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