Dámaso de Toro was mayor of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...
, in 1701.
Mayoral term
In 1701 the Rebellion of San German took place. The Rebellion was a conflict between the
Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
The Captaincy General of Puerto Rico () was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1580 to provide better military management of the main island of Puerto Rico, previously under the rule of a governor, jurisdiction of the ...
and the residents of
San Germán,
Coamo, Ponce,
Aguada and other ''
poblados'' in the western region of Puerto Rico that, at the time, were politically dependent on San Germán. The rebellion arose as a result of the governor ordering Juan Torres Figueroa,
sargento mayor of Ponce at the time, to ready 100 men to march to
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
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should it be necessary during a crisis.
[Francisco Lluch Mora. ''Orígenes y Fundación de Ponce.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Second Edition. 2006. p. 51. ]
Legacy
There is a street in ''Urbanización Las Delicias'' of Barrio
Magueyes in Ponce named after him.
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or ...
References
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Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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