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José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (died 1844)

José María Coppinger

Spanish soldier

José María Coppinger was a Spanish soldier who served in the infantry of the Royal Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) and governed East Florida (1816–1821) and several areas in Cuba including Pinar Del Río, Bayamo, the Cuatro Villas and Trinidad at various times between 1801 and…
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East Florida

Colony in North America (1763–1822)

East Florida was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War. Deciding that the colony was too large to…
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April 5

Day of the year

April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.
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