Domingo Terán de los Ríos (? - ?) served as the first governor of Spanish Texas from 1691 to 1692. Texas has had chief executives with the titles of Governors and Presidents since 1691 Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 until 1821

Previous service

Terán served the Spanish crown in Peru for two decades. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. He came to Mexico in 1681, and was governor of the province of Sonora y Sinaloa for approximately five years. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Sonora y Sinaloa ("Sonora and Sinaloa" was one of the constituent states of the Mexican Republic under its Constitution of 1824. There he successfully developed a mining industry and pacified the Native Americans in that area. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States.

Tejas

Terán was appointed governor on January 23, 1691, by Viceroy Gaspar de Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, Conde de Gálvez. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the Monarch. His role as governor was to set up seven missions among the Tejas Indians; to seek and remove any foreigners that may have settled in Spanish territory; and to catalog the land, the natural resources, and the peoples of the area. See also Evangelism, Christianization A Christian mission has been widely defined since the Lausanne Congress of 1974 as that which The Caddo are a nation or group of tribes of Southeastern Native Americans who in the 16th century inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western

Terán and his company departed on their trek on May 16, 1691, from Monclova, crossed the Rio Grande on May 28, and had reached the Red River by December of that year. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as just Monclova in everyday speech is a city as well as the surrounding municipality Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling For other uses see Red River. The Red River is one of several rivers with that name. On his journey northward, Terán met up with Gregorio de Salinas Varona at the site of the evacuated Fort St. Louis with new orders to explore the Tejas settlements in eastern Tejas.

When Terán was travelling southward, he encountered Juan Enríquez Barroto at Matagorda Bay on March 5, 1692, who relayed orders from the viceroy to explore the lower Mississippi River area. TresPalaciosBayFromPorchjpg|thumb|200px|right|Matagorda Bay (Tres Palacios Bay as viewed from a porch in Palacios. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the Monarch. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Terán followed orders, but was prevented from completing them by bad weather. He and his company returned to Veracruz on April 15. Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Terán's expedition failed to establish any missions among the Tejas.

External links

• "Domingo Terán de los Ríos," Sons of DeWitt Colony, Texas.
• Domingo Terán de los Ríos from the Handbook of Texas Online

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