Mariano Fern%C3%A1ndez de Folgueras

Mariano Fernndez de Folgueras y Fernndez Flores , was a Spanish military and colonial administrator who twice became the GovernorGeneral of the Philippines from 1806 to 1810 and from 1816 to 1822. It was during his term when the people from Ilocandia revolted against Spain in 1807, the Napoleonic Spain was established in 1808 and the Viceroyalty of New Spain was dissolved in 1821.

Fernndez de Folgueras was born in Galicia, Spain in an unknown date and became a lieutenant of the King of Spain for the Philippines. When Rafael Mara de Aguilar y Ponce de Len died in 1806, he succeeded as the acting GovernorGeneral of the islands. In September 16, 1807, he witnessed the Basi Revolt in Ilocos, which culminated twelve days later when the Spanish successfully quelled the rebels. In 1809, he gave permission to English traders to establish the first commercial houses in the Philippines.

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