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About Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón, II Marqués de las Amarillas, Virrey de Nueva España
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Name: Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón.
Title: Marqués de las Amarillas.
Position: 42nd Viceroy of New Spain.
Royal House: Felipe VI, House of Bourbon.
Period: November 10, 1755 to February 5, 1760.
Forerunner: Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas .
Successor: Francisco Cajigal de la Vega .
Date of birth: 1715.
Place of birth: Ronda, Andalusia, Spain.
Date of death: February 5, 1760.
Place of death: Mexico City .
Outstanding facts:
- He sent troops to Texas to control both the Apache Indian uprising and the constant invasion of the French into that territory.
- It continued with the drainage works in the Valley of Mexico .
- Received and read the proclamation of Pope Benedict XIV in which the Virgin of Guadalupe was designated as the patron saint of the kingdom.
- In 1759 it supported the relocation of the towns near the rising Jorullo volcano.
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Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón, II Marqués de las Amarillas, Virrey de Nueva España's Timeline
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1715
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Ronda, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
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1733
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| 1760 |
February 5, 1760
Age 45
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Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
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