The Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitanía General de Puerto Rico) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1580...

established captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán. The restructuring of the Captaincy General in 1764 was the first example of the Bourbon...

governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto...

other captaincies general in Puerto Rico (1580), Cuba (1607) and Yucatán (1617). In the 17th century, a process of uniting the church hierarchy of Central...

The flag of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera de Puerto Rico), officially known as the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Bandera del Estado...

Military Government of Porto Rico (Spanish: Gobierno militar estadounidense de Puerto Rico or Gobierno militar americano de Puerto Rico), was a provisional...

Puerto Rico (Spanish for 'rich port'; abbreviated PR; Taino: Borikén or Borinquen), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado...

currencies of Puerto Rico closely follow the historic development of Puerto Rico. As a Province of Spain (Autonomous Community) and a territory of the United...

Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1519–1821 Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, 1580-1898 Military history of Puerto Rico Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 El Grito...

needed] The rest of Puerto Rico, which had been reorganized in 1580 as the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, had to rely on only a handful of soldiers and...

O'Reilly to the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico to assess the state of the defenses of that colony. O'Reilly took a very complete census of the island and...

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century, the last major colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippines detached from the metropolis with the support of the United States. Since the 1950s, Spain...

The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World...

establishment of Captaincies General in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and neighboring Guatemala. With the addition of the title of captain general to the governor of Yucatán...

Treaty of Paris. Captaincy General of Puerto Rico was lost to the United States in 1898 after the Spanish–American War, concluded by the 1898 Treaty of Paris...

The Captaincy General of Venezuela (Spanish: Capitanía General de Venezuela), was an administrative district of colonial Spain, created on September 8...

and Captaincy General of Puerto Rico and at least $1 million (1867 USD) in damage. On or before 27 October 1867, a tropical storm developed east of the...

of the abolition of slavery and of the self-determination of Puerto Rico. Quiñones was born into a wealthy family of landowners in San Germán, Puerto...

de León II (1524–1591) was a Spanish official and an acting governor of Puerto Rico. He was the first acting governor to be born on the island. Ponce de...

General of Cuba, Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Captaincy General of Chile, Captaincy General of Venezuela, and the Spanish...

as acting governor of Puerto Rico several months in 1923. Huyke was born in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on June 11, 1880. He was the son of Don Enrique Huyke...

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the person who has contributed the most to the cultural advancement of Puerto Rico's literature. In addition to his writing, he was also an abolitionist...

Haitian army, moving to Aguadilla, in the Western side of the Spanish Captaincy General of Puerto Rico. He died in 1807 alienated from the great fortune he...

Puerto Rico where he dedicated himself to write about Puerto Rican topics. His works are considered very important in the analysis of the "state" of the...

1873 or 1875) was a Puerto Rican writer who was Puerto Rico's first female poet and one of its first playwrights. She was the first of three renowned poets...

list of wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Spain, its predecessor states or in Spanish territory. Military history of Spain List of Spanish...

the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1697–1821), then again as the Dominican Republic (1861–1865). Puerto Rico (1493–1898); first as the Captaincy General...

1952) was the first and only native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States. Jesús Toribio Piñero...