Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga (died August 24, 1768) was a Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Panama

Royal Governor of Panama

The Royal Governor of Panama ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known first as the colony of Darien and later as the colony of Castilla de Oro , which in 1529 was renamed Panamá. This district was subordinated to the Viceroyalty of New Granada on August 20, 1739...

 and Royal Governor of Chile

Royal Governor of Chile

The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known as the Kingdom of Chile. This district was also called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General...

.

Arauco War

Governor Guill y Gonzaga celebrated the "Parliament of Nacimiento" with the Mapuches in 1764, where he tried to impose his scheme to make them live in towns. This provoked the Mapuche Uprising of 1766 under the command of the toqui

Toqui

Toqui is a title conferred by the Mapuche to those who are chosen as their leaders during times of war. The toqui is chosen in an assembly or parliament of the chieftains of the various clans or confederation of clans , allied during the war in question...

 Curiñancu, which lasted until Agustín de Jáuregui

Agustín de Jáuregui

Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa was a Spanish politician and soldier who served as governor of Chile and viceroy of Peru .-Early life:...

 made a peace in 1774.

In addition he was ordered to carry out the expulsion of the Jesuits on August 27, 1767 from Chile.

During his government, he declared Talcahuano

Talcahuano

Talcahuano is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile.-Geography:...

 as a “Port of registry". In 1765 he founded the Villa San Luis Gonzaga de Rere

Rere, Chile

Rere is a town in the commune of Yumbel, Province of Biobío, in the Biobío Region of Chile. It takes its name from the Moluche aillarehue that occupied both sides of the Claro River and was part of the Butalmapu between the Itata and Bio Bio Rivers...

 and Tucapel Nuevo

Tucapel(commune)

Tucapel is a town and commune of Chile, located in the Biobío Province of the VIII Biobío Region. Formerly belonging to the Nuble Province, in the Department of Yungay. Near the town of Tucapel is the Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel. The capital of the commune is the town of Huépil, moving the...

, the following year San Carlos de Yumbel

Yumbel

Yumbel is a town and commune of the Province of Bío-Bío in the region of the same name, Chile.-History:Yumbel originated from the small fort of San Felipe de Austria, raised in 1585 by Governor Alonso de Sotomayor, on the cerro del Centinela...

 was founded, all of them in the region of Concepcion

Concepción, Chile

Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...

. On Chiloé

Chiloé Island

Chiloé Island , also known as Greater Island of Chiloé , is the largest island of the Chiloé Archipelago off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean...

, San Carlos de Chonchi

Chonchi

Chonchi is a Chilean town and commune located in Los Lagos Region. Chonchi is a truly rural community. The country people have given a distinct form to its valleys, hills and waterways...

 was founded in 1767 and San Carlos de Ancud in 1768.

He died in Santiago on August 24, 1768. He was succeaded by Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán

Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán

Juan de Balmaseda y Censano Beltrán , interim Royal Governor of Chile.Son of Pedro de Balmaceda and Angela Zenzano; lawyer of the Consejos de Espana, named an oidor of Chile in 1739, which became permanent November 28, 1742. As time went on he was given additional offices...

 as the interim governor.

Sources