Bernardo de Gálvez

Bernardo de Galvez was born on July 23, 1746, Málaga,  and  he die November 30, 1786, Mexico City  was a Spanish military leader and the general of Spanish forces in New Spain who served as governor of Louisiana and Cuba. His birth date is celebrated as Gálvez Day in a few cities across the United States and has been recognized as a day of commemoration by individuals and state congresses.On Spanish were into the war , Gálvez took direct action against the British, and in three brilliant campaigns drove them out of West Florida securing control of the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico for Spain. Of all his exploits in this period, the most famous was his conquest of Pensacola, in Florida, in May 1781. At the end of the war he returned to Spain to receive a hero's welcome promotion to the rank of major general appointment as captain general of Louisiana, East and West Florida, and Cuba and elevation to the of New Spain. In 1785 That same year, however, he won the thanks of the American government for his part in releasing American merchants being held at Havana.