830), third (in 1839) and fourth (in 1843) President of the new Republic of Ecuador. He is often referred to as "The Founder of the Republic".Villalba, Jorge FEl General Juan José Flores, Fundador de la República del Ecuador, 1993 Character Juan José Flores' contemporaries described his physical appearance as a proud man in military uniform, slender and short but well proportioned, with a handsome countenance that radiates quick intelligence and a commanding presence. Juan José Flores appeared to be self-taught, and despite his scant rudimentary education, he became an eloquent orator and an avid reader of contemporary authors such as Rousseau, Montesquieu, Holbach, and Vattel. Juan José Flores was so fascinated with reading that in 1826 he asked for and received a shipment of books from General Santander, then vice-president of the Gran Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distrito Del Sur
The Republic of Gran Colombia was a former independent country in northern South America, a post-Spanish colonial country that existed from 1819 to 1831. Its initial subdivisions, created in 1820, were revised and expanded in 1824 to 12 departments. 1820 Departments The initial country subdivision of Gran Colombia was into three departments, without larger districts or smaller provinces. They were: * Cundinamarca Department * Quito Department * Venezuela Department 1824 districts, departments, and provinces Northern District The Northern District () was in present-day Venezuela and Brazil. Its departments and provinces were: * Apure Department: 2 provinces — Barinas Province and Achaguas Province. * Orinoco Department: 4 provinces — Cumaná Province, Barcelona Province, Guayana Province and Margarita Province. * Venezuela Department: 2 provinces — Caracas Province and Carabobo Province. * Zulia Department: 4 provinces — Maracaybo/Maracaibo, Coro Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cauca Department (Gran Colombia)
Cauca Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia.
It was divided into 4 provinces:
* Popayán Province
* Buenaventura Province
* Chocó Province
* Pasto Province
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1820s establishments in Gran Colombia
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Azuay Department
Azuay Department was created with the 1824 reform of the subdivisions of Gran Colombia.
* Cuenca Province (Gran Colombia), Cuenca Province - Capital: Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca. Cantons: Cuenca, Cañar, Gualaseo y Girón.
* Loja Province (Gran Colombia), Loja Province - Capital: Loja, Ecuador, Loja. Cantons: Loja, Catacocha, Cariamanga y Zaruma.
* Jaén de Bracamoros y Maynas Province - Capital: Jaén, Peru, Jaén de Bracamoros. Cantons: Jaén, Peru, Jaén, Borja, Peru, Borja y Jeberos.
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Guayaquil Department
Guayaquil Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia created in 1824 in 1830. It bordered * Ecuador Department in the East * Azuay Department in the South * Pacific Ocean in the West Subdivisions 2 provincias y 9 cantones: * Guayaquil Province. Capital: Guayaquil. Cantones: Guayaquil, Daule, Babahoyo, Baba, Punta de Santa Elena y Machala. * Manabí Province Manabí () is a province in the Republic of Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: * Mestizo 69.7% * Montubio 19.2% * Afro-Ecuad .... Capital: Portoviejo. Cantones: Portoviejo, Jipijapa, y Montecristi {{coord, 2, 12, S, 79, 58, W, source:eswiki_type:adm1st, display=title Departments of Gran Colombia 1824 establishments in Gran Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
