Volume 50 — DOCUMENT OF 1764–1800
Reading edition
Events in Filipinas, 1764–1800. Compiled from Montero y Vidal.
Source: Compiled from Montero y Vidal’s Historia de Filipinas, ii, pp. 66–70, 115–140, 229–382.
Translation: This is made by Emma Helen Blair.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Archbishop Rojo, ad interim governor of the islands at the time of the English attack on Manila, died on January 30, 1764, a prisoner in theNote 2 · On July 6, 1765, the new proprietary governor, José Raon, a military officer of high rank, relieved Torre; he appears to have been able but Note 3 · On July 22, 1767, the new archbishop, Basilio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina,8 took possession of the see of Manila, and immediately undertoNote 4 · After the capture of Manila by the English, the Moros renewed their piratical incursions, the Spanish authorities being so burdened with the