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Gálvez was born in [[Wikipedia:Macharaviaya|Macharaviaya]], a mountain village in the province of [[Wikipedia:Málaga|Málaga]], Spain, on [[July 23]], [[1746]]. He studied military sciences at the Academia de Ávila and at the age of 16 participated in the [[Wikipedia:Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)|Spanish invasion of Portugal]], where he was promoted to lieutenant. He arrived in [[Wikipedia:Viceroyalty of New Spain|New Spain]], then Mexico, in [[1762]]. As a captain, he fought the Apache Indians, with his Opata Indian allies. He received many wounds, several of them serious. In [[1770]], he was promoted to commandant of arms of Nueva Vizcaya y Sonora, northern provinces of New Spain. | Gálvez was born in [[Wikipedia:Macharaviaya|Macharaviaya]], a mountain village in the province of [[Wikipedia:Málaga|Málaga]], Spain, on [[July 23]], [[1746]]. He studied military sciences at the Academia de Ávila and at the age of 16 participated in the [[Wikipedia:Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)|Spanish invasion of Portugal]], where he was promoted to lieutenant. He arrived in [[Wikipedia:Viceroyalty of New Spain|New Spain]], then Mexico, in [[1762]]. As a captain, he fought the Apache Indians, with his Opata Indian allies. He received many wounds, several of them serious. In [[1770]], he was promoted to commandant of arms of Nueva Vizcaya y Sonora, northern provinces of New Spain. | ||
− | In [[1772]], he returned to Spain in the company of his uncle, José de Gálvez. Later, he was sent to Pau, France with the Cantabria regiment. There, he learned to speak French, which served him well when he became governor of Louisiana. He was transferred to [[Wikipedia:Seville|Seville, Spain]] in [[1775]], and then participated in the failed expedition of [[Wikipedia:Alejandro O'Reilly|Alejandro O'Reilly]] to Algiers. Gálvez himself was seriously wounded. After capturing the fortress that guarded the city, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He then became a professor at the military academy of Ávila. | + | In [[1772]], he returned to Spain in the company of his uncle, José de Gálvez. Later, he was sent to Pau, France with the Cantabria regiment. There, he learned to speak French, which served him well when he became governor of Louisiana. He was transferred to [[Wikipedia:Seville|Seville, Spain]] in [[1775]], and then participated in the failed expedition of [[Wikipedia:Alejandro O'Reilly|Alejandro O'Reilly]] to Algiers. Gálvez himself was seriously wounded. After capturing the fortress that guarded the city, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He then became a professor at the military academy of Ávila. and a goat. |
==Governance of Louisiana== | ==Governance of Louisiana== |