Manuel Joaquín de Montiano y Sopelana (January 6, 1685 – January 7, 1762) was a Spanish General and colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor...

St. Augustine, Florida. In 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano, had the fort established as a free black settlement, the first to...

Spanish launched an attempt to seize the British colony of Georgia. Manuel de Montiano commanded 2,000 troops, who were landed on St Simons Island off the...

forced to withdraw. The stage was then set for the Spanish commander Manuel de Montiano to launch his long-awaited attack on Georgia. Because of the pressing...

1739, Great Britain declared war on Spain. Spanish governor Don Manuel de Montiano commanded the invasion force, which by some estimates totaled between...

ablaze as they retreated. In 1738, the governor of Spanish Florida, Manuel de Montiano, ordered a settlement be constructed two miles north of St. Augustine...

Florida Manuel de Montiano established Fort Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose near St. Augustine, a fortified town for escaped slaves to whom Montiano granted...

1810) January 5 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709) January 7 – Manuel de Montiano, Spanish colonial administrator (b. 1685) January 11 – Louis-François...

Corte-Real, Governor of Macau (1743–1747) Spanish Florida – Manuel de Montiano, Governor of La Florida (1737–1749) Connecticut Colony – Jonathan Law,...

Spanish High Court of Justice and King Council). He was a brother of Manuel de Montiano, Lieutenant General of the Royal Spanish Army, a defender in 1738...