Alejandro O’Reilly

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Alejandro O’Reilly was an 18th-century Spanish military officer and colonial administrator best known for reasserting Spanish control over Louisiana and implementing sweeping legal and administrative reforms there.

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instanceOf Spanish military officer
colonial administrator
governor of Louisiana
human
alsoKnownAs Alejandro O’Reilly y McDowell
Alexander O’Reilly
appointedBy Charles III of Spain
countryOfCitizenship Spain
dateOfBirth 1723-10-24
dateOfDeath 1794-03-23
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName O’Reilly
givenName Alejandro
implemented O’Reilly Code in Louisiana
administrative centralization in Louisiana
judicial reforms in Spanish Louisiana
military reorganization in Louisiana
languageSpoken English
French
Spanish
memberOf Spanish nobility
militaryBranch Spanish Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
notableFor codifying laws in Spanish Louisiana
implementing legal and administrative reforms in Louisiana
reasserting Spanish control over Louisiana
reorganizing the administration of Louisiana
suppressing the 1768 Louisiana rebellion against Spanish rule
occupation colonial governor
military officer
soldier
participantIn Seven Years’ War
linked to: Seven Years' War

Spanish reconquest of Louisiana (1769)
defense of Havana (1762)
placeOfBirth Baltinglass
County Wicklow
Kingdom of Ireland
placeOfDeath Bonete
Province of Albacete
Spain
positionHeld Captain General of Louisiana
Field Marshal in the Spanish Army
Governor of Spanish Louisiana
Inspector General of Infantry of Spain
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replaced Antonio de Ulloa as governor of Louisiana
residence Madrid
New Orleans
sexOrGender male
succeededBy Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga as governor of Louisiana
timeInOffice 1769-1770

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Spanish Louisiana governor Alejandro O’Reilly
Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga precededBy Alejandro O'Reilly
linked to: Alejandro O’Reilly
New Orleans Rebellion of 1768 opposedByLeader Alejandro O'Reilly
linked to: Alejandro O’Reilly