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Andrés de Alcaraz
- Andrés de Alcaraz was an auditor licentiate taking over military affairs before becoming the 15th governor-general of the Philippines of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. He is the second governor-general of the Philippines from the Real Audiencia of Manila.
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From 1565 to 1898, the Philippines was under Spanish rule. From 1565 to 1821, the governor and captain-general was appointed by the viceroy of New Spain upon recommendation of the Spanish Cortes and governed on behalf of the monarch of Spain to govern the Captaincy General of the Philippines.
Chronological List of the Governors of the Philippines 1565–1899 and the Administration of the Islands. Posted under General History, visited 32,063 times) Complete list of Spanish Governor-Generals who ruled the "Las Eslas Filipinas" from 1565 to 1899.
Jun 30, 2014 · Introduction. Miguel López de Legazpi’s (b. 1502–d. 1572) conquest of Manila in 1571 ushered in a 327-year epoch of Castilian rule in the Philippine Islands, but his actions also created unintended historical by-products that made the undertaking dissimilar to any other colony in the Spanish empire. Most notable were that the archipelago ...
After the Liberals won the Spanish Revolution of 1868, Carlos María de la Torre was sent to the Philippines to serve as governor-general (1869–1871). He was one of the most loved governors-general in the Philippines because of the reforms he implemented.
the sovereignty of Spain. Continued under American occupation, the governor-generalship of the Philippines exists to-day as one of the disturbing but great and magnetic positions upon which depend the efforts of the white race to control the political future of tropical peoples.
Reference: The Cavity Mutiny and After, Esteban de Ocampo, Philippine nationalism, edited by Gabriel F. Fabella, 1957. Philippines News Agency. Photo: flickr.com. June 23, 1869, Carlos Maria de la Torre y Nava Cerrada started his term as the new Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines.
The governor-general, himself appointed by the king, began to appoint his own civil and military governors to rule directly. Central government in Manila retained a medieval cast until the 19th century, and the governor-general was so powerful that he was often likened to an independent monarch.
