Felipe Ruiz Puente

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1766–1767

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Felipe Ruiz Puente, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Spanish Acquisition of the Falkland Islands

   1766–1767

   Role: Spanish naval officer who received the transfer of possession and later governor of Islas Malvinas

   1. 11766 · French colony on the Falkland IslandsFrench surrender of claim and order to sell the colony

      France surrendered its Falkland claim to Spain in 1766 and ordered Bougainville to dismantle his colony and sell it, motivated by finances and Spanish diplomatic concerns.

   2. 21767 · Former French colony on East FalklandSpanish renaming of the colony to Puerto Soledad

      After France surrendered its claim in 1766, Spain renamed the French colony Puerto Soledad the following year, in 1767.

   3. 331 January 1767 · Río de la Plata (transfer meeting); Falkland Islands (subject of transfer)Transfer of possession at Río de la Plata

      On 31 January 1767 Bougainville met Don Felipe Ruiz Puente at Río de la Plata to transfer possession and evacuate the French population.

Sources

1. Louis Antoine de Bougainville Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24