Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (died 1762)

Antonio de Benavides

Antonio Benavides Bazán y Molina was a Lieutenant General in the Spanish Army who held administrative positions in the Americas as Royal Governor of Spanish Florida (1718–1734), Governor of Veracruz (1734–1745), Governor and Captain General of Yucatán province, as well as…

December 8

Day of the year

December 8 is the 342nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 23 days remain until the end of the year.