Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston

Spanish General and colonial governor

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1746

Place of Birth: Macharaviaya, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1786

Profession: military personnel, politician, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Viscount of Galveston, 1st Count of Gálvez (23 July 1746 – 30 November 1786) was a Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who served as colonial governor of Spanish Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New Spain. Gálvez aided France and the newly formed nation the United States of America in the international war against Britain, defeating the British at the Siege of Pensacola (1781) and conquering West Florida.
Following Gálvez's successful campaign the whole of Florida was returned to Spain in the Treaty of Paris.
He spent the last two years of his life as Viceroy of New Spain, succeeding his father Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo.
The city of Galveston, Texas, was named after him. Gálvez is one of only eight people to have been awarded honorary United States citizenship.



Alternative names	Mariano Salvador Maella Pérez
Description	Spanish painter
Date of birth/death	21 August 1739	10 May 1819
Location of birth/death	Valencia	Madrid
Work location	Valencia; Rome (1760–1765); Madrid (1765–1819)
Authority control	: Q662397 VIAF: 54412255 ISNI: 0000 0000 6639 3960 ULAN: 500019486 LCCN: nr95042839 WGA: MAELLA, Mariano Salvador de WorldCat