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Northern New Spain: A Research Guide (1981) by Thomas C. Barnes, Thomas H. Naylor, and Charles W. Polzer, p. 94. (in Spanish) List of viceroys and other colonial rulers at the Mexican government site (in Spanish) Cronología de los Gobernantes de México 1325–2000 (Powerpoint) (in Spanish) List of Spanish colonial officials before the viceroyalty
Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqués de Croix, Viceroy of New Spain Carlos Francisco de Croix, 1st Marquess of Croix (1699 in Lille , Flanders – 1786 in Valencia, Spain ), was a Spanish general and viceroy of New Spain , from August 25, 1766, to September 22, 1771, a period of considerable turbulence.
Viceroys of New Spain — the Spanish viceroys ruling the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain (1542–1824) Governing the principle territories in North America , and also the Spanish East Indies and Spanish West Indies .
Viceroy Ahumada sent armed assistance to the presidio of San Sabás, near San Antonio de Béjar, when it was besieged by the rebels. The president and other Spanish defenders were killed, but the reinforcements put down the uprising. In 1757 the army of New Spain consisted of 2,897 men organized into 15 corps consisting of 61 companies.
Viceroyalty of New Spain: Mexico City: 1535–1821 Achieved independence as Mexico: Viceroyalty of Peru: Lima: 1542–1824 Achieved independence as Peru: Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata: Buenos Aires: 1776–1810 Achieved independence as Argentina: Viceroyalty of the Indies: Santo Domingo: 1492–1535 Became the Viceroyalty of New Spain
Pedro de Garibay (1729, Alcalá de Henares, Spain – July 7, 1815, Mexico City) was a Spanish military officer and, from September 16, 1808 to July 19, 1809, viceroy of New Spain. Military career [ edit ]
The evangelization of Mexico. Spanish conquerors saw it as their right and their duty to convert indigenous populations to Catholicism. Because Catholicism had played such an important role in the Reconquista (Catholic reconquest) of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims, the Catholic Church in essence became another arm of the Spanish government, since the crown was granted sweeping powers ...
In 1811, the Spanish Viceroy in Mexico sent an interrogatorio (questionnaire) to all missions in Alta California regarding the customs, disposition, and condition of the Mission Indians. [5] The replies, which varied greatly in length, spirit, and even value of information, were collected and prefaced by the Father-Presidente with a short ...