Ramón Blanco y Erenas
| Ramón Blanco y Erenas | |
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| 109th Governor General of the Philippines | |
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In office 4 May 1893 – 13 December 1896 |
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| Monarch | Alfonso XIII of Spain |
| Preceded by | Federico Ochando |
| Succeeded by | Camilo de Polavieja |
| Governor of Cuba | |
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In office 1879 – April 1881 |
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| Preceded by | Caetano Figueroa |
| Succeeded by | Luis Prendergast |
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| Born | 1833 San Sebastián, Spain |
| Died | 4 April 1906 (aged 72–73) Madrid, Spain |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars |
Third Carlist War Little War Philippine Revolution Spanish–American War |
Ramón Blanco Erenas Riera y Polo, 1st Marquis of Peña Plata (1833–1906) was a Spanish brigadier and colonial administrator. Born in San Sebastián, he was sent to the Caribbean in 1858 and governed Cuba and Santo Domingo. In 1861, he returned to Spain but was then sent to the Philippines (1866–1871).
Afterwards, he returned to Spain and served in the Third Carlist War, where he attained the rank of brigadier. He served as captain-general of Navarre after taking part in the 1876 offensive in the valley of Baztan; he acquired his marquisate during this time. He was sent to Cuba as captain-general in April 1879, and was involved in the Little War. He returned to Spain in November 1881 and served as Captain General of Catalonia and Extremadura.
In 1893, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo sent him to the Philippines, where Blanco remained until December 13, 1896. Electricity had come to Manila in 1893. In 1895, Blanco announced in the 1895 Philippine Exposition that a great future is predestined for the archipelago. Blanco was forced to deal with the independence movement led by Katipunan. On the whole, Blanco adopted a conciliatory stance, seeking to improve Spain’s image in the face of world opinion. Nevertheless, he placed eight provinces under martial law. These were Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, and Nueva Ecija. They would later be represented in the eight rays of the sun in the Philippine flag. Arrests and interrogations were intensified and many Filipinos died from torture.
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