Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga (died August 24, 1768) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as

Royal Governor of Panama The Royal Governor of Panama ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known first as the colony of Darién and later as the colony of Castilla de Oro (part of Spanish colony of Peru), which in 1529 was renamed Panamá. This district ...

and

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Governor Guill y Gonzaga celebrated the " Parliament of Nacimiento" with the

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in 1764, where he tried to impose his scheme to make them live in towns. This provoked the

Mapuche uprising of 1766 The Mapuche uprising of 1766 was the last major Spanish–Mapuche conflict in Araucanía. Under the influence of a young generation of Jesuits, Governor of Chile Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga attempted to "pacify" Araucanía by settling the unru ...

under the command of the

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Curiñancu, which lasted until

Agustín de Jáuregui Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa (May 17, 1708/1711 – April 29, 1784) was a Spanish politician and soldier who served as governor of Chile (1772–80) and viceroy of Peru (1780–84). Early life Jáuregui was born in Lecároz, the son of Matías ...

made a peace in 1774. In addition he was ordered to carry out the expulsion of the

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on August 27, 1767, from Chile. During his government, he declared

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as a “Port of registry". In 1765 he founded the Villa San Luis Gonzaga de Rere and Tucapel Nuevo, the following year San Carlos de Yumbel was founded, all of them in the region of Concepcion. On Chiloé, San Carlos de Chonchi was founded in 1767 and

San Carlos de Ancud Ancud () is a city in southern Chile located in the northernmost part of the island and province of Chiloé, in Los Lagos Region. It is the second largest city of Chiloé Archipelago after Castro. The city was established in 1768 to function as t ...

in 1768. He died in Santiago on August 24, 1768. He was succeeded by Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán as the interim governor.

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