Captaincy General of Venezuela

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Spanish colonial administrative district captaincy general former country

The Captaincy General of Venezuela was a Spanish colonial administrative district in northern South America that governed the territory of present-day Venezuela until its independence movements in the early 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Captaincy General of Venezuela canonical	38

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial administrative district ⓘ captaincy general ⓘ former country ⓘ
capital	Caracas ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
createdFrom	Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ provinces formerly under the Audiencia of Santo Domingo ⓘ
currency	Spanish real ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ 1823 ⓘ
establishedBy	Charles III of Spain ⓘ Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
event	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American wars of independence Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
followedBy	First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ Gran Colombia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) Second Republic of Venezuela ⓘ Third Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
includedTerritory	Barinas Province ⓘ surface form: Province of Barinas Caracas Province ⓘ surface form: Province of Caracas Cumaná Province ⓘ surface form: Province of Cumaná Province of Guayana ⓘ Province of Maracaibo ⓘ Province of Margarita ⓘ Province of Trinidad ⓘ
legalStatus	autonomous administrative unit within the Spanish Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	northern South America ⓘ
namedAfter	Venezuela ⓘ
officeHolder	Captain General of Venezuela ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Spanish West Indies ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Aruba ⓘ Bonaire ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Curaçao ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler	Charles III of Spain ⓘ Charles IV of Spain ⓘ Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
significantEvent	1810 Caracas Junta ⓘ 19 April 1810 revolution in Caracas ⓘ Declaration of Independence of Venezuela ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence of Venezuela (1811)
startTime	1777 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viceroyalty of New Granada → precededBy → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Granada → administrativeDivision → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Simón Bolívar → birthPlace → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Venezuelan War of Independence → location → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Colombian War of Independence → involvedTerritory → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Francisco de Miranda → birthPlace → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Spanish America → includes → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Gran Colombia → precededBy → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Audiencia of Bogotá → appliesToJurisdiction → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

First Republic of Venezuela → precededBy → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

llanero cavalry → historicalRegion → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

President of Gran Colombia → countryFormedFrom → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Battle of Puerto Cabello → location → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte → residence → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

José Antonio Páez → placeOfBirth → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Juan Manuel de Cajigal → historicalRegion → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Spanish royalist army → usedInTerritory → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Province of Guayana → locatedIn → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Province of Trinidad → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Province of Trinidad → incorporatedInto → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Captain General of Venezuela → appliesToJurisdiction → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Captain General of Venezuela → officeCreatedForJurisdiction → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

1810 Caracas Junta → locatedIn → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

1810 Caracas Junta → territorialScope → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Province of Maracaibo → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Third Republic of Venezuela → historicalRegion → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Province of Margarita → locatedIn → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Cabildo of Caracas → locatedIn → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Capitulation of San Mateo → location → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Fall of Caracas to Spanish royalist forces → location → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

1812 Caracas earthquake → countryAtTime → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Caracas Province → locatedIn → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Mérida Province → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Trujillo Province → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Margarita Province → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Barinas Province → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Cumaná Province → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ

Angostura → partOf → Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ