Victoriano Castellanos Cortes (1795–1862) was

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of Honduras from 4 February 1862 to 4 December 1862.

Biography

Victoriano Castellanos Corte was born in

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on 23 March 1795. He was educated by the

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Pedro Antonio Pineda, and worked as a miner before becoming a

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. On 3 February 1860, he was elected

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, the president being the General Jose Santos Guardiola, who was killed in Comayagua on 11 January 1862 by his own Presidential Guard. Mr. Victoriano became the provisional president of the nation on February 4 of that year, in the town of

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, today part of the Department of Lempira. When returning from traveling in the

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, he transferred the capital of the Honduras from Comaguya to Santa Rosa. The Government House was situated on the opposite corner of the Central Market, on the North side. After some time passed as president, he decided to move the capital back to Comayagua. In addition to Decree No. 3 in which it is ordered that the nation should be called "Republic of Honduras" instead of the State of Honduras, he also signed other decrees which created the Department of Islas de la Bahia (Bay Islands). He ordered the construction of schools in the cities of Danli and another in

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. Castellanos died on 11 December 1862 in Comayagua.

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