Pablo Vicente de Solá

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Pablo Vicente de Solá
2nd
Governor of Alta California
In office
30 August 1815 – 10 November 1822
Preceded byJosé Darío Argüello
Succeeded byLuis Antonio Argüello
Personal details
Born1761
Kingdom of Spain
Died1826 (aged 64–65)
Mexico City, Mexico
ProfessionPolitician, soldier

Pablo Vicente de Solá (1761–1826) was a Spanish officer and the twelfth and last Spanish colonial governor of Alta California (1815-1822). He was born in Mondragón, Gipuzkoa, Spain.[1][2][3]

Land grants

Solá granted in 1821 the 3,127-acre (1,265 ha)

Spanish missions.[5]

Other Spanish land grants of Solá include:

Independent Mexico

Solá served under Spanish colonial rule until Mexico became independent in 1821. Although California opposed Mexican rule, transfer of Spanish California to Mexico was completed with little disruption, and Solá himself presided over the changing of flags in 1822. News of Mexico's victory slowly reached north to Alta California, and it was only in 1822 that

Californian to govern the state. He at first was very opposed to the independence revolution. He threatened anyone in favor of the Mexican revolution, but when Canon Agustín Fernández de San Vicente, the commissioner from the imperial Spanish regency, came to Monterey and asked him to transfer his allegiance to Mexico, he complied. He took down the Spanish flag and raised the new Mexican flag.[6]
In his tenure one new mission was founded: Mission San Rafael Arcángel on December 14, 1817.

Hippolyte Bouchard

Spanish trade. However, the Spanish authorities knew his intentions since on 6 October the Clarion had reported two corsair ships were ready to attack the Californian coast. The governor Pablo Vicente de Solá in Monterey ordered removal from the city all valuables and two thirds of the gunpowder stocked in the military outposts.[7]

On 20 November 1818, the

Soledad.[8]

Bouchard met with his officers to design the attack plan. Sir Peter Corney knew the bay from two previous visits to Monterey. They used the

Perú.[11]

Character, intellect

Solá kept in line with Borica's Enlightenment outlook. He imported schoolteachers and he even supported two of them with his personal funding.

During his term in office, another Basque,

events affecting the Basque Country and Spain.[citation needed
]

Governor de Solá helped the a youth Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo get a formal education from an English tutor and taught him about California politics that helped him become leader later in life.[12]

See also

  • List of pre-statehood governors of California
  • List of Ranchos of California

References

  1. ^ MEXICAN GOVERNORS OF CALIFORNIA, H. D. BARROWS,Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California and Pioneer Register, Los Angeles
  2. ^ factcards.califa.org, Social Studies Fact, California History 1820s
  3. ^ gengateway.com, Pablo Vicente de Solá
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes
  5. ^ californiamissionstudies.com, California's Inland Chain of Missions, By Tom Davis
  6. ^ gengateway.com, Pablo Vicente de Solá
  7. ISBN 950-49-0944-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  8. ^ a b De Marco 2002, p. 178.
  9. ^ De Marco 2002, p. 180.
  10. ^ De Marco 2002, pp. 180–181.
  11. ^ ojaivalleymuseum.org , Oai Valley History, The Pirate Hippolyte Bouchard Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ encyclopedia.com, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
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