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Eulogio Despujol y Dusay, 1st Count of Caspe [1] (Catalan: Eulogi Despujol i Dusay; 11 March 1834 – 18 October 1907) served as the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines between 1891 and 1893. Alfonso XII granted him the nobiliary title of Count of Caspe after his win in the battle that took place in the town of the same name during the ...
New Calamba or Nueva Calamba was planned to be established in North Borneo in an area situated near the Bengkoka River and Maradu Bay. Rizal has negotiated with the governor of North Borneo to lease at least 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) or 20.23 square kilometers (7.81 sq mi) of land for 950 years for the establishment of the settlement with the option to purchase thousands of acres more.
The election of governors of the states and the local legislatures shall be direct and in the manner prescribed by their respective electoral laws. State governors serve six-year terms and, like the President of Mexico, they are barred from seeking reelection. No one who has previously held a governorship may run for or serve in the post again ...
Governor-General Eulogio Despujol and Manila Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda inaugurated the San Fernando railroad station, together with the Bagbag-Mabalacat stretch of the Manila-Dagupan Railroad, on February 2, 1892. The station was second only to Manila in revenues that year, and was thus the most important provincial station of the Manila ...
He was also able to reprint and disseminate former Governor-General José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez's revised version of the "Ordinances of Good Government", a document first drafted by Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban. [6] Meanwhile, in 1804, he proposed the modernization of Manila.
From the formal establishment of the military outpost in the pueblo of Ilog until the promulgation of a royal decree dividing the island into Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental on October 25, 1889, Negros Island was governed as a single province starting from being under the jurisdiction of Oton, Iloilo until it established its capitals in Ilog (1734), Himamaylan (1795) and Bacolod (1849).
He was on his way to Cuba for a volunteer medical mission when he was imprisoned under the orders of Governor-General Eulogio Despujol. 6 October 1896 – Rizal was sent back to the Philippines as a prisoner. 25 October 1896 – Governor-General Blanco included Zambales, Bataan and Sibugay provinces under the state of war.
Years later, the Spanish Governor-General Eulogio Despujol (1891-1893) visited Capiz, and Leaño successfully sought an audience with him. Governor Despujol found Leaño innocent and set him free. On reaching his hometown, he successfully petitioned the provincial governor to change the name of Salado to Despujols in honor of the Governor ...